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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest7 on February 05, 2008, 01:27:49 AM

Title: Scary thought
Post by: guest7 on February 05, 2008, 01:27:49 AM

I'd never heard of this incident, but what freaked me out is the last sentence in the first paragraph... 14?!  :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Bomb)

They really are careless
GC

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Steve Lake on February 05, 2008, 07:49:18 AM

It was nice of them to publish the serial number....I mean....yeah.......I've come across several of them on remote norfolk beaches....but none with that number....so thats alright then

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: themoudie on February 05, 2008, 08:16:47 PM

Aye, a 'lobster pot' off Thurso!

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: guest18 on February 06, 2008, 04:30:02 PM

14 what?
"Following several unsuccessful searches, it was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island." is the last sentence in the first paragraph  ???

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: guest7 on February 06, 2008, 04:48:17 PM

Fuck me, it's been edited since I posted the link.

It originally said that it was one of 14 nuclear devices that the US cannot account for.

GC

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Andy M on February 06, 2008, 08:03:13 PM

Quote from: onepot on February 06, 2008, 04:48:17 PM

f*** me, it's been edited since I posted the link.

It originally said that it was one of 14 nuclear devices that the US cannot account for.

GC

They are fast these CIA lads  ;D

Oops, did I type CIA? Well that'll set a few dials buzzing at Menwith Hill. Ok, might as well go for the whole shanabang, George Bush, Bomb, tax evasion, photographs of sheep. This post will be gone before I've finished typ....

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Steve Lake on February 08, 2008, 11:13:34 PM

white house, shite house, 100 pencil vein ya avenyooo.....look out.....the hosting server is about to disappear....

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: guest24 on February 10, 2008, 10:47:39 PM

Evidence!

Look at this eBay item 320216592549 from Tybee. That hermit crab is bigger than the lighthouse.....OMG! :o

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Steve Lake on February 10, 2008, 11:32:32 PM

AND.....wot are those things in the bottom left of the picture........LIMPET Mines!!!!

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: themoudie on February 10, 2008, 11:39:08 PM

Oh come on SteveL, they used to mine the stuff just over the boarder to the west of you!  ;D

Coprolites!

You'll need some of that for the 4 course rotation in the veg patch! ;)

Here's a URL if your still mystified:

http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/coprolite/

Happy digging, Bill.

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Steve Lake on February 11, 2008, 10:19:51 AM

Don'tcha just HATE clever barstewards ;)

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: guest27 on February 11, 2008, 01:35:36 PM

Used to work with a guy who had a polished coprolite as a paper weight - his daughter was an 'expert' in old shit.

R

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: themoudie on February 11, 2008, 08:33:36 PM

I suspect most TC members have shares in shed loads of old s**t! ;D

Also my spelling and diction couldn't be worse, I can't get the spelling of boarder right! :-[

I'll take my spirtle and retire.

My regards, Bill.

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: Steve Lake on February 12, 2008, 11:33:57 AM

Are you referring to Grimes Graves by any chance Bill?

When we first came up here in the 70's, you could go down into the workings, and crawl along the tunnels.............

The PC/HSE brigade have done for that......all fenced off, can't get within 25 yards (sorry, meters, or is it metre's) of the opening now......I think they've done the same with stonehenge

It'll be stabilisers on motorbikes soon, mark my words!

Title: Re: Scary thought
Post by: themoudie on February 12, 2008, 07:19:42 PM

Aye Steve,

Grimes Graves are the remains of flint mines from the Neolithic Period I believe.

Coprolite mining was for fertiliser, especially as the coprolites have a high phosphate content.

This link takes you to a site descrbing the mining in Cambridgshire:

www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/People/coproliteindustry.html

This is another link about the mining in the SE of Suffolk and is connected with the developement of Fisons fertiliser and their once large operation at Levington on the Orwell (Levington Composts etc):

www.trimley-st-martin.org.uk/downloads/TSMCMR.pdf

I know its sad and a load of old s*1t, but as an inquisitive site surveyor, its part of the job. I hope you enjoy the reading.

My regards, Bill.