Why would a lightning rod be under the arch and stop short of the top though?

Good point. Connection to some kind of measuring device, for settlement or movement?

I guessed one right I'm happy and claiming a win

What a 'photo;

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https://twitter.com/DCRailPart/status/1364627730822815748/photo/1

Hasn't he caught the light perfectly.

I wonder what that white conduit-looking thing is in the second arch, and why are those pigeon-roosting bricks sticking out?

I'm guessing Lightning protection & bases for arch formers for the arch then to be built onto, formers removed bases left sticking out just below the arch.

Guess No 2 seems right after some googling.

What a 'photo;

Click to see full-size image.

https://twitter.com/DCRailPart/status/1364627730822815748/photo/1

Hasn't he caught the light perfectly.

I wonder what that white conduit-looking thing is in the second arch, and why are those pigeon-roosting bricks sticking out?

I'm guessing Lightning protection & bases for arch formers for the arch then to be built onto, formers removed bases left sticking out just below the arch.

[Mr Potato Head to lose "Mr" title in gender-neutral rebrand]

Desperately sad news this morning;


Mr Potato Head to lose "Mr" title in gender-neutral rebrand


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56200811

Or, without the press stirring anti-pc sentiment, kids get both characters in one box instead of having to buy male or female anthropomorphised plastic tubers separately.

Marvellous Marvin Hagler hammering Alan Minter in 1980 - it wasn't long after we'd moved back to Scotland, Dad and I were big Hagler fans, He travelled to other towns to get bigger bets on Hagler, especially after Minter's 'No black man is going to take my title', we expected Hagler to beat him, but after that we expected him to hurt him

Scotland away to Israel in a World Cup qualifier 1981, the game was during a school day, so our teacher sat in the cupboard with a radio & came out and gave us updates if we were still reading quietly. We won 1-0 Dalglish scored.

[Being so intelligent, powerful and energetic they need to be 'worked' or they'll go crazy.]

I like the 'evilpie' look now and again i have done it several times in the past.   Is this your first time with it all off upstairs?  It's a nice option to have at our age when many blokes have no option.   How's the diet going?  finished now or carrying on til lockdown is over?

As for the pooch god he can jump out of the gym to use a basketball phrase.  Given he is relatively heavy i find that video hard to beleive it's true and not doctored.   

That's nothing for a Mali, absolutely incredible animals and like Tom says incredibly intelligent.

They're basically a small German Shepherd but with the agility of a cat. Some amazing videos on t'internet of them doing things you wouldn't believe were possible.

I'd love one but they would be really hard work. Being so intelligent, powerful and energetic they need to be 'worked' or they'll go crazy.

I'll stick to Rottweilers..... They're basically mini lions. They just sleep and then wake up occasionally for a snack.

So many people don't consider this Matt.

Yeah there's so many dogs that I'd love to have as a companion one day but you have to get something to suit your activity levels.

I love border collies but you're looking at 3 hours per day minimum. Come on people..... It was bred to chase sheep!! Of course it can f**king run all day!!

Husky... Yes it's beautiful, wow look at those eyes.... That coat.... Get me that dog... What do you mean it's capable of pulling a cart 50 miles a day? Does that mean I can't just let it out in the garden a couple of times a day for a piss?

Morons...

 

We had the Eco Eggs for a couple of months, but I wasn't convinced.  They kind of worked, but some things smelled a bit.   The kids were younger at the time, and our washing machine was old, so maybe we'll give them another go. 

Do you use stain removers and anything to clean your machine every so often?

I do dislike all the stinky stuff too, but luckily my missus isn't a fan either, so we do ok.  My pet hate is liquid handwash.  We have the stuff everywhere apart from one bar of simple soap in the en-suite.  Handwash seems to be just an overpriced bunch of unnecessary chemicals put together to look and smell "nice".  Half of them seem to have something in them that makes my hands itch, particularly the "anti-bacterial" ones that she insists on.

I have watched the kids use it, and they pretty much put it on and wash it off in a couple of seconds.  My missus thinks squirting the bottle is more hygenic than using soap that has sat around, but I can't be arsed arguing about it, as she is the most stubborn person on Earth bar nobody.  She isn't ever changing her mind with the Covid around. 

I run the machine at 90 degrees every month or so to kill any bacteria. I'll squirt a bit of bleach in at the same time and that seems to keep it really sparkly.

I've used the machine cleaners you can buy occasionally and they work a treat as well but no better than the bleach from what I can tell.

I had an issue a while ago with clothes not smelling quite right but I just needed to refill the egg. That sorted it out straight away.

One of the really good things about the eco egg is that your machine doesn't get particularly dirty in the first place. All that powder residue really builds up and makes a stinky mess in no time. There's none of that to worry about so it stays pretty clean.

A mate of mine is a washing machine repairman, he recommends an empty wash with a teacup of soda crystals every month or so to clean out the machine & have it last longer.

What do you think about this little pooch..

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1363877070007328770

Malinois are very intelligent and superb athletes Ralph, but that's an incredible leap all the same.

All the Labs are saying 'But you missed the water mate!!'.

I've ordered the dog-clippers Rod. It just seemed like destiny.

Thanks again.

I did laugh when I saw them & thought you'd like that

Does anyone have hands-on experience of cordless hair and beard trimmers please?

Making decisions based on on-line reviews is becoming less useful because so many companies pay for good reviews.

It also pisses me off when the article starts with headlines like, "The 25 best hair & beard trimmers"
 
How the feck can you have 25 best ones?

I had a similar problem recently.

I was looking for a coffee grinder - my conclusion was any online review site that starts like "The 25 best -product type-" actually means "Here are 25 products I can give you an affiliate link to and earn money if you buy something"

Luckily for what I was looking for there are dedicated coffee nerds to be a bit more impartial - maybe a barber/hairdresser forum might help with yours?

My problem is I want to buy a combined beard and hair trimmer, (I'm going thin on top now so just shave my head to stubble) Dedicated combination ones do exist but Google searches default to beard Or hair clippers.

Also, for my purpose I think I can just get a beard trimmer and use it on my head too but I'm not sure.

If I search the grooming nerds they advise me to get about a dozen pieces of 'essential' equipment to use during my two hour morning grooming routine.

I use this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071X89732/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for taking the hair into the wood & beard trimming.

There was a thread on a football forum I frequent & GHB got best marks as maker & ceramic blades were considered essential.

Bonus with that one is it has a spare battery you can keep charged, so not get caught mid-depilation.


The one I linked is unavailable right now, but I found the same one on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GHB-Hair-Clipper-Rechargeable-Hair-Trimmer-Electric-Cordless-Haircut-Kit-Ceramic/274615942694?hash=item3ff062be26:g:jkYAAOSwCyZf2zDO

Or, even better, the same one rebadged for dogs.... so cheaper. https://www.amazon.co.uk/GHB-Electric-Cordless-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B08J43JDQJ/ref=asc_df_B08J43JDQJ/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=463094343061&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9772827427020515848&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046911&hvtargid=pla-1029739134687&psc=1 I'd have bought this and saved a few quid if I'd noticed.

I was wrong about the sluice box btw - was a different sluice invented in the 1800's, simple rocker boxes and sluices go back to the point we don't know when they were first used.

I'm not going if I lose my tats!!

I could do the studying I suppose (although at 51 I'm probably too old for the 14th Century....).

If you had a time machine that would take you back to a random date between 6 and 7 hundred years in the past but all you could could travel with were a pair of shorts, how would you convince people that you were from the future?

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Interesting one Red.

I'd copy Prison Break and have a lot of tattoos with mixture of instructions & formulae, and some important relevant history. Assuming I'd come back in the same place my History would be some point after the aftermath of Bannockburn & the manoeuvring over the Scottish throne in the century after (coded to save some genius thinking they could just make some informative leather....).
One of the instructions would be for a simple sluice box for gold panning and I'd be the man providing the sudden influx of riches. Gold from the Wanlockhead area (about 8 miles from me) provided much of the coinage minted in Edinburgh and was part of the 2 crowns made in the 16th Century, so finding it, and having a better way of collecting it could make me a valuable man.

I'd also (if it didn't break the time paradox)  look at carving some kind of message to myself to let me know if it worked in the rock of the places I know I'd see.

https://www.window-swap.com/?fbclid=IwAR0lpwyTYKIx9kRasn0LNkzgookWL5oBCv08QMb2eQHO2Z8eULUQduZAFLQ

reckon some of you may enjoy flicking through some of these, its a great site imo, simply a photo or webcam from somebodys window, in some corner of the world. some really beautiful places people live in.

no idea how to embed the link , if anyone could help

Hahaha, first one I clicked on was some git living out in St David's, Bermuda. MBN to have that view of the ocean. Not jealous at all...

ETA: Sadly not live cameras, just videos. Just clicked on one saying it was California. A nice, lovely sunny day looking down at the Pacific Ocean (most likely). Problem is its 4.37 in the AM over there and therefore should be pitch black. Still nice to see though

My mum taught in St David's. For a tiny island part of Bermuda (in itself a tiny country) St David's was always a bit different. The population is descended from freed slaves, or slaved prisoners of war they've African, West Indian, Irish, Scots & Algonquin Native American ancestry. The island wasn't connected to the main island until 1930, they were looked down upon by the other Bermudians. For many generations the men would work on ships, especially on the whalers, they'd travel the world & the women wouldn't leave St David's. They've reconnected with the Algonquins and have even held pow-wows on the island.

Whoosh

I think it's where, for people they put their job or relevance to the article, they've informed us that Bounce is, in fact, a dog.