The "Anything Goes" thread

Hayles66 · Jul 1, 2013

Looks great though.

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J. A. · Jul 2, 2013

The names of Pluto's smallest known moons will be announced in a little less than 6 hours.

Richard Brown · Jul 2, 2013

At the end of yesterday, the construction works across the street had reached this stage.

At 8.45 this morning they had got this far....

2 hours later - this far. .....

There are 2 bricklayers and 1 labourer on site. They cannot build brick or block work any higher than 1.8M each day if they are to avoid future structural problems where walls would be overloaded before the mortar has set.

So we have construction going on on front of us and destruction far off behind the house, where the car park is being demolished. It's surprisingly quiet with all of this going on.

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Bennettb · Jul 2, 2013

Great pictures Czevski. The fair looks like fun.
Bobbi

The OB · Jul 2, 2013

Richard Brown said:
At the end of yesterday, the construction works across the street had reached this stage.

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At 8.45 this morning they had got this far....

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2 hours later - this far. .....

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There are 2 bricklayers and 1 labourer on site. They cannot build brick or block work any higher than 1.8M each day if they are to avoid future structural problems where walls would be overloaded before the mortar has set.

So we have construction going on on front of us and destruction far off behind the house, where the car park is being demolished. It's surprisingly quiet with all of this going on.

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A very entertaining post and pictures, thanks Richard. Is that garage going to be at the far end of the drive or sharp left as you enter the property?
Andrew

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The OB · Jul 2, 2013

Czevski said:
I don't know what kind they are. They were just part of the exhibits, and I thought they were interesting.

My bird for today.

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A female (or juvenile male) rose breasted grosbeak.

Love those pictures Czevski. Looks like that grosbeak is not sure whether it should peck into this rather strange looking owl

Andrew

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Richard Brown · Jul 2, 2013

The OB said:
A very entertaining post and pictures, thanks Richard. Is that garage going to be at the far end of the drive or sharp left as you enter the property?
Andrew

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At the far end of the driveway, where the yellow tarpaulin can be seen through the safety fence.

The progress of the works will add that Je ne sais Quoi to my Friday weather photos

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dianne137 · Jul 2, 2013

Czveski that owl looks good enough to eat

Richard Brown · Jul 2, 2013

Richard Brown said:
At the far end of the driveway, where the yellow tarpaulin can be seen through the safety fence.

The progress of the works will add that Je ne sais Quoi to my Friday weather photos

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The brikkies ain't hanging about. I took this a few minutes ago. You can see the slabs of cavity insulation sandwiched between the block work and the brick outer skin of the wall.

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J. A. · Jul 2, 2013

Vulcan has not yet been detected.

SETI announced the names of Pluto's moons:
P4 was named "Kerberos", and P5 is now "Styx".

zstairlessone · Jul 4, 2013

J. A. said:
Vulcan has not yet been detected.

SETI announced the names of Pluto's moons:
P4 was named "Kerberos", and P5 is now "Styx".

Yes, they kept with the underworld theme. Vulcan had the most votes by far (The winning two were second and third) but was discounted for some closely named non-existent planetoid between Mercury and the sun. They offered to name a feature on one after James Kirk (who started the write in for Vulcan)

J. A. · Jul 5, 2013

zstairlessone said:
Yes, they kept with the underworld theme. Vulcan had the most votes by far (The winning two were second and third) but was discounted for some closely named non-existent planetoid between Mercury and the sun. They offered to name a feature on one after James Kirk (who started the write in for Vulcan)

I've heard that also. They explained it when the names were announced.

Richard Brown · Jul 8, 2013

On Saturday, I visited the Surrey County Records Building in Woking. I had a place at a morning talk by Ancestry to mark the launch of the addition of Surrey Parish Records on their site.

Here are some photos of the day.

I failed to get the announcement saying "follow the train company on twitter, Facebook" etc. I wasn't quick enough!

A model of a Hawker Hunter in Woking Town Centre ( Note name and logo behind it

). I didn't get to see the Martian tripod lurking in the town centre. Next time.

Then, I liked these images, cyclists' models etc in an area dedicated to Woking. There were many cyclists on my train heading for Woking. It seems the town promotes cycling, and why not...