Sw@lnalla

well, fine, but id did sound like a good explanation to me!

You have to be a fan of Eric Von Daniken.

Something to consider re. cold

http://www.economist.com/science/displayst...tory_id=5246542

it might be all ball locks, but i dont hear a better explanation, or are we sticking with the old brass statue's balls falling off?

Maybe you got confused with spanking your own monkey, but don't let on about it.

The theory about the canonballs was debunked years ago, all balls I'm afraid.

"# The purported method of storage of cannonballs ("round shot") is simply false. Shot was not stored on deck continuously on the off-chance that the ship might go into battle. Indeed, decks were kept as clear as possible. Furthermore, such a method of storage would result in shot rolling loose and rolling around on deck, causing a hazard, in high seas. Shot was stored on the gun or spar decks, in shot racks — longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy, into which round shot were inserted for ready use by the gun crew.

# Shot was not left exposed to the elements, where it could rust. Such rust could lead to the ball not flying true. Indeed, gunners would attempt to remove as many imperfections as possible from the surfaces of balls.

# The physics simply does not hold water. All of the balls would contract equally, and the contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed possibly could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship."

That sounds really cold, Joe.

LOL CK

A bag of frozen peas.

Then you really can phart peas at the moon

The pisstakers prevail, oh well!

http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/mdm3.html

or maybe http://www.ugoto.com/flash/fartingelves.html

The Wallaw was in Blyth.

they moved it to Sleekburn ....lol

As Im out here in Yankland I was hoping to see those pictures again to remind me of good/crap Bedlington, and give most of the people im working with a good old laugh at the town.

Want to see a pic of a terriers ass?

There you go, I did say it was a long time ago but I do recall Aker Bilk playing there, the Wallaw that is.

Pete

The Wallaw, originally the Palace, 9d downstairs and 1s 3d upstairs and we got our crisps at the little shop on the corner opposite. Sometimes we even dared to go to the Prince of Wales up there in Bedlington, most times though we went to the billiard hall at the Station, if there was no table available we went to the 'tute behind South Row.

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Blakoe energiser works for me........lol

Hmm. I'll allow that steel has been recovered from WWI battleships.

The stuff about radioactivity rings a bit untrue, though. Radioactivity wasn't created in 1945, it's always been there

You are so right CK, radioactivity has always been there as you say.

"The chemical element krypton, whose principal source is the atmosphere, had a long-lived radioactive content, in the mid-1940s, of less than 5 dpm per liter of krypton. In the late 1940s, this content had risen to values in the range of 100 dpm per liter. It is now some hundred times higher than the late 1940 values. This radioactivity is the result of the dissolving of nuclear fuel for military and civilian purposes, and the release thereby of the fission product krypton-85 (half-life = 10.71 years, fission yield = 0.2%). The present largest emitter of krypton-85 is the French reprocessing plant at Cap-de-la-Hague."

It's worth noting just how much a business' name can influence its performance; I remember reading not too long ago, that one of the contributory factors leading to the demise of Ciro Citterio, was that no-one, including its own staff, could decide on how its name should be pronounced!

It doesn't seem to affect !*!@#

I believe it, even old U boats scuttled by the Germans have been salvaged.

"All steel made since the detonation of the first atom bomb in 1945 has contained tiny amounts of radioactivity. This is because the atmosphere now contains trace amounts of radioactivity. The steelmaking process involves the use of large amounts of air, which transfers the radioactivity to the steel. Instruments and equipment used for measuring radioactivity must be free from extra background radiation, so post-1945 "new" steel cannot be used for these purposes. Instead, pre-1945 "clean" steel is used. The steel is obtained from the scrapping of pre-1945 ships, and a considerable amount has been obtained from the German ships scuttled in Scapa Flow at the end of WWI. Obviously, steel obtained from these relatively limited sources is much more valuable than normal steel. The existing sources for "clean" steel have mostly dried up, so the salvage of the U-Boats is economically justifiable now. The submarines will not be melted down after salvage, rather, plates cut from the hulls will be used in their current form."

http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn7.htm

I'll tell you what, it's cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey.

And that's swearing.

I thought I heard a distant clinking sound, must be the tinnitus acting up again.

Whats with this "older folks' bit Swallnala. As I remember, you are still in the prime of life. Not like some of us.

Now I am old, and have the decrepitude to prove it. CK is obviously catching up with me, and as for Denzel, thats anyones guess, anywhere between six and sixty I would think!

So give it a rest, and get back to the wry and witty Swallnala we all remember and enjoy so much!

Joe Rooney

LOL Joe

It's high time Wansbeck Council encouraged some reinvestment in the town, or it's just going to be a commuters ghost town. Judging by some of the houses for sale there's money there, but it isn't being spent locally.

Perhaps getting down on our knees and praying to the goddess Tyche will help, even sacrifice some Bedlington terriers in the market place.

Hi Swalnalla,

good to see you back, hope you are keeping well.

I'm good Jean tu, how are you? we could do with some of your Australian summer right now ...lol

Well boss, how about giving some of us older folks an area we can chat in peace, keep these morons and hotheads out so we don't have to read the crap they bring? There are certain persons always must have the last word (even when it doesn't make sense), immediately apparent whenever anyone opens the main page

Ah, you must be in Acklington Prison.....

Sure pencil neck.......... I really do wonder sometimes?

The Phoenix arises!

Good to know you are still in this world, I am pleased, but there may be a couple of others who will not share the sentiment.

As for me, I am still slogging along. Every now and then the leg kicks back, and I find myself back on a hospital bed for another enforced vacation. But you know how it is. You get too ambitious, and fate slaps you back into reality. But pretty good for now.

So, you are back in the UK again. How does that fit in your scheme of things? We moved to Calgary in May of this year. My wife wanted to retire early. And I thought it would be better that she be closer to the kids. So here we are, looking at the Rockies, ignoring Klein and other assorted Rednecks, but generally enjoying life.

Hope all goes well with and for you.

I await to see what you post next. It should be lively!

Joe

Yes Joe, back in the UK, inevitable I suppose all things considered, I was really struggling to settle in Canada some of the reasons you are probably aware of. Been back here now since April 04, live in a tiny bungalow without a view, no dog or garden and no drivethroughs where I can grab a double/double. But I like it, it's home, I see my daughter and grandkids anytime I like now, after ten years absence that is a luxury for me.

Glad to hear you are ok and I look forward to seeing more of your postings

Personally I have found their food to be top rank. A simple case of food poisoining would not affect a canine, their constitution is such that even raw meat can be easily digested.

As you are someone who uses 'Anusol' at the other end, I am not surprised