Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[RED-DOG]

I was 0n a train that Ray Mears was on that was stuck behind a train that was blocking the route. About 2 seats away from him. its abs true that as the guard came walking passed he started to complain that there was nowhere to get a drink or a sandwich as the food bar was closed.

to be fair it was hardly a suitable environment for him to be trapping squirrels and building a fire to boil his own piss

True, but for someone that can survive in some strange places a comfy train seat should have been a piece of cake.

I've heard on making tea from nettles, but I've never heard of using train seats as cake.

[Chompy]

Ooh ooh, pink-footed goose. I know coz I've seen The Big Year. Bottom one is a duck.

[bobby1]

I was 0n a train that Ray Mears was on that was stuck behind a train that was blocking the route. About 2 seats away from him. its abs true that as the guard came walking passed he started to complain that there was nowhere to get a drink or a sandwich as the food bar was closed.

to be fair it was hardly a suitable environment for him to be trapping squirrels and building a fire to boil his own piss

True, but for someone that can survive in some strange places a comfy train seat should have been a piece of cake.

I've heard on making tea from nettles, but I've never heard of using train seats as cake.

lol, needs must when the devil bites yer bottom Tom

[tikay]

Ooh ooh, pink-footed goose. I know coz I've seen The Big Year. Bottom one is a duck.

Wiii, check out bird-brain from the Fens!

[rex008]

Was interested to read this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103193/The-Wembley-aquariums-Thierry-rebuilds-6m-home-make-va-va-room-storey-5-000-gallon-tank-300-fish.html Thierry Henry wants to knock down his London House & rebuild it with a 4 story fishtank rising through the building. A bit 'bling' but I must admit I'd love to have it (but not pay for it obv).



Best tanks I saw outside of an aquarium were at my mate's house in Bermuda, he'd 2 200 gallon tanks that he and his brother used to keep specimen seas fish & raise them to the point the Aquarium could use them as exhibits. Helps when you live on a small island with schools of the buggers around you though.

Eye-popping!

Do the maths stack up - does a 40' x 15@ tank hold 5,000 gallons? Does the technology exist in glass making to build such a thing? That's a hell of a sheet of glass, 40' high, 15' wide.

The biggest I have seen is in the Reception of the Mirage Hotel, in Vegas. Very impressive.

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Bugger, read this interesting stuff and then realise there's 4 pages of man flirting to get through....

The biggest difference between these two is height, which is a problem with tanks of water. You can have a 100m tank that's one inch wide on its side and you'd be fine. Put it vertically and suddenly you've got 10 bar of pressure at the bottom (1bar = ~10m of water). Bit of a harder engineering proposition. I'd imagine the capacity discrepancy may be due to the thickness of glass you'd need to contain 40' of water. I'd guess half the 3' width might end up being glass. Even if the 5500 gallons is right that's still 25 tons of water to support.

Rex
Science Correspondent (freelance)

[tikay]

These were spotted & snapped right by Hampton Court Bridge.

Gulls get a bad press, but I love them, beautiful, acrobatic, flyers, but very aggro & territorial. So many different types, too, no idea what these are.

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[tikay]

Was interested to read this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103193/The-Wembley-aquariums-Thierry-rebuilds-6m-home-make-va-va-room-storey-5-000-gallon-tank-300-fish.html Thierry Henry wants to knock down his London House & rebuild it with a 4 story fishtank rising through the building. A bit 'bling' but I must admit I'd love to have it (but not pay for it obv).



Best tanks I saw outside of an aquarium were at my mate's house in Bermuda, he'd 2 200 gallon tanks that he and his brother used to keep specimen seas fish & raise them to the point the Aquarium could use them as exhibits. Helps when you live on a small island with schools of the buggers around you though.

Eye-popping!

Do the maths stack up - does a 40' x 15@ tank hold 5,000 gallons? Does the technology exist in glass making to build such a thing? That's a hell of a sheet of glass, 40' high, 15' wide.

The biggest I have seen is in the Reception of the Mirage Hotel, in Vegas. Very impressive.

Click to see full-size image.

Bugger, read this interesting stuff and then realise there's 4 pages of man flirting to get through....

The biggest difference between these two is height, which is a problem with tanks of water. You can have a 100m tank that's one inch wide on its side and you'd be fine. Put it vertically and suddenly you've got 10 bar of pressure at the bottom (1bar = ~10m of water). Bit of a harder engineering proposition. I'd imagine the capacity discrepancy may be due to the thickness of glass you'd need to contain 40' of water. I'd guess half the 3' width might end up being glass. Even if the 5500 gallons is right that's still 25 tons of water to support.

Rex
Science Correspondent (freelance)

Loving your work, Rex, apologies for Tom & Claire's flirtage.

That Henry va-va-voom aquarium just seems a bit far-fetched to me.

Got any stuff about concrete?

PS - Freelance? Sorry, I have a non-compete clause, don't want you posting on ordinary diaries, too. Bad for the image.

[tikay]

Deformed pigeon.

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[RED-DOG]

Scuse the pedantry Tone, but when you write the words 'Diary' or 'Diaries' you have a tendency to insert a superfluous comma.


don't want you posting on ordinary diaries, too. Bad for the image.

[tikay]

Three attempts to snap a cormorant. Proper fail, in every respect. Think this was on Plattts Eyot, a little island on the Thames.

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[RED-DOG]

Yep. The cormorant is a fail, but this is a great pic.

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[tikay]

Scuse the pedantry Tone, but when you write the words 'Diary' or 'Diaries' you have a tendency to insert a superfluous comma.


don't want you posting on ordinary diaries, too. Bad for the image.

Scuse the rebuttal, but the comma is essential there. Write as we speak. Little pause before "too", see?

[tikay]

Yep. The cormorant is a fail, but this is a great pic.

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The middle one is a different species, or sex, maybe? Sorry about the all too necessary abundance of comma-age.

[Karabiner]

These were spotted & snapped right by Hampton Court Bridge.

Gulls get a bad press, but I love them, beautiful, acrobatic, flyers, but very aggro & territorial. So many different types, too, no idea what these are.

Click to see full-size image.

Click to see full-size image.

Those are the sea variety of gulls known as sea-gulls if I'm not mistaken.

[RED-DOG]

Scuse the pedantry Tone, but when you write the words 'Diary' or 'Diaries' you have a tendency to insert a superfluous comma.


don't want you posting on ordinary diaries, too. Bad for the image.

Scuse the rebuttal, but the comma is essential there. Write as we speak. Little pause before "too", see?

Actually no. I don't agree. Say it out loud and get back to me.