blakeyboy

No it isn't. This is.

...same here...Sierra 10.12.6....

Oh it's all mad- paranoia, speculation blah blah If I were running Russia, and needed to be the type of leader Russians like, I would do exactly what Putin is doing right now...... whether they attack or not is not important- he's generated panic by moving around what he owns, on land he owns. If he isn't planning anything, he must be falling about laughing, and if he is going to invade, he knows that not much will happen, like with Crimea. Win win for him. I had to explain to someone in Belgium how the French for 'Putin' is not actually accurate, since pronouncing it as the Francophones otherwise would would be 'Putain' which is not a complementary term...he didn't know, fell about laughing, so of course I pointed out that what the media tell him about the Russian build up may also not be true.....we are all in the dark, most of the time.

Thick men tipping crap into trucks were called 'Binmen'. Then they became 'refuse operatives' or some such. Failing education departments re-labelled year 5, 6 or whatever as 'Key Stage' something or other to make it sound like they had a clue what they were doing. The plastic sheet on your car seat when it comes back from a garage isn't to keep the seat clean- it's to make you think that the engine job they did is somehow 'better'. All this is commonplace and _we_ have allowed it to develop. When a village pub closes, people are up in arms, but when questioned, admit they hadn't had a drink in there for years.... You have to actually DO something to stop/change things. It can't be changed by talking on forums, but at the ballot box...if anyone is worth voting for.... Hope doesn't change reality. I invented 'Woke' years ago- I failed to get it into the Meaning of Liff because I missed the deadline. To 'Woke' ( present participle 'Woking' ) is to wander round the house trying to find that half- finished cup of coffee or tea that you put down absent-mindedly, and is going cold somewhere. I watched the Trump election success while in Las Vegas, in the Sports Bar at Caesar's Palace. What a bizarre night. The next evening, in a restaurant, a local came over on hearing my accent, and said how he was embarrassed at what I would now think of America and Americans. I replied that every country gets the government it deserves, and he ambled off quite contentedly.

Please bear in mind that after the risks, and having spent money for no reason, your coin is still the same....:-)

Hmmmm..trying to remember- yes- there is the 1880 with missing waves on the right, another 1880 with a fragment of the '0' above the top of the '0', an 1861 with a loop of a small '8' under the '8' I think you've seen them before over the past 4 years....

Don't get me started, Mike- even though your talent for doing so is impressive!!!! You are so so right. Madness. Same same same in my world of vintage Pro Audio. Does anyone get pleasure from such coins? All the sane people on this forum know what I mean- such coins don't HAVE to be graded highly by someone else for a fee... I have an acquaintance who collects expensive whisky. He has a mouth-watering collection. He has no idea what any of them taste like. Nuff said.

I finally got my money back. Finally. I had to pay to return the coins, which is taking the p*** after being ripped off. They are STILL using the picture!!!!!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234689165226?hash=item36a49077aa:g:WA8AAOSwURZi4TLf They are either crooks, or stupid people who have no clue as to what they are selling. There is a funny side- this is their own picture, presumably, so it looks like they sold an F169 for £3.99..... ...anyone on here got it?

Oh please...someone ask them if they can buy all the actual coins in the picture and see what they say....pleeese!

OMG they are using the same picture again!!!!!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234889351176?hash=item36b07f1008:g:gKIAAOSwAJpklhVx&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4FlH%2FfXPiXSsJPre7l4FkwuzQ%2FFY%2FXHxwomdwyGhYYo%2B0IrGq%2F2%2FNJH5ztcr%2Fzi2pXplG3cjx%2FXguuOcL6AfzurEwiGofyO5AC1gJi87HUywe32bRGsMxGk7xgZMNj21v7BnU8DRoNpCWisNzkc8%2F97eWnUDD0VTnk3owH7kPYaIj0OBq6rmBXZAc1B%2FDNdMrl7mWIG5EB5vQVxweqbXHnmwCW4Yg8uTJiBp95eUBmHGAvGg%2F%2FJln5ZmgePDb4GEarXl62LeZJCDWAVeo0%2F5pPMPkYxCEf0pw1ACqMgQd3qo%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7j4m9G1Yg

Remember this penny?? The one that Cowell coins pictured on their listing, but didn't send me? Well, check this out!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334927997148?hash=item4dfb43a8dc:g:8qkAAOSw0olknXO5&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwA%2BbcRNetiK29HGvHSs30gsTbAJ1s5m8yLCUB7SK7Dy9MYibTiNMnvUjEe%2BiPDwq65keMqw%2FztGut%2FdOU1EqlxTsvF2lo7yxxmIVCmwTy9pnEkzu%2BOg%2FL3khzhwGk72los77%2FOHbI9pciEuSGWCsJetPym8fe%2B0QLYuT3%2FilLu42WsLhI%2F1MPerYaTfDxHZDroJQItIDyfdiKK7PF4pClt6BLYCNW%2FIyxbUe7oB44o1wwzG80WN2sCVFAOUBHmLVig%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6z4m9G1Yg Compare with the one I thought I'd bought.....

Without the 'Check Your Change' booklet, and the 'I-Spy Book of Cars', my childhood would have been very bleak indeed.

A few snaps of a wedding I did in a Worcestershire valley. Please add your pics of colour!

Why don't people of his calibre go into politics?

I forgot about this thread! Here are some pics of a bash I lit last month, obviously 'boosted' by exposure length:

Ah. just realised...this is is referring to the Parthians, who used the Palintonos, or 'bent backwards' composite bow, that can be used when retreating, hence 'Parthian shot", corrupted down to "Parting shot"...

Go canal boating. 2 mph and swans coming on board to feast on wet bread, their rough mouths wearing away the skin on the top of your thumb....wonderful.

Does anyone recognise these two bits of optics?

Oh yeah- I just didn't recognise the abbreviation...

What is a ' .webp' file? It tries to download something, but nothing...

Ooh...hadn't thought of that. What's 'D&P'? Here are a couple of pics that show the adjustments- focus, iris, and two that are pre-set in slots. There is a photocell by the opening at the bottom as well....

1666, apparently. No trains to throw about though....??

https://www.stratusdeck.co.uk/tornado-scales Britain's strongest is a T8-9, so around 240 mph, so around F4. The T scale is way more scientifically based than the F scale. I'm in Figueres, NE Spain, on a job, and the locals have been complaining about the heat....

https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/uk/convective This is always worth a read- often very complicated!! British weather, eh? I was a member of TORRO yeas ago. No-one would believe me when I said that only the US has more tornados than us....

How would be unique? Would the mistake have been spotted and the metal removed in the time it took to to mint one coin?