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Old 14th April 2017, 19:35
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Test ................... The most numerous Bird in the world ?
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Old 17th April 2017, 12:51
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Chicken with an estimated 50 million birds. However the most abundant wild bird is a Red billed Weaver/Quelea.

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Old 17th April 2017, 20:46
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chicken.... thanks QI
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Old 18th April 2017, 01:12
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Hmmmm my guess would have been Sparrow. prevalent in almost every country.
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Old 18th April 2017, 21:08
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Don't mind what it is as long as it doesn't fly directly overhead.
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Old 18th April 2017, 22:26
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Can you say what this ship was noted for in WW2 ?
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Old 18th April 2017, 23:22
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Can you say what this ship was noted for in WW2 ?
Opening shots in Gydina or Gadansk.
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Old 19th April 2017, 07:51
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Opening shots in Gydina or Gadansk.
Opening shots WW2. Correct.
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Old 19th April 2017, 16:15
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Opening shots WW2. Correct.
There were some film clips of this at the Tank place at Bovingdon when I was there a few years ago
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Old 20th April 2017, 22:03
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Old 20th April 2017, 22:52
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OK, we are off again. Thank's Steve.
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Old 8th March 2018, 23:53
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What is this procedure known as ?
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Old 9th March 2018, 11:10
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Dipping the eye.... ?
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Old 9th March 2018, 12:17
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Dipping the eye.... ?
Correct.
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Old 9th March 2018, 13:39
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What is the term used for these beams ?
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Old 10th March 2018, 09:31
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What is the term used for these beams ?
No replies yet so I will give it a shot:
I have no idea what it is called in a ship but, in a house or barn of timber construction, it would be called a diagonal truss or bracing truss.
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Old 10th March 2018, 09:48
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No replies yet so I will give it a shot:
I have no idea what it is called in a ship but, in a house or barn of timber construction, it would be called a diagonal truss or bracing truss.
Sorry not that. Clue > In the ships bow (the term sounds like breathing heavy).
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Sorry, original link didn’t work.
Try this.
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Old 10th March 2018, 11:56
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Och I was going to say breast hooks.
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Sorry not that. Clue > In the ships bow (the term sounds like breathing heavy).
A panting truss perhaps?
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Old 11th March 2018, 08:46
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A panting truss perhaps?
Near enough 'Panting beams'.
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