Things That Gladden The Heart

srixon 1 said:
Best I ever saw (a few times) was when in the middle of the ocean on the back of one of Her Majesty's frigates. As part of the helicopter maintenance team we would often be up on the flight deck at night. During night flying operations the majority of the ships upper deck lighting would be switched off. 3,000 miles from anywhere and on a warm night we would often lay in the middle of the flight deck and stare at the night sky. With no light pollution whatsoever, there seemed to be more stars than space.
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Very similar experience when out on "safari" in Kenya.

I tend to be rather cynical and unromantic towards the natural world but the whole thing was just so memorable and night sky was fantastic. There seemed to be so much more of it than I ever see at home.
 
Cam home after the range and went out to feed the hedgehogs and while I was putting the food out one emerged from the house I had moved to the side of the garden and put dry leaves in the other week. Looks like it may be using it and hopefully will be able to hibernate there over the winter. May have to cautiously check the other one at some point but have to be really careful at this time of year so they don't get spooked and abandon the warmth of the house especially as it's cold and damp now
 
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They are just perfect. Never had a bag of crisps before where every one is consistent and no manky bits whatsoever - delicious.
 
Slime said:
Oooh, did you make them into a lovely big sandwich?
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They're honestly too good for that! It's like every potato must have been perfect and almost white and the slicer cut them all perfectly and just enough salt added. Just hope Lidl still have them in when we go this week!!
 
AmandaJR said:
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They are just perfect. Never had a bag of crisps before where every one is consistent and no manky bits whatsoever - delicious.
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They are OK but their dairy ice cream really is superb [says he with three big tubs in the freezer].

11 year G'daughter wins player of the match after scoring two goals in the 7-1 win.
Team is 11-13 year olds and she is a bit of a shrimp.
 
bobmac said:
Rather than dismantling all those oil rigs, is it not possible to use them as wind turbine platforms?
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I would expect they need a totally different platform and foundation base. assume a turbine will need much deeper foundations as the footprint is smaller, but way taller.. (I'm no physicist!)
 
bobmac said:
Rather than dismantling all those oil rigs, is it not possible to use them as wind turbine platforms?
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It’s a complicated process with too many things to list, but the turbines would probably be too heavy for the bases and it would be cheaper to make new platforms for them anyway.
 
BrianM said:
It’s a complicated process with too many things to list, but the turbines would probably be too heavy for the bases and it would be cheaper to make new platforms for them anyway.
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I was thinking much the same as Bob, using multiple smaller turbines harnessing the wind, underwater turbines using the waves, and maybe even solar power.
PS, hope you get your new job (y)
 
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