Arrsers self taken photo collection.

[TamH70]

Er, you know I work on a boat, right...? Y'know - one of those things with a funnel.

Get it now...?

It was subtle and predicated on the reader knowing my place of work, granted, but there's few regulars on here who do not know where I work, if not what I actually do when I'm there.

Yeah, your avatar is a bit of a clue, isn't it?

Oh, wait...

 

[robinrocket111]

Yeah, your avatar is a bit of a clue, isn't it?

Oh, wait...

Submarine?

 

[NSP]

Submarine?

Well, for that one it was definitely "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

 

[NSP]

 

[robinrocket111]

Well, for that one it was definitely "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

By now it should be nervous......

Taxi...!!

 

[NSP]

By now it should be nervous......

Taxi...!!

Patterson should be, at least!!

 

[BareGrills]

Er, you know I work on a boat, right...? Y'know - one of those things with a funnel.

Get it now...?

It was subtle and predicated on the reader knowing my place of work, granted, but there's few regulars on here who do not know where I work, if not what I actually do when I'm there.

Like I care. You really are a pathetic creature.

Stop crayonning all over this thread.

 

[NSP]

Like I care. You really are a pathetic creature.

Stop crayonning all over this thread.

You started it. I just made one of many, many similar asides that others have littered this thread with and which give it its rich feeling of life. To whit; a gag on tank engines (brummm) vis tank engines (chuff chuff, toot) with a subtle inferrence to my nautical background. You chose to be a nit-picking, personally-abusive anorak, not me.

 

[NSP]

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Knew I had it somewhere - the (as yet unworn) "tour tee" we all chipped in for down the souk in Muscat whilst waiting for flights home.

 

[RZer0]

Tired to do some star trails but alas the clear sky went misty and light pollution left me with a grey smudge.
Did manage to get a quick snap of Orion before packing up, nothing special it's low down and things starting to get misty

So rather than waste the evening, here's some pictures of one of our cats Apache. This cats loves the warmth and loves it when the fire is on.

 

[Border_Reiver]

Tired to do some star trails but alas the clear sky went misty and light pollution left me with a grey smudge.
Did manage to get a quick snap of Orion before packing up, nothing special it's low down and things starting to get misty
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So rather than waste the evening, here's some pictures of one of our cats Apache. This cats loves the warmth and loves it when the fire is on.
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My father was deep sea MN pre , during and post WW2 . To me , as a boy , his knowledge of the Stars seemed Encyclopaedic . In the 50’s , to save energy , most street lights went out at ~10.00 pm so there was minimal light pollution . Orion’s Belt was one of the first star features he taught me to recognise .

 

[Ciggie]

This just popped up on my Facefuck page...a post I made ages ago. I can't remember if I stuck it on here or not, so apologies if it's an 'old'. Taken in Brno in the Czech Republic a few years ago. Coincidentally my daughter is now studying there and my son might as well. I never suggested it.

 

[Sixty]

Wojtek, the 'soldier bear' in West Princes Street Gardens,

 

[vvaannmmaann]

This just popped up on my Facefuck page...a post I made ages ago. I can't remember if I stuck it on here or not, so apologies if it's an 'old'. Taken in Brno in the Czech Republic a few years ago. Coincidentally my daughter is now studying there and my son might as well. I never suggested it.View attachment 541797

Nice Deltic.

 

[Ciggie]

Nice Deltic.

Not exactly...a smart copy indeed,made by...Skoda. Not the car bit which was flogged to VW but another wing of what was pre WWII probably the biggest and most successful heavy engineering firm in Europe.

 

[Daz]

Three Cliffs Bay

 

[Daz]

Three Cliffs Bay P2

 

[Wightsparker]

Sandown Bay yesterday afternoon during our exercise walk

 

[retread2]

Chimney.
Ships have funnels, steam locomotives have a chimney.

Now that I never knew.

 

[Old Stab]

From this mornings walk