Chulla

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  1. I don't want to begin a new thread, so will put my ornithological question on here. For years I have suffered terribly with a nagging question for which I cannot find the answer. I have sleepless nights over it, and the search through countless books and internet sites have all drawn a blank. It is this: Do birds squint when they fly through rain; or do the raindrops hit their eyeballs like bullets? Colin, re photo of swan. Note that the wing leading-edges are drooped to give the camber to the upper side of the wing, just like aircraft.
  2. Two weeks ago I dragged myself into the 21st century and bought a mobile phone. I don't really want one but with my medical conditions thought it best to have one handy if summat happens while I am out. Sainsbury's in Arnold had a nice one, reduced from £20 to £15. Went in there today and the price was back up to £20 again. That's a breakfast in Bulwell 'spoons paid for. Haven't had one lately - anyone feel like one?
  3. The picture of the hovering Gannet is interesting. Birds, like aircraft, rely on the air travelling over the curvature of the top surface of their wings to create a low pressure to give 'lift'. In the picture you can see the minor feathers being sucked up by the low pressure.
  4. Er, what's he going to do if he did come back? We read that he has already been back once, spoke to his disciples and then cleared off. Funny that; I would have thought that he would have gone back to the place where he was crucified and showed those who witnessed it that he had come back from the dead. Awkward situation to explain when there is no proof that it happened.
  5. I couldn't resist putting on this clip from the finale of that great film A Canterbury Tale. Here we see Denis Price, who was a cinema organist before the war, getting his chance to play the organ in Canterbury Cathedral. Loppy, this could be you sitting in front of the manuals of the Binns organ in the Albert Hall. Set your sights high.
  6. I can just see it now. Loppy and Jill sharing the bench. What will they play? Would it be How much is that doggy in the window, or perhaps Kitten on the keys.
  7. The latest issue of the Basford Bystander (No.186) has an excellent article about the Seely family who sunk the pits around the Cinder Hill area and were involved in the General Hospital, the Cedars and various of the Halls and Granges. There is a nice picture of Broxtowe Hall. Also in the issue is an interesting old map of the enclosures in Old Basford in 1792. I will give the magazine a deserved plug. It was founded and run by Stan Smith until his death a couple of years ago. Since then his wife Christine has taken up the reigns and is doing a superb job. It is only eight p
  8. For some reason Postimage will not accept taking the last of the old car images - input cuts out after 84%. I will resume with another 50 later in the year. Meanwhile, I will continue with the Wild Flowers, then that will be it for a while.
  9. Do we have a member living in Ottawa, Canada, and who would be prepared to spend some time in the National Archives there obtaining some information for me? If so, then please PM me for details.
  10. The Sand Pebbles is on Monday 12th Feb at 23.15 and on Saturday 17th at 20.00. Also of interest I have found: The Night My Number Came Up, a heartstopping nail-biter if ever there were one. On tomorrow at mid-day. Another is The Browning Version. There is a scene in this film played by Michael Redgrave which to my mind is the finest piece of acting I have ever seen on a screen by a man. It is where a teacher tells him the nick-name that the pupils of the school call him.
  11. The poems were Delighted, slighted, unrequited, and The chiffon scarf, which I have posted on NS in the past.
  12. You'll be waiting a long time for that to happen, Loppy. Make your own mind up, let's have you and yours in Nottnum, in the Sam Hall one lunchtime and, perhaps, who knows, in the Albert Hall playing a bit of Bach.
  13. We had another good session at the Poems in the Pub night in Bulwell Wetherspoons. I gave them a couple of sad ones so they could cry into their beer. Here I am performing. Pictures taken there will appear on a City Council Facebook forum, so I am told.
  14. Thanks Col, or the link to the listings. Have to say that out of the many films listed there are not many that I could recommend. Some very good Laurel and Hardys, but the one that caught my eye was the Steve McQueen film The Sand Pebbles. Haven't seen this on TV for years. What makes it interesting to us blokes, and especially NBL I suspect, is the very unusual gun he has. Michael Redgrave's Thunder Rock is worth a gleg.
  15. Thanks all. Have re-tuned and got it now. Is there a list of forthcoming films that you can look at?
  16. I have Freeview, loads of channels and they are always being added to. But I do not have Channel 81 Talking Pictures. Anyone know why?
  17. I know, Phil, but car has only done 37,000 miles. Must be the great British workmanship that made its cam belt lasted that long. I just wonder what the cost of that replacement would have been if it had been a Citroen.
  18. Further top this topic. My car had its MOT yesterday, and talking with the garage man I told him about NBL's £600 wing mirror for his Renault van. He was not surprised and told me he had recently had a Citroen in for repair. It was one where the engine stops when the car stops to prevent pollution. In this case it need a new alternator and battery. Price of the two - wait for it - £3000. Whoever buys a French car needs an IQ test. Edit. I had them change the cam belt as it was the original one from 14 years ago. As it happened the belt was part of a water-pump kit, so had to h
  19. Getting back to the posts about boilers, I had an interesting and informative talk with NBL about modern boilers. I am thinking about changing our 45-year-old boiler, which does us proud, with a new one. By co-incidence, this clip is from a recent Daily Telegraph piece on the subject, and might interest those in the same boat as me.
  20. Seeing Affergorrit's post above reminded me that he told us at the last Roebuck meeting that he was going to San Francisco in the near future. I recommended that he visit a place that none of the tourists go to. It is the Bloomingdale's store (classy like our John Lewis). It is situated nearby the Market Street end of the Cable car terminus. It is one floor up in the building and the two pictures below show its wonderful Art Deco, black, white and glass layout inside. An absolute feast for the eyes.