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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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As I Rote Above^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
----------------------------------------Its warmer tho I would rather have it nice and frosty................. ++++++++++++++++ Our weather forecasters have taken to introducing a new(to me anyway) term for frosty condition's ???? "Grass frost" It used to be Ground frost??? Why Grass Frost ? As so many folks have converted the front gardens to carparks with those brick paver's It could just as usefully be called "Top of car frost" or "Wind screen Rhyme" +++++++++ Anyway as its wet and windy this morning a suitable barometric term for today is required (we did have its been Tedding down Last year) Can I suggest for Urban street weather, "Pizza box Wind" or for slightly less wild conditions "Chip wrapper breeze"  |
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...apparently the reason for the change from ground to grass was the fact that you could see the frost on the grass but not on bare ground or tarmac, it has to be much colder for that, more like an air frost temperature.....
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Anyway as its wet and windy this morning a suitable barometric term for today is required (we did have its been Tedding down Last year) Can I suggest for Urban street weather, "Pizza box Wind" or for slightly less wild conditions "Chip wrapper breeze" Around here it's whirling Mucky Donalds or Kenmucky flyover ..... Moaning all ....... I remember the film 'Cockleshell Heroes' but seeing recent archive film on the news gave me a greater insight into the amazing courage of the men that carried out the raid, the memorial to them was a long time in coming!. Have a nice day   Old Sage  |
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Evening all
A very pleasant warm day here which helped the guy doing my side gate had a good day for it and it gave me a walk to the cash machine. Then, it was down to Homebase to get materials to rub down and then get some preservative on. If the weather stays like this it will be fine and keep me out of mischief for a few hours. I see that Germany are only just about to stop national service. They did have alternatives so that you either did one year in the army or eighteen months in socially useful service - working in a hospital for instance - followed by training for the local fire brigade. For me, I think it was far more fun doing national service knowing that my day job had to be kept for me when it was finished. I spent time in Canada and then Germany, the sort of experience I could never had afforded with my civilian pay. My CO had instructions to try to get me to sign on as my time finished. It was quite tempting but only a short service commission was on offer and putting off civilian life for 12 years didn't really seem the best option. I was RAFVR for four years but never called or got a chance for a fortnight's extra holiday which my army equivalents managed. All I have still is the tie somewhere in my wardrobe, |
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Yes Den I remember the "Cockleshell Heros'" . When I joined the Navy I was stationed at Portland on HMS Leeds Castle, a Wartime Corvette and tied up alongside us were three midget submarines, the "minow", I remember,was one of the them. As part of our seamanship training, we had to study the history of the Navy, and Cockleshell heros was a part of it, as was the raid on St Nazaire, where HMS Cambletown rammed the Lock gates. And did you know that when Nelson died at Trafalger, they placed his body in a barrel of rum to preserve it until they could get it back to England? (Thats why the Navy call rum "Nelsons Blood"
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The Story of Nelsons Blood
----------------------------------------Remember that even before his death at Trafalgar, Nelson was already a national hero and had won great sea battles at Cape St Vincent and The Nile. Then came Trafalgar, the greatest sea battle of all time involving both the Spanish and French fleets as allies against the British. Victorious he was, but gave his life in the battle. His body must be returned to England for a great State Funeral. This involved a long sea passage and less than favourable winds but how could this be achieved??? This is where the story really begins!!! To preserve his body, it was submerged and pickled in a cask of Brandy. Nelson was much loved, and his courage, skill and gallantry so admired by his crew, that during the dark hours they would creep out and drink from the cask containing his body, praying they would inherit some of his traits. And thereupon hangs a legend: supposedly when the cask arrived in England it was discovered to be less than full. The sailors of Victory had sampled the Nelson vintage. From this incident, its is claimed, the phrase "tapping the admiral" arose, although this is not a phrase you are likely to hear very often nowadays. British sailors formerly said "tapping the admiral" for drinking rum, against regulations, out of a coconut from which the milk had been drained; later the phrase was used for drinking surreptitiously from a cask by means of a straw inserted through a small hole. Here's the real story: Nelson's body was preserved first in a cask of brandy - at Gibraltar, this was changed to spirits of wine - lashed to the mainmast [of Victory] and guarded day and night by a marine sentry as his cabin had been. When the Body arrived in England the cask was opened Nelson was medically examined but no mention of a shortfall of the preserving spirit nor any mention of deterioration of the body i think when he got to London he lay in state for a period so he must have been in reasonable state of preservation. ????? truth or fiction ??? Its a nice tale tho shipmates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by densnaps at Mar 31, 2011 9:18:01 PM] |
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Ivan Rote
----------------------------------------I see that Germany are only just about to stop national service. They did have alternatives so that you either did one year in the army or eighteen months in socially useful service - working in a hospital for instance - followed by training for the local fire brigade. On the 15th November 2010, the German Government voted in favour of abolishing Universal conscription with the aim of establishing a professional army by 2011. The last conscripts were drafted on January 1, 2011. When I was in Norway I understood they had sort of state service not always in the military often in the community Norway Norway has mandatory military service of nineteen months for men between the ages of 18.5 (17 with parental consent) and 44 (55 in case of war). Beginning in 2006, the armed forces will also invite females to take a pre-service medical examination, but they will not be drafted unless they sign a declaration of willingness. The actual draft time is six months for the home guard, and twelve months for the regular army, air force and navy. The remaining months are supposed to be served in annual exercises, but very few conscripts do this because of lack of funding for the Norwegian armed forces. As a result of this decreased funding and greater reliance on high technology, the armed forces are aiming towards drafting only 10,000 conscripts a year. Currently, an average of 27% of young men actually complete military service each year.[46] The remainder, for the most part, either are formally dismissed after medical tests or obtain deferral from the service because of studies or stays abroad. Some, such as those who choose vocational course paths during high school (for example, carpenters and electricians) opt to complete their required apprenticeships within the military. While some Norwegians consider it unfair that they have to complete the compulsory military duty when so many others are dismissed, others see it as a privilege and there is normally high competition to be allowed to join some branches of the service.[citation needed] The Norwegian armed forces will normally not draft a person who has reached the age of 28. In Norway, certain voluntary specialist training programs and courses entail extended conscription of one to eight years. Pacifists can apply for non-military service, which lasts 12 months. Seems quite a good idea to me ? |
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Mornin.....
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'Pinch and a punch, the first of the month, and no returns .........!' Still dry here but very overcast.
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Morning everyone. Merling for food today.
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