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BobClay

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I always thought a tutu was the calibre of an air rifle. (Could be why my career in ballet dancing went down the crapper ... :P )
 

Studio Tan

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Some kind of major incident on the canal at Radford Bank. Approx 15 emergency vehicles present from all 3 services - inc air ambulance. Anyone know what happened?
 

Zylo

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Some kind of major incident on the canal at Radford Bank. Approx 15 emergency vehicles present from all 3 services - inc air ambulance. Anyone know what happened?

Just was about to post, rumours of a body being found....not confirmed or 100%..
 

littleme

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Some kind of major incident on the canal at Radford Bank. Approx 15 emergency vehicles present from all 3 services - inc air ambulance. Anyone know what happened?
Body found I believe, and the run (?) is cancelled.

Hope its not to do with the lady from stafford that was reported missing on friday.
 

littleme

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Police appeal following a death in Derrington last night.

https://www.staffordshire.police.uk...VsRPuN4G6tU-1630322043-0-gqNtZGzNA7ujcnBszQfl

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BobClay

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For those who think the Swanosaurus is just some Loch Ness Monster type legend, or a figment of my imagination inspired by a small (medicinal :raise:) amount of alcohol, take heed of this.
A full grown Swanosaurus spotted off Malta some years ago. So big they had to send a warship to deal with it.
Suck on that you sceptical types .. :P

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BobClay

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Last couple of days I've sat out on the front lawn catching some rays (bronzy) and dropping a few cold cans. I was quite amazed at the number of butterflies seemingly obsessed with one of the plants in the hedge. Since I am the worlds worst gardener (and proud to be so :P ) I had to get the phone and creep about near the plant in order to get close enough for some pix, and use the Plantnet App to be told what the the flowers are.
So, Buddleja davidii, or Butterfly bush, or Summer lilac, from the family Scrophulariaceae. (Is it any wonder I can't be arsed with plant names after that bloody lot. :eek:)
However it was nice to see the butterflies flitting all over it, (presumably noshing, I know even less about butterflies than gardening.) I sat in the chair watching all this going on and sometimes remaining perfectly still when one landed on me. One landed on my toe (wearing sandals) but clearly took umbrage at the state of the landing pad and took off again like a jet fighter on steroids. :cool:

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Noah

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I can remember from my childhood that then Buddleyas would be shimmering with butterflies swarming all over them, Your photo wouldn't have had 2 butterflies it would have had a dozen or more. Destruction of the environment & climate change at work.
 

Gramaisc

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I can remember from my childhood that then Buddleyas would be shimmering with butterflies swarming all over them, Your photo wouldn't have had 2 butterflies it would have had a dozen or more. Destruction of the environment & climate change at work.
Anybody who drove or motorcycled in the 70s or early 80s will remember the sheer amount of splattered insects that resulted from summer outings.

Cars may be a bit more slippery now, but front number plates are still square on.

There is some sort of survey going on which uses the splatterings on front number plates, assessed by means of a grid.
 

proactive

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Anybody who drove or motorcycled in the 70s or early 80s will remember the sheer amount of splattered insects that resulted from summer outings.

Cars may be a bit more slippery now, but front number plates are still square on.

There is some sort of survey going on which uses the splatterings on front number plates, assessed by means of a grid.
When I used to drive to the south of France in the 80s the car would be in such a state after the return journey that it would take most of the autumn to wash the damn things off.

The last time I drove down in 2019 (when such things as foreign holidays were realistically possible) I can't even remember getting more than the odd one or two.
 

BobClay

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In all fairness there were more than two (there are actually three in the photo) most of the time on the flowers. But I had to get close with the camera and most of them took off when I approached. Creeping about on my front lawn with a camera earned me a few suspicious looks from the neighbours as well. :eek:

However I do agree that windscreen and helmet visor bug splats seem much reduced from earlier days. This might have a name: Anthropocene Mass Extinction.
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littleme

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In all fairness there were more than two (there are actually three in the photo) most of the time on the flowers. But I had to get close with the camera and most of them took off when I approached. Creeping about on my front lawn with a camera earned me a few suspicious looks from the neighbours as well. :eek:

However I do agree that windscreen and helmet visor bug splats seem much reduced from earlier days. This might have a name: Anthropocene Mass Extinction.
:(
My buddleia regularly has 10 - 15 red admirals on it, unless I have my phone with me, then you only ever see 2! (I have 2 buddleia, one's at the bottom of the garden and is a darker colour than the one by the kitchen window, most butterfly's seem to prefer the darker one which is too far away to photo from the kitchen sink).
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
When I used to drive to the south of France in the 80s the car would be in such a state after the return journey that it would take most of the autumn to wash the damn things off.

The last time I drove down in 2019 (when such things as foreign holidays were realistically possible) I can't even remember getting more than the odd one or two.
Back in the 80s, in the summer, in the part of France I go to, the noise at night from all the grasshoppers and crickets was almost deafening. Nowadays you would stop and listen if you heard one as it would be so unusual.

It's the loss of insects that's going to kill us in the end, not the heat, I reckon.
 
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