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Just arrived Apia, Samoa
One guy came back onboard at 0230 after being AWOL.
0930 Read to the crew the Samoan laws governing desertion from vessels.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 31-100.JPG

Something for us to look forward to.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-12/ ... /104464014
Looks like I will miss most of the hot days but not the hot nights.

studentforever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:38 pm <snip>
By the way a little earlier the Forum went down then whan you could log in it was very, very slow but it seems to be back now.

It slowed down to match my typing speed, sorry for the inconvenience.

13 Oct 1773 (O04-O10) Charles (G04-A04) Messier discovered the (E05-E13) Whirlpool (M15-M10) Galaxy. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/galaxies/whirlpool-galaxy The Whirlpool Galaxy https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/02/Unknown_17-028e72d.jpeg?w=2679&webp=1 and t...

Hi Kinslee.
Good to have you onboard.
You will find Alt1 and Alt3 will be become your best friends. ESC helps when things lock up, and the Help tab when you get stuck or things don't do what you expect them to do.

National (J10 across) Candy (M07 down) Corn Day - October 30th

Got in early with this one so you can stock up with it.

Randi wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:35 pm

pommystuart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:28 pm Seems it was in fact total codswallop.

Yup. I had just looked in Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Tower

You forgot the smiley

World (G03 across) Smile Day - October 7th

Its a few days late but you can still smile.

Morgan, try this link unless it's the one you used about the address. https://historiclondontours.com/tales-of-london/f/official-secrets I did not know about the "secret address". It is mentioned about 3/4 way down the article just after the night shot of the message board. Seems it was in...

(L04-L17) Lost Traveller Story In Hampshire (UK), in the eighteenth century, a Mr William Davis was riding home when a heavy fog surrounded him, and in no time at all he found that he had lost his way. Suddenly, he heard the bells from his local church (Twyford) start to ring. As they did so William...

"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought." * I really hate this damn machine, I wish that they would sell it. It never does just what I want, but only what I tell it. * "There are things that are so serious that you can only j...

The Post Office Tower, now known as the (H13 back, no gap between BT and T or H14 with a gap) BT Tower , was officially opened on 8th October 1965 by the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. Costing £2 million to construct, the 189m (620ft) cylindrical tall tower is made from 13,000 tonnes of concret...

Happy Birthday Bob the Builder.



To solve problems and get things done with a positive attitude, Bob the Builder and pals dig, haul and build together!

Hot and getting hotter, expecting 30C. Time Temperature Feels like RainfallMore information 12:00 pm 27.6° 26.5° 11:30 am 26.7° 24.8° 0.0 millimetres 11:00 am 26.1° 23.6° 10:30 am 25.9° 24.4° 0.0 millimetres 10:00 am 24.7° 23.4° 9:30 am 23.7° 22.7° 0.0 millimetres 9:00 am 21.7° 21.4° 8:30 am 17.9° 1...

The Soviet Union launched the (I10 back) Sputnik 1 probe into orbit on October 4th, 1957.

F2 down Dictionary

Every year on October 16, the United States celebrates National Dictionary Day in honor of Noah Webster, the Father of the American Dictionary, who was born on this day in 1758.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-024/581208/2020-03/581208-tuscarora-031/581208-tuscarora-031-045.JPG 08-Merid Sent on board HBMS " ?Jendos? for transportation to the United States a box containing specimans obtained in sounding from San Francisco to Hololulu, to go from...

Tuscarora Hololulu Jan 26th 1875 https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-024/581208/2020-03/581208-tuscarora-031/581208-tuscarora-031-035.JPG 1700 Wm Wilson (O Sea), whilst laying down from aloft fell from the topmast rigging striking the shear ratline iron, of the port lower rigging...

My small (3.9kW) solar system produced in Sept (Spring).
Max 21.9 kWh
Min 1.9 kWh
Avg 16.5 kWh
Total gen for Sept 497.3kWh

Yes. The seeds make better color but you could follow this recipe How to extract color from flower petals? Safety first Pick your flowers (remember to ask permission) – enough petals to fill a coffee cup, packed moderately. Find a small jar in which to cover the petals with warm or boiling water. .....