Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)
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Jeez, if I could warrant spending just under £3k on a toy, I'd grab this in a heartbeat. It's in pretty good nick too.
http://www.bisi.gg/listing/12177/soft-top
http://www.bisi.gg/listing/12177/soft-top
Fishtigua said:
Greenpeace are ready to dampen me down and push me back out to sea.
I have been known to put my finger on the back of my wifes neck and tell her that she cant breath anymore.It took her ages to realise that I meant that I was blocking her blow hole.
I wasnt being serious, she is lovely but she thinks she is fat
Finally managed to get to have a stroll around my favourite bluebell woods while the bluebells are still blue. Used to take the dog here but haven't been for a number of years now, however this afternoon I found myself driving close by and with my wellies in the back of the car. So I went for a slightly emotional stomp. Kinda wish I had my camera with me rather than just my phone. It's so pretty in there this time of year.
SWTH said:
Somewhat better than a knighthood in my opinion. And it's not just the Royal Albert Bridge - IKB's work is scattered throughout London and the south west. Not a bad achievement either in a period of history almost overwhelmed with great engineers, including Watt, the Stephensons, the Spooners, Telford, Trevithick, the Darbys and Murdoch.
Regarding one of the other chappies in your list, at the high point of the Kennet and Avon canal just south of Hungerford is the pumping station. It has two beam engines, one of which is a James Watt engine. They fire them up a few times a year. The work they did is now done by two tiny electric pumps housed in a thing like a coal bunker.
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