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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:46 am
by Taipan
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:04 am
Why do they refer to London as "the Big Smoke" again???
It got its nickname of "The Big Smoke" because through the 19th and in the early half of the 20th century, Londoners used coal for heating their homes, which produced large amounts of smoke. In combination with climatic conditions this often caused a characteristic smog, and London became known for its typical "London Fog", also known as "Pea Soupers". However, with the introduction of the clean air act in 1956, which stipulated that only smokeless fuels could be burnt in towns and cities, did London finally cease to be the Big Smoke. Londoners now enjoy some of the cleanest air in any UK city! I may have made the previous sentence up...
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:13 pm
by Count Steer
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:04 am
Why do they refer to London as "the Big Smoke" again???
They needed a new name when 'The Great Wen' went out of fashion.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:00 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Taipan wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:46 am
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:04 am
Why do they refer to London as "the Big Smoke" again???
It got its nickname of "The Big Smoke" because through the 19th and in the early half of the 20th century, Londoners used coal for heating their homes, which produced large amounts of smoke. In combination with climatic conditions this often caused a characteristic smog, and London became known for its typical "London Fog", also known as "Pea Soupers". However, with the introduction of the clean air act in 1956, which stipulated that only smokeless fuels could be burnt in towns and cities, did London finally cease to be the Big Smoke. Londoners now enjoy some of the cleanest air in any UK city! I may have made the previous sentence up...
You'd be forgiven for thinking i already knew that, seeing as how I asked immediately after you posted an old photo of a really smokey power station in London
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:36 pm
by David
Taipan wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:52 am
I crewed on a trip from Zaandam to just that spot a little while ago.....
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:49 pm
by demographic
Granddaughter has been learning about injury makeup and prosthetics from daughter and made something for Halloween. She's ten.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:43 am
by Taipan
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:59 pm
by gremlin
inewham wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:55 pm
I always wondered why some people called them land cameras
Having attempted underwater photography with one back in the early 80's, I can confirm they are only for operation on land.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:33 pm
by slowsider
inewham wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:55 pm
I always wondered why some people called them land cameras
Arent the wide angle ones called paranoid.?
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:53 pm
by cheb
He also worked on the cameras in the Lockheed U2, and possibly the SR-71.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:38 am
by Taipan
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:43 am
by slowsider
Halloween ghost policeman?
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:19 pm
by Yorick
Starting early here
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:24 pm
by Taipan
You wait ages for a Dalek, then two come along together...
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 5:10 pm
by Skub
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:11 am
by gremlin
Taipan wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:24 pm
You wait ages for a Dalek, then two come along together...
Conductor: 'Plenty of room up top!'
Dalek: 'Fuck....'
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:26 am
by Taipan
Fork Handles!
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:55 am
by Pirahna
Taipan wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:26 am
Fork Handles!
I had a Saturday job in a shop just like that.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:18 pm
by Skub
Dundonald,near Belfast in the 60s.
In the land before H&S. Rider training scheme.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:16 pm
by slowsider
Skub wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:18 pm
Dundonald,near Belfast in the 60s.
In the land before H&S. Rider training scheme.
Balaclava, eh?
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:20 pm
by Skub
slowsider wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:16 pm
Balaclava, eh?
As modelled my your local,friendly community justice officer.
