I have an idea for a new thread...

[Cellar]

The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.

 

[Tumbleweed]

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWoDe5SbOps

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[TiBones]

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[TiBones]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=923_1315519656

[Tumbleweed]

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory image in extreme ultraviolet light shows an active region of the sun's coronal loops taken over about a two-day period, from February 8 - 10, 2014 and released on February 18, 2014. Coronal loops are found around sunspots and in active regions. These structures are associated with the closed magnetic field lines that connect magnetic regions on the solar surface. Many coronal loops last for days or weeks, but most change quite rapidly.

 

[Slowbee]

http://www.liveleak....=923_1315519656

beat you to it !! a few posts back :)

[The Guy in Pink]

Great skills. Interesting question the blogger is asking - where is the free entertainment of today ?

 

http://www.liveleak....=923_1315519656

 

A few weeks back I walked past the Helipad in our camp at Namoya.

The pilot was hovering just above the fence height , but doing the strangest movements , like there was some problem with the controls. This went on for about 5 minutes.

At lunch I asked the pilot "what gives?" .

"Nothing much" he says "we cut the grass around the pad and I was doing the sweeping... "

[DJR]

A few weeks back I walked past the Helipad in our camp at Namoya.

The pilot was hovering just above the fence height , but doing the strangest movements , like there was some problem with the controls. This went on for about 5 minutes.

At lunch I asked the pilot "what gives?" .

"Nothing much" he says "we cut the grass around the pad and I was doing the sweeping... "

 

I recall a story (urban legend?) of Nicky Oppenheimer drying out the cricket pitch with his chopper for a warm up game against some overseas team.

[Beattbox]

Great skills. Interesting question the blogger is asking - where is the free entertainment of today ?

 

http://www.liveleak....=923_1315519656

Those helo blades look shorter than normal?

[Hairy]

I recall a story (urban legend?) of Nicky Oppenheimer drying out the cricket pitch with his chopper for a warm up game against some overseas team.

Do/did the major league baseball games not do that if the diamond is wet?

[Bobbo_SA]

I recall a story (urban legend?) of Nicky Oppenheimer drying out the cricket pitch with his chopper for a warm up game against some overseas team.

 

Yes, heard that one as well, not sure it was Mr O but it was done by someone.

 

They also used a heli previously at Gosforth Park after an early morning rain shower to try out the track

 

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[Hairy]

Do/did the major league baseball games not do that if the diamond is wet?

[Tumbleweed]

Yes, heard that one as well, not sure it was Mr O but it was done my someone.

 

They also used a heli previously at Gosforth Park after an early morning rain shower to try out the track

 

Seem to remember a chopper being used at a Proteas match in Pakistan.

[The Guy in Pink]

Same pilot a few months back flew my boss and I from Twangiza to Namoya over the jungle .

The pilot and my boss saw service together in the Rhodesian war, with my boss commanding some ground troops and our pilot was his spotter in the air.

So as we approached Namoya the radio crackled to life with " Green leader - copy Mike"

Older Hubbers get the significance of the Green Leader bit.

['Dale]

A few ice cool Volkswagens

 

Edited February 19, 2014 by ' Dale

['Dale]