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    Re: Third time lucky?

    All the best to Joe and Renee.
  2. Re: And now for something completely different

    There's a lot to be said for hiring until you know more precisely what it is you want

    Plug for Hunters Yard - who have a fascinating fleet of hireable sailing craft - the half deckers are real...
  3. Thread: mad

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    Re: mad

    Tan theta equals mu......
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    Re: Workboots

    You might have to try a LOT of boots to find the ones which best suit your feet - I like Doc Martens but they're spendy.
  5. Re: What is the greatest kick-a$$ rock song?

    Turn it up and shut yer eyes.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwuP7EqMmsk
  6. Re: What is the greatest kick-a$$ rock song?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fiSfw4pZ8
  7. Re: The Dambusters 70 years ago today

    Did anyone else catch the interview with B. Wallis' daughter - Mary Stopes-Roe.
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    Re: Funk anyone?

    Going Dutch.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-BZ4UI8pI
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    Funk anyone?

    Maceo Parker- Basic Funk 101

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVxjDAgAZI
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    Re: Rowing shell question

    Kayaks are complex - most can be "sat" quite easily and indeed are nearly nimpossible for a small person to capsize.
    Sprint racing boats are very like rowing shells.
    Squirt boats are only nominally...
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    Re: Like Motorcycles and Airplanes?

    These are fun.
    http://www.sturmey-archerheritage.com/images/photos/pic-423.jpg
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    Re: Like Motorcycles and Airplanes?

    And, technicaly, a rotary. Like the old Gnome Rhone jobbies


    Total loss lube?
  13. Re: What is the greatest kick-a$$ rock song?

    I don't need no doctor Humble Pie
  14. Re: What is the greatest kick-a$$ rock song?

    The best test of quality of a number is the cover version..... Highway to hell.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTQ-QycaBmQ
  15. Re: What is the greatest kick-a$$ rock song?

    There is no "Greatest".

    But there's a shed load of hot contenders.

    The Who - Who are You
    The Who - Summertime Blues
    Motorhead - Ace of Spades
    Deep Purple - Child in Time
    Cream - I Feel Free...
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    Re: Grammar quiz

    I've never seen it done with maths....

    Wonder why.
  17. Re: do other countries have a prevalence of personal mini storage warehouses

    Kitchens are for rebuilding motorcycle engines.

    Lounges are for building Beach cats and racing kayaks.
  18. Re: "Small election, not many dead"

    There's a (small) prize for any American who can tell the story behind the thread title.
    the six honest serving men - What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.
  19. Thread: mad

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    Re: mad

    If you have to ask - the answer is not going to mean anything.
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    Re: F1, Spain

    Taffy!? As an ex-pat Scot this is even stranger than the GP.


    Lots of overtakes but not what you'd call close racing.

    It's like the car designers don't really understand the tyres.
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    Re: F1, Spain

    This is a very strange GP
  22. Thread: mad

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    Re: mad

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPNAygHz5m8
  23. Re: .22 Target rifle - do you have a favourite?

    Short range and "Just to keep up the technique" - have you considered the 4.5mm (0.177) air rifles.

    Hammerli's AR20 (AR20ft for the scoped version)...
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    Even the experts sometimes get it wrong -
    this guy is a top racer and a local!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07yt87lhEA
  25. Thread: mad

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    Re: mad

    There's still time if you're quick.
    http://www.northwest200.org/2013-race-and-practice-schedule.aspx
  26. Thread: mad

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    Re: mad

    Yes.

    The North West 200.

    Same basic deal but massed start.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWf-6UzQUA

    Lot of the same guys - Come over for the last two weeks of May and the first two...
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    Not Quite Cafe - Better Latte than never?
    http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bmw-r90.jpg
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    Beezer ZB34 rather than the better known DBD
    http://www.bikeexif.com/bsa-motorcycle
  29. Re: Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark

    And we'd need a humungous amount of free calcium......
  30. Re: Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark

    The worlds largest carbon sinks are the carbonate rocks.

    Go Seashells.
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    All ternatively.

    http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bsa-motorcycle.jpg


    Hmmmmmm.
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Ducati%20900SS%2075%20%202.jpg
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    Points are not a good thing.

    Twelve points and the DVLA keep your licence.
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    Re: Chromebook

    The apple fanboi has spoken.


    Norm - I'd love to hear your wife's considered opinion - in due course.
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    Re: another cool cafe racer

    That number plate is worth three points.
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    Re: Cast iron cookware

    A bright orange Le Creuset omlette pan - present from my mother in 1981! - nicely run in.
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    Re: I like the way this bike looks.

    http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/images3/xl5-bd-network.jpg
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    Re: Electrical switching question

    If you are absolutely determined to automate the process, there are hallway light switches which do that.
    http://www.screwfix.com/p/columbus-pneumatic-time-delay-switch/68088
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    Re: Total surveillance society

    Both recorded AND stored.

    How remarkable.
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    Re: Ash blow down, worth salvaging?

    Prized for canoe gunnels.
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    Re: Happy Birthday Spindrift

    A rare thing indeed - my wife won't admit to having birthdays.

    Have a really good one Spindrift.
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    Re: I like the way this bike looks.

    http://images.motorcycle-usa.com/PhotoGallerys/Hercules-W-2000-portrait-1.jpg

    It was never sane or sensible - or fast, or good handling - but I love the look of that engine.
  43. Re: The coming horror of printed weapons

    Will it print the ammunition too?
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    Re: A genuine Question. Not a troll

    The hard part isn't hitting the target, it's choosing the right target and rejecting all the wrong ones.
  45. Re: Do all catmarans squat in shallow water?

    Well known feature of long thin hulls.

    I've met it in Kayaks, Racing Canoes, and Dragon Boats.
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    Re: My first edict as BROTM

    You could, in BBC-speak - become vunrabble (YUKKKKK)
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    Re: I like the way this bike looks.

    http://www.realclassic.co.uk/yamaha_tr1.html
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    Re: I like the way this bike looks.

    Yamaha TR1.

    I'll PM you the address for the chocolate fish.
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    Re: 8 Chicken Wings. FINE!

    Who has the decoder ring?
  50. Re: Another reason not to like Keynes

    I don't know how often NF is heard on US broadcast media - but when he crops up here - it is far more as a political pundit than as an academic historian.....
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