jcredfer

Hi, you're diagram, as labelled is quite correct as you have labelled it. It seems to me that the one on the wall is, in fact, also correct(?), but probably wasn't intended to have the same labels that you chose for yours. It looks like the circles are about Professions which he belonged to, in the left-hand circle and similarly, Beards in the right-hand one, which he was a member of both. {Slightly dodgy grounds, in that that he was shown as a member of both sets, despite other, similarly qualified folks, not being included.}. The plaque is attached to the house, which gives some implied context to the reason for the plaque.

Back - along, just after I bought my Freelander, I was in the habit of taking my {3-5 yr old} daughter along with me, to the drive through car wash. She thought it was great fun. One particular such outing, I had the front windows open, because of the hot summer weather. I only just remembered to close them as we entered the first, soaping, part, but not before a few small splashes came in through the windows. Not particularly worried, I grabbed both window buttons and hauled them, rapidly, upwards. We got a few more drops in, whilst they were rising, which had her in gales of, delighted, laughter. What I wasn't expecting was the immediate start of them descending again, straight after the bump to a halt, at the top. Obviously I grabbed the buttons and had them on the way up again, accompanied by even louder laughter. Back up at the top, they started back down again, so I got hold of the buttons and simply held them in the Up position until we were far enough through the wash process to let them go again. At that point, I raised each window separately and held it there for a few moments, whereupon they stayed up. Checking with the garage people when I next went to get it serviced, they confirmed that it did that by design, but they hadn't got the first idea, what the purpose was. P.S. She is over 18 now, but still has a giggle, if we go to a drive through again -

I removed mine, too; in respect.

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Good to have the weather to wear a nice red Jersey..... {I'm sorry, just couldn't resist.} Seriously now, it's nice to see St Catherine's breakwater again, after 50 years. There were rather different circumstances then, we were arriving after a somewhat gusty crossing from Hamble in the RAFSA Slipstream {S&S 34}, to be greeted by 3 balls on the Storm Warning post. We were well relieved to have got in before that one had arrived. I can vouch that it was bad enough on the tiller for 3 watches that night - on the stops both ways - rather lively to say the least! Once tidied up, we went for a very welcome breakfast, where we got chatting to a couple of locals. The Storm Warning sign was mentioned, along with the observation that it was good to arrive here, "before that lot took off". There were smiles around the locals, whilst they informed us that the warning for a 10 had been hoisted over 12 hours earlier. We had just crossed from Hamble in a 10, with a full set up the mast, little wonder that the tiller was banging the stops!! Grateful for a good boat, too. 🤔 Good picture, thank you.

Much easier than trying to do it with Scalene triangles, where, when you have to consult your Batman about how your Mess Dress Uniform had fared - when he examined it after a rather very enthusiastic Dining in Night and what the angles were for some form of restoration to somewhere near to acceptable Uniform status. His reply, with appropriate sympathetic look - 🙄 - "OH SAH COAT!" Living where you are, there's plenty of environmental assistance, just go outside and get a Log Book out... remember them? Horrid contraptions. 🤮 Best wishes J

You maybe going to wish it was. 🤔 Back to the first comment, about tree height, it was a reference to your method of measuring the height of the trees - using right angled triangles. You didn't need to do the calculations, because you did it practically with that ruler, but the relationship between the Hypotenuse and the other two sides was still being used..... I'm sure that you will remember that Pythagoras discovered the relationship and it became known as Pythagoras' Rule. { A Squared = B Squared + C Squared } Sports field square corners used to be commonly marked out using a 3, 4, 5; knotted rope; 9 + 16 = 25 - { ---'----'----- } Hence..... ..... are you really sure you are ready for this.....??? ..... really??? The Squaw on the Hippopotamus Hide is equal to the Sum of the Squaws on the other two Hides. 🤔..😂 Once told, by the Maths teacher - so horrible, never forgotten. Best wishes J

I have been to the USA for visits, covering many months, although I never got asked to register for passing stools. Perhaps it could depend on the sort of excrement that is expected to be passed..... ??

As a teacher for many years, I was well aware that to do the job properly you had to love the kids..... ...... it was absolutely fine as a principal driving force, but I could never manage to eat a whole one! J

Aaagh, just remembered where you live now. You must have seen it all in live action, all three Squaws and their expensive imported Hippo Hides. 🫠 J

There you go..... You were paying attention in those Maths lessons, all those years ago. Your teachers can stop rolling in their final resting places, after all. 🤣 J

Easy, turn GM off and install the wife in the passenger seat. It comes with the speed warning feature, too.

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TOWIE would delight in such positive confirmation of their beliefs and be delighted to bowl them downhill, with additional Essex enthusiasm.....

TOWIE behaviour is apparently historically consistent then.....