things that might make you go WOW!!!!! thread

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6feetdown

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V8Druid said:
fascinating ... also called granny beetles round here to .... we're inundated with them, but always leave them alone as amongst other things they make short work of rotting wood of any type ... pretty sure they've remained fairly unchanged in millennia too ... occasionally see the odd 'silver fish' late at night too ... they've been around for 400 million years :oops:
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Yeah they like damp too. Didn't realise they cleanse the soil
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
this is amazing :oops::oops::oops::cool:

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V8Druid

V8Druid

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this is certainly interesting food for thought
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Bri963

Bri963

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There’s a few holes in this article. There were only a few 70-80 tonne blocks, and they were round the burial chamber. As far as the rest of the pyramid, the bigger 1-2 tonne blocks were used lower down and the top part was blocks averaging 500 kg. As far as needing laser guidance for accuracy, there were a lot of tunnels and bridges built before lasers were invented that met in the middle. Another thing I only found out today is that the pyramid was built around a small hill so a lot less blocks were moved than originally thought. They were like us, didn’t make a job harder than necessary.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
interesting -- with the potential to get very expensive - rapidly - but very clever
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
not so much wow! as .. " hmm - that's a clever idea " ... variable shelving - neat design, but would need some careful fixings :love::cool:
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V8Druid

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kabin man

kabin man

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V8Druid said:
can you imagine the speed at which tish is hitting the bottom of that chute :oops::oops::oops:
had 5 months erecting steel, at a site in Edgebaston, when I was 18, 'fore I went off to TTC in Redland ... from 4 floors up an empty 2 litre coke bottle, on the floor, would rebound a brick a good 20-25 ft in the air, if you hit it right :giggle::LOL::ROFLMAO:
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I bet when they lift the skip it's shaped like a fuckin wok.was 8 cu , now 15..
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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pettsy said:
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friend of mine told me many years ago they went on a flight to some little island somewhere, with a notoriously difficult landing, went in around a mountain, touched a wheel and were away again ... this went on until they managed a landing on the fourth approach .... said there were people getting off and kissing the tarmac ... his missus didn't sleep for two days .... worrying about leaving :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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There was another video of a Ryanair flight coming into land in the winds. Flippin wing pretty much grazed the ground there was so much side to side movement. The pilot did a good job getting it under control I thought
 
sfrs4

sfrs4

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The family and I flew back in to Stansted early November from Barcelona ( the day after the flood ) I swear down the pilot got about 10 ft above the runway and just cut the power, I've never had a landing as hard, how the landing gear withstood I don't know, pilot must have been on a promise is all I can think.
 
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Stroppymonkey

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Snapped from my phone whilst in its cradle
New shed going up on my patch. Safety level 0.
I spent a bit of time working for shed builder when I was 20.. scariest job I have ever had. Thought I was going to die every day.

I bet a months beer that its converted to a house in about 12 years time.

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