Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

Started by Leon, 24 February 2013, 05:21:09 PM

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

You may refer to me as: Your Grace, Duke Speedy of Leighton.
2016 Pendraken Painting Competion Participation Prize  (Lucky Dip Catagory) Winner

Last Hussar

I've got the Osprey "gaslands", so if those close to me fancy giving it a try!
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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fsn

Thanks chaps. I have ordered Gaslands.



Cheaper on Amazon than WoB!
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

fsn

Today's doings:

As per usual, I've shot myself in the foot. My initial thought for blue team, was a bus, and a truck and a lightly armed (and armoured) car for reconnaissance. Then I dug out my PEM box and found the means of creating turrets and also some tiny aircraft to use for drones - which removes the need for the car.

Think I need to do some weathering as well. .
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Last Hussar

I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

GNU PTerry

fred.

That brings back memories!

100k rpm 

special balanced test tubes in a large steel block

very carefully measuring (by weight) into each tube

run for hours 

separate stuff from liquids - usually of some biological origins

not something you have in your garage
2011 Painting Competition - 1 x Winner!
2012 Painting Competition - 2 x Runner-Up
2016 Painting Competition - 1 x Runner-Up!
2017 Paint-Off - 3 x Winner!

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Last Hussar

What I don't understand is why they are doing advertisements on Bing. Surely it's the sort of thing you go looking for, not pick up because you saw it on a sponsor segment.
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

GNU PTerry

fred.

hardly an impulse purchase

I forget what they cost - but I think we only had 2 in the whole department 
2011 Painting Competition - 1 x Winner!
2012 Painting Competition - 2 x Runner-Up
2016 Painting Competition - 1 x Runner-Up!
2017 Paint-Off - 3 x Winner!

My wife's creations: Jewellery and decorations with sparkle and shine at http://www.Etsy.com/uk/shop/ISCHIOCrafts

Orcs

Quote from: Last Hussar on Yesterday at 07:30:26 PMBecause I do my best to turn off all cookies, I get some weird adverts.

https://discover.beckman.com/ultracentrifuges-and-accessories?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=202512-mtna-cent-ppc-ultracentrifuge&utm_term=beckman%20coulter%20analytical%20ultracentrifuge

This isn't a joke by me - an ad for this really has popped onto my Bing.

Its because you spend so much time trying to reinvent the wheel.
Looking for metric versions of angles.
Trying to write your own rules when there are perfectly suitable sets available.

As you go round In circles all the time, they obviously thought you needed a centrifuge to help.
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Last Hussar

Think of it as idle curiosity for a mind unbridled.
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

GNU PTerry