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I wonder if it's significant that it is facing away from the wind? That picture was taken on the mainland just 15 miles or so from Limey. I don't think it's so bad here.
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It's windy here.
But Scotland got hit the worst. |
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I suspect it is very significant that it is facing the wrong way. Either it's swivel jammed, causing the wind to spin the turbines backwards, or that is what the humans make it do when the fan malfunctions. But ... damn, look at those greenhouse gas emissions, just LOOK AT THEM! |
Good spot, Pete, good call Rhianne. It was windy here yesterday. We had no electricity from 13.40 to about 21.30. We had a lovely twinkly evening in candlelight and firelight, dinner cooked on the calor camping stove which is seamlessly integrated into my kitchen for just such occasions, lovely Christmas music from the Pod-and-battery-powered-speakers low-fi.
All is calm today, all is bright .... |
Flame out!
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Poor bastard literally bounced off the ceiling. :lol2: |
Here drink some pivo and change your shorts...ha ha ha ha.....
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For all those folk who rally round the banner of capital punishment
NY Times By JOHN SCHWARTZ and BRANDI GRISSOM December 19, 2011 Exonerated of Murder, Texan Seeks Inquiry on Prosecutor Quote:
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This exemplifies the problems with our legal system. Instead of an actual search for the truth, they are simply trying to win.
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Even stuffed with feathers, that horse wouldn't be light.
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Isn't that Chuck Testa-cle?
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Not a desantnik.
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Are you sure that's not Sweden?
They have a Snel Hest meme... In other news, we've been knocked about by high winds again last night and today. Even we felt it in our protected location. |
I'm wondering if its an anti-poaching tool? Weren't the Russians having a problem with people shooting the wild horses around Chernobyl?
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Good one!
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Ouch ... :lol:
Wait .."Spearmint Rhino Gentleman's Club"? Wtf? |
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Maybe Limey or others can fill us Yanks in on what is (likely) to happen with this... Christian Science Monitor Bryan Kay January 25, 2012 Scotland talks independence – but can it afford it? Quote:
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I dunno. Maybe we Yanks can fill them in on what it takes to break away from Mother England.
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Cameron was rumoured to be offering the Scots a vote for independence.
But the referendum must be with the next 18 months, is legally binding and is all-or-nothing. That would have been a huge gamble for Alex Salmond, who promotes a middle of the road solution which means more devolution (Scotland gaining more powers of self-government). This is the only middle of the road thing about him; he wants to get people who aren't hardcore nationalists on his side. It's an extremely complex issue, as if Scotland does gain full independence it will affect the Armed Forces, the NHS, banking, the Houses of Parliament and the House of Lords, the Monarchy, the BBC, the Union Jack and the Eurovision Song Contest. Salmond is countering with a consultation paper suggesting a referendum in 2014, with a devolution-max option, where Scots can opt out of much of the control Whitehall currently has. As above, he is worried he will be defeated in an all or nothing vote. There are various strands to this, including whether ex-pats can vote. Sean Connery has been very vocal about Scottish independence, but every radio interview I've heard with a Scot just derides him. He doesn't live here (Scotland), he doesn't work here and he doesn't pay taxes. Fuck his opinion. Oh and he once dated my Granny. She could have married him you know. They bottled Sheena Easton offstage last time she came back to sing. I can't see that dividing small countries into smaller countries makes sense. It's like subsistance farming. With Scotland's lower population per square mile I think they benefit from being part of the UK. Parliament might feel a long way away if you're in the Hebrides, but so will Edinburgh. The UK as it stands definitely benefits from having Scotland as part of the Union. I believe Scotland does too. Alex Salmond vehemently disagrees, but he is a man I would not trust as far as I can spit. And being a lady, that's only into a handkerchief. Anyway, that was Scottish Independence Lite. I am more than happy to take a backseat if and when Scots (both born and implanted) air their views. |
Nothing wrong there other than that Salmond would be for independance in preference to any 'middle-of-the-road' solution.
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Of course. But he wants a halfway house to bring the voters along with him.
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Nice post, Sundae. Thx.
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Spearmint Rhino is a strip-club franchise in the US, Zen. Oxnard has one. Only strip club I've ever seen that had ivy-covered walls.
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Thanks. Does the name make any more sense over there?
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no, but to be accurate - Spearmint Rhino operates throughout the United States,
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Little old lady who?
Sorry, didn't mean to yodel at you. I just think of little old ladies being like 80 or 90. My mom, 71, doesn't even qualify. ;) Mostly I just wanted the yodel joke. |
IM, that's a strange and wonderful mind you have there ! ;)
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I'm picturing Heidi yodeling in the mountains of Switzerland now. |
Thank, Lamp. :blush:
glatt: I looked for a lederhosen smilie. Are lederhosen appropriate? Do Swiss wear them? Or just germans? I don't know, and I'm part Swiss. edit: there was a lederhosen looking hat guy, but it turned out he was a smoking pimp. |
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Haggis!
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Double haggis.
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There is no litter in Germany.
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it's sparkling clean
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Really?
Wow. |
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I bet he's a real bear to travel with.
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Meanwhile, in Outback Australia.... the lake catches fire, and can't be put out.
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Z, call the oil companies... they will frack it out.
Back in the late 50's, I made a trip through Wyoming, where they had a similar fire burning underground in veins of coal. It went on for miles and had been burning for years. Now it's being strip mined... for example here |
Sounds like a naturally-occurring mulch fire.
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