Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Alex said: Saw that on the news. You’d think they would have unearthed all the remaining sections already given the route of the wall is already known. The course of the Wall through what’s now the city centre is still not 100% known. I remember watching a dig on Clavering Place behind the Turnbull Building, and they were fizzing at the slit because they found two stone coffins, and, equally important to them, a section of road and civilian building, which indicated the wall ran north of the site. edit; They dug up a bit of the actual wall just outside the entrance of the Mining Institute recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10844 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Has it stopped working like It was suffocated by chins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Monkeys Fist said: Has it stopped working like herniated disc about 5 or 6 years ago at St Mary’s lighthouse. Walking down the slipway from the car park with CT junior on shoulders and hit a patch of wet pavement. Footing went and had to do a very jerky move to keep him in place, resulting in a herniated disc. Effects my arms rather than my neck. I can lug wood and diy machinery around to build a pergola but knackered if I hold a baby in front of me Swinging a light detector left me off work for a week last time so hoping for a better result tomorrow. Also happens to be first day back at work since March 2020 so maybe I’m subconsciously trying to get an extra week off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Strap the metector to your leg then walk around stiff-legged like you’ve shit yourself. You’ll find your rusty spoons and no one will come near you, giving you the peace you crave. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10844 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Christmas Tree said: herniated disc about 5 or 6 years ago at St Mary’s lighthouse. Walking down the slipway from the car park with CT junior on shoulders and hit a patch of wet pavement. Footing went and had to do a very jerky move to keep him in place, resulting in a herniated disc. Effects my arms rather than my neck. I can lug wood and diy machinery around to build a pergola but knackered if I hold a baby in front of me Swinging a light detector left me off work for a week last time so hoping for a better result tomorrow. Also happens to be first day back at work since March 2020 so maybe I’m subconsciously trying to get an extra week off. Affects, not effects. Isn't your job 'sitting in a comfortable car'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, The Fish said: Affects, not effects. Isn't your job 'sitting in a comfortable car'? Yes, arms come in handy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 14:47, Alex said: He'll have had about 6 different hobbies since metal detecting was flavour of the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Following the fireball the other day , my nephew was on Radio Newcastle discussing it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cvkl08?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Starts at 2:40:00 with a Duran Duran song halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 15 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Following the fireball the other day , my nephew was on Radio Newcastle discussing it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cvkl08?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Starts at 2:40:00 with a Duran Duran song halfway through. TL; DL 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21564 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Wondered where to put this, absolutely weird moon tonight in Tynemouth, looked like Mars had left its orbit and was where the moon should be. I'm sure someone into photography could have got some amazing shots. Moonrise Mars? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Some stunning photos of the Northern Lights captured over your way last week. (Not by me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Renton said: That’s clearly just a projection on the inside of the ice dome. It looks red because over distance the denpressure makes light smell of piss, or something like that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 Red Alert for tonight if you have clear skies. Apparently they were visible as far south as Cornwall last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 So, at 7:49pm tonight an asteroid 40-90 metres wide , which was only discovered last month, will pass between the moon and earth, missing us by 175,000km- in planetary terms, that’s not just a close shave, that’s waxing our nuts. According to the BBC, it’ll return in 2026 and miss us, ominously though, nowt about 2029 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65061818 In other news, my nephew has just heard from Greenwich Observatory that he’s got a job with them, starting in a month or so. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: So, at 7:49pm tonight an asteroid 40-90 metres wide , which was only discovered last month, will pass between the moon and earth, missing us by 175,000km- in planetary terms, that’s not just a close shave, that’s waxing our nuts. According to the BBC, it’ll return in 2026 and miss us, ominously though, nowt about 2029 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65061818 In other news, my nephew has just heard from Greenwich Observatory that he’s got a job with them, starting in a month or so. What’s he doing in the meantime? WAHEY!!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11361 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Alex said: What’s he doing in the meantime? WAHEY!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 10 hours ago, Alex said: What’s he doing in the meantime? WAHEY!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Red Alert issued for tonight if anyone wants to catch the Northern lights. (And clear skys). Even if you can’t see it with the naked eye, if you change your phones camera exposure to 10 seconds and take a photo, it should show up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44802 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Just had a look there and can def see something like a strip high in the sky. I'd give it a 2 out of 10 from Wideopen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1333 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Northern lights on November 5th? Come on, pull the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Creswell https://x.com/thedozeffect/status/1721274209110736914?s=46&t=u7kgTqKwyWVL613Y9nGNvw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21564 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 14 hours ago, Gemmill said: Just had a look there and can def see something like a strip high in the sky. I'd give it a 2 out of 10 from Wideopen. You saw Steve. https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/06/special-type-of-northern-lights-known-as-steve-spotted-over-the-uk-19778715/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44802 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 That's exactly what I saw, good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42362 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I was reading a little article about Betelgeuse, the mental red giant star in Orion, where they said they’d had data which indicated it was spinning at 3-4 miles per second. This goes against everything they thought was possible, so they looked again at the data. ( they measure the speed of star rotation based on the fact that light coming from the side which is spinning towards us gets a little boost over the light from the side going away from us, from this they can calculate it’s rotation speed.) It seems that it’s (probably) not spinning that fast ( but it might be), but what skewed the data was the fact that the convection cells on it are just ridiculous. On the Sun, they’re about the size of Texas… On Betelgeuse, they can be as big as the Earth’s orbit around the Sun! The thing is fucking huge, it would go out past Jupiter if it was in our system! And it’s kicking off When this goes boom it’s going to be absolutely spectacular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: I was reading a little article about Betelgeuse, the mental red giant star in Orion, where they said they’d had data which indicated it was spinning at 3-4 miles per second. This goes against everything they thought was possible, so they looked again at the data. ( they measure the speed of star rotation based on the fact that light coming from the side which is spinning towards us gets a little boost over the light from the side going away from us, from this they can calculate it’s rotation speed.) It seems that it’s (probably) not spinning that fast ( but it might be), but what skewed the data was the fact that the convection cells on it are just ridiculous. On the Sun, they’re about the size of Texas… On Betelgeuse, they can be as big as the Earth’s orbit around the Sun! The thing is fucking huge, it would go out past Jupiter if it was in our system! And it’s kicking off When this goes boom it’s going to be absolutely spectacular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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