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Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-10-2020, 10:22 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
People in the UK are asked to wear masks in shops...

People in the UK are asked to wear masks in shops and other enclosed premises and it is mandatory to wear one on public transport in England.
A couple of weeks ago I was on the train for a short...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-08-2020, 12:47 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
Having looked at a number Street View shots taken...

Having looked at a number Street View shots taken over a period of several years I'm not sure that it is although the leaf looks the part.
I think it is probably a London Plane tree which I find...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-07-2020, 06:59 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
I'm just wondering if that was an unusually small...

I'm just wondering if that was an unusually small root structure, or whether most roots, perhaps rotten, were left in the ground when the tree fell.

Perhaps Gravdigr can help here?
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-06-2020, 04:24 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
We don't need to go to all that bother. Over...

We don't need to go to all that bother.
Over here we have perfected the self-felling tree.

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It happened yesterday in Ealing, London, during unusually high winds for the time of...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-31-2019, 10:54 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
I once had a girlfriend who was a mermaid. ...

I once had a girlfriend who was a mermaid.

The relationship was doomed to fail.

Well, she wanted to remain halibut.

;)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-12-2019, 06:29 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
Disc harrow on the back of a tractor in upright...

Disc harrow on the back of a tractor in upright stowed position?
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-03-2019, 04:40 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
Newton looked on approvingly and Darwin allowed...

Newton looked on approvingly and Darwin allowed himself a wry smile.



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Forum: Quality Images and Videos 12-29-2018, 12:55 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
You want practical? 65978 This was an...

You want practical?

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This was an advertising prop based on the Mini with the small addition of 200lbs of ballast as it tended to become unstable at speed. :eek:

Link...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-04-2018, 03:05 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
The sign of real decadence is having staff to...

The sign of real decadence is having staff to peel one's grapes. :)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-01-2018, 04:35 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
And I bet they all claimed that Butch was...

And I bet they all claimed that Butch was driving. :rolleyes:

Meanwhile, seventy years on and an ocean away....



BBC link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43181608)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-06-2018, 10:16 AM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
It's a phrase still used here and I've always...

It's a phrase still used here and I've always been under the impression that it was of British origin, thus:



No, it's not one of ours, it turns out it's one of yours.



Oh well, that's...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 06-11-2016, 04:12 AM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
It's a Ford Transit drop side truck much favoured...

It's a Ford Transit drop side truck much favoured by the building profession.

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I believe that the above is a slightly later version of that shown in the first pic.
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 06-10-2016, 08:24 AM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
I've seen worse! Often, when the vehicle is...

I've seen worse!

Often, when the vehicle is being driven with the windows down, the accumulated detritus tends to end up on the side of the road.

Actually, I think that's been contrived. No...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 05-24-2016, 02:04 PM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
Cat's eyes removed? WTF?

The reflective studs, commonly known as 'Cat's Eyes', in the centre line of the road have been removed to enable re-surfacing to take place.

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These passive devices are being replaced by...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-13-2016, 01:54 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
A few years back, I worked with a chap who had...

A few years back, I worked with a chap who had been in the Royal Navy.
At one stage of his career he served on board the Royal Yacht Britannia where everything of course was ship shape and high...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 12-03-2015, 01:49 PM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
As something of a map junkie, and having more...

As something of a map junkie, and having more than a passing interest in the Cold War, I'm looking forward to a book about Soviet military mapping of the USA and UK...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 11-08-2015, 03:40 AM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
http://s2.postimg.org/h33dk7qu1/Trilby.jpg...

http://s2.postimg.org/h33dk7qu1/Trilby.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

Headgear that's rarely spotted these days.

Men of my grandfather's generation wore them, very often as a component of their...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 10-28-2015, 03:13 PM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
Ah! The pressure cooker! I remember dear old...

Ah! The pressure cooker!

I remember dear old mum having trouble with one of those contraptions.

A jet of boiling gravy issued forth from the safety valve and painted the ceiling in the...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 10-26-2015, 03:59 PM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
$23,000? Chicken feed, good sir! This photo...

$23,000? Chicken feed, good sir!

This photo of an iceberg which might have been that which the Titanic struck, was sold for £21,000 ($32,000)!
...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 10-18-2015, 04:14 AM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
Catering for the less than observant amongst its...

Catering for the less than observant amongst its readership, the NY Daily News article helpfully begins....



NY Daily News...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 10-17-2015, 03:55 PM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
My thanks go to Osceola County Sherriffs' Office...

My thanks go to Osceola County Sherriffs' Office for pointing out which one was which. ;)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-22-2015, 10:25 AM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
Adorable? Real life facial expressions? ...

Adorable? Real life facial expressions?

Whoever wrote that must keep pretty strange company.
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-15-2015, 03:45 PM
Replies: 12,862
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Posted By Carruthers
No doubt sponsored by a hedge fund manager. ;)

No doubt sponsored by a hedge fund manager. ;)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-15-2015, 12:54 PM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
http://s8.postimg.org/3pbva6wgl/Hedge.jpg...

http://s8.postimg.org/3pbva6wgl/Hedge.jpg (http://postimage.org/)


Tall Order. A gardener working for the National Trust clips the 18th Century, 46' tall, Yew hedge at Powis Castle, near...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-13-2015, 01:48 PM
Replies: 12,862
Views: 5,854,624
Posted By Carruthers
You forgot GCHQ. It's the only part of...

You forgot GCHQ.

It's the only part of Government that listens to the electorate.
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