Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Don't you just love crows?

[tikay]

Tom, if you are at home tonight, the Nat Geo Channel, Ch 528, has THREE back to back hours of "Wild Atlantic", starting @ 7pm, followed by two hours of "Wild Danube".

I imagine you have to watch SCD, what with the girls & all that, but you can Sky+ it.

As Nature documentaries go, these take some beating, they are absolutely top notch.

"Atlantic" & "Danube" are, imo, the best of the "Wild" series, the Danube in particular is just stunning. This is Attenborough quality plus a bit, it really is.

I doubt I've ever seen better nature docs than these.

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Tom, if you are at home tonight, the Nat Geo Channel, Ch 528, has THREE back to back hours of "Wild Atlantic", starting @ 7pm, followed by two hours of "Wild Danube".

I imagine you have to watch SCD, what with the girls & all that, but you can Sky+ it.

As Nature documentaries go, these take some beating, they are absolutely top notch.

"Atlantic" & "Danube" are, imo, the best of the "Wild" series, the Danube in particular is just stunning. This is Attenborough quality plus a bit, it really is.

I doubt I've ever seen better nature docs than these.

As it happens, I'm home alone tonight. The girls are going to a party in York.

I have seen all the Wild series, but I re watch them frequently. I particularly like the 'Wild Russia' one. The nomadic reindeer herders remind me so much of Gypsies pre mechanisation.

[tikay]

Tom, if you are at home tonight, the Nat Geo Channel, Ch 528, has THREE back to back hours of "Wild Atlantic", starting @ 7pm, followed by two hours of "Wild Danube".

I imagine you have to watch SCD, what with the girls & all that, but you can Sky+ it.

As Nature documentaries go, these take some beating, they are absolutely top notch.

"Atlantic" & "Danube" are, imo, the best of the "Wild" series, the Danube in particular is just stunning. This is Attenborough quality plus a bit, it really is.

I doubt I've ever seen better nature docs than these.

As it happens, I'm home alone tonight. The girls are going to a party in York.

I have seen all the Wild series, but I re watch them frequently. I particularly like the 'Wild Russia' one. The nomadic reindeer herders remind me so much of Gypsies pre mechanisation.

Yes, "Russia" & "China" are both top notch, too.

They had Misisippi last night. The commentator grated a little, but wow, what a river that is, quite breathtaking in it's sheer size alone. The beavers shown were extraordinary, too.

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I thought this might appeal to you

Queueing, Caribbean style

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Hahaha! I love it.

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Tom, if you are at home tonight, the Nat Geo Channel, Ch 528, has THREE back to back hours of "Wild Atlantic", starting @ 7pm, followed by two hours of "Wild Danube".

I imagine you have to watch SCD, what with the girls & all that, but you can Sky+ it.

As Nature documentaries go, these take some beating, they are absolutely top notch.

"Atlantic" & "Danube" are, imo, the best of the "Wild" series, the Danube in particular is just stunning. This is Attenborough quality plus a bit, it really is.

I doubt I've ever seen better nature docs than these.

As it happens, I'm home alone tonight. The girls are going to a party in York.

I have seen all the Wild series, but I re watch them frequently. I particularly like the 'Wild Russia' one. The nomadic reindeer herders remind me so much of Gypsies pre mechanisation.

Yes, "Russia" & "China" are both top notch, too.

They had Misisippi last night. The commentator grated a little, but wow, what a river that is, quite breathtaking in it's sheer size alone. The beavers shown were extraordinary, too.

When I was a little boy, I had a tremendous love of reading but no easy access to books. A very kind old gorger man who knew this gave me two hardback children's classics, they were Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Both were fabulous adventure stories based around the Mississippi.

I treasured them and read them time and time again.

I promised myself that one day I would stand on the banks of that great river. For someone like me back then, that was as likely as going to the moon.

A lifetime later, I was driving a rented Buick from Oklahoma to Chicago. It was about an hour before sunset on a glorious June evening and I was on the lookout for somewhere to camp for the night when I rounded a bend and there it was, stretched out before me,  winding  through the bottom of a valley exactly as Mark Twain had described it.

I stopped at a small jetty and looked across it's vast expanse to the opposite bank, perhaps half a mile away. I stayed there for a long time, watching the colours change as the sun went down, completely lost in thought, a huge lump in my throat as I wondered what the little boy who used to be me would say if he could see me now.

The last of the sunlight faded from the surface of the water, to be replaced by an inky blackness. The river was invisible now, with only the gentle slap and gurgle of its wash against the legs of the jetty to betray it's presence.

I stayed a few more minutes, rose stiffly, and turned to go. The whole experience had stirred up a cauldron of emotions which were now simmering just below the surface.

Then, just before I left, a paddle steamer, ablaze with lights came gliding by. It looked like a floating fairground, even the huge side wheels were illuminated, making the water droplets look like cascading diamonds as they fell from the paddles.

It was the last straw. Crying openly now,  I watched until it was out of sight.

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A blonde member who shall remain nameless sent me this.

Hey Tom **********************************************

I watched a truly heroic and amazing documentary last night which i am sure you would enjoy.

http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-nazi-killers/episodes/the-nazi-killers


A bit about it - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/operation-greenup-a-story-better-than-inglourious-basterds-and-true/article5065865/


Enjoy

***

It really is worth a watch.

Cheers Boo.

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According to Aircrash Investigation, when an aeroplane reaches speed V1 on it's take off run, it is past the point of no return and must attempt to take off.

Why?  

[Tal]

According to Aircrash Investigation, when an aeroplane reaches speed V1 on it's take off run, it is past the point of no return and must attempt to take off.

Why?  

Runways aren't long enough.

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According to Aircrash Investigation, when an aeroplane reaches speed V1 on it's take off run, it is past the point of no return and must attempt to take off.

Why?  

Runways aren't long enough.

So a Cessna on an Airbus 380 runway doesn't have a V1 speed?


It doesn't seem sensible to make runways of a length that prevent a pilot from aborting just as he reaches take off speed.

Why would the runway be just that long and no longer?

[tikay]

According to Aircrash Investigation, when an aeroplane reaches speed V1 on it's take off run, it is past the point of no return and must attempt to take off.

Why?  

Runways aren't long enough.

So a Cessna on an Airbus 380 runway doesn't have a V1 speed?


It doesn't seem sensible to make runways of a length that prevent a pilot from aborting just as he reaches take off speed.

Why would the runway be just that long and no longer?

I don't necessarily think the runway length is the crucial thing, or not necessarily.

At the point of becoming airborne, ground stability must be poor, a bit like when a car rounds a bend very fast, you have to be on the gas, or the stability is affected. I think it is a "point of commitment".

[tikay]

Tom, if you are at home tonight, the Nat Geo Channel, Ch 528, has THREE back to back hours of "Wild Atlantic", starting @ 7pm, followed by two hours of "Wild Danube".

I imagine you have to watch SCD, what with the girls & all that, but you can Sky+ it.

As Nature documentaries go, these take some beating, they are absolutely top notch.

"Atlantic" & "Danube" are, imo, the best of the "Wild" series, the Danube in particular is just stunning. This is Attenborough quality plus a bit, it really is.

I doubt I've ever seen better nature docs than these.

As it happens, I'm home alone tonight. The girls are going to a party in York.

I have seen all the Wild series, but I re watch them frequently. I particularly like the 'Wild Russia' one. The nomadic reindeer herders remind me so much of Gypsies pre mechanisation.

Yes, "Russia" & "China" are both top notch, too.

They had Misisippi last night. The commentator grated a little, but wow, what a river that is, quite breathtaking in it's sheer size alone. The beavers shown were extraordinary, too.

When I was a little boy, I had a tremendous love of reading but no easy access to books. A very kind old gorger man who knew this gave me two hardback children's classics, they were Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Both were fabulous adventure stories based around the Mississippi.

I treasured them and read them time and time again.

I promised myself that one day I would stand on the banks of that great river. For someone like me back then, that was as likely as going to the moon.

A lifetime later, I was driving a rented Buick from Oklahoma to Chicago. It was about an hour before sunset on a glorious June evening and I was on the lookout for somewhere to camp for the night when I rounded a bend and there it was, stretched out before me,  winding  through the bottom of a valley exactly as Mark Twain had described it.

I stopped at a small jetty and looked across it's vast expanse to the opposite bank, perhaps half a mile away. I stayed there for a long time, watching the colours change as the sun went down, completely lost in thought, a huge lump in my throat as I wondered what the little boy who used to be me would say if he could see me now.

The last of the sunlight faded from the surface of the water, to be replaced by an inky blackness. The river was invisible now, with only the gentle slap and gurgle of its wash against the legs of the jetty to betray it's presence.

I stayed a few more minutes, rose stiffly, and turned to go. The whole experience had stirred up a cauldron of emotions which were now simmering just below the surface.

Then, just before I left, a paddle steamer, ablaze with lights came gliding by. It looked like a floating fairground, even the huge side wheels were illuminated, making the water droplets look like cascading diamonds as they fell from the paddles.

It was the last straw. Crying openly now,  I watched until it was out of sight.

I have no ide who penned those obscure tomes, but he'd be proud of that piece, I fancy.

You must have absolutely loved "Wild Mississippi".

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According to Aircrash Investigation, when an aeroplane reaches speed V1 on it's take off run, it is past the point of no return and must attempt to take off.

Why?  

Runways aren't long enough.

So a Cessna on an Airbus 380 runway doesn't have a V1 speed?


It doesn't seem sensible to make runways of a length that prevent a pilot from aborting just as he reaches take off speed.

Why would the runway be just that long and no longer?

I don't necessarily think the runway length is the crucial thing, or not necessarily.

At the point of becoming airborne, ground stability must be poor, a bit like when a car rounds a bend very fast, you have to be on the gas, or the stability is affected. I think it is a "point of commitment".

So basically, Tal is talking bollocks?

[Tal]

It was just a joke.



I'm going to the smarter diary. Tikay gets me.