Similarly, any battle damage to the Mosquito could be repaired relatively easily in the field.
I've always had a crush on the Mossie's prettier and less murderous older sister - the De Haviland DH88 Comet.
(Not the ill-fated 1959 jetliner, but the successful 1930s twin-prop wooden racer that was one of the inspirations for the Mossie.)
-Gnobuddy
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It is (or was), indeed, an actual machine:
"The machine is powered by a hand-crank, and works by raising steel marbles through the machine into multiple feeder tubes, where they are then released from height via programmable release gates, falling and striking a musical instrument below. Instruments played by marbles striking them include a vibraphone, bass guitar, cymbal, and emulated kick drum, high hat and snare drum sounds using contact microphones. The music score is stored on two programmable wheels that utilize Lego Technic beams and stud connectors to trigger armatures to release the marbles."
The quote above is from the relevant Wikipedia article: Wintergatan - Wikipedia
I think it ran out of marbles. It looks like you have to pre-load the machine with marbles before starting to play a tune, as we see in the first part of the video.
-Gnobuddy
We have a park here in Surrey called Redwood. A big dose of history for sure but I won't do that now. What I will do is show you something that was started who knows how long ago or by whom, but it keeps gaining momentum. People bring birdhouses into the park and leave them. Not for the birds but as a community gathering of some sort. It's a rather confined area and I did an guesstimate. I believe there are north of one thousand. Quite the sight in person. Unfortunately I had only my phone to take the pics but you can see some of them and just imagine that many in a 5 or 10,000 square foot area.
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Saw these last year in April, 2019, made us smile on the way to Waterton Park
Farm fence toppers talk of the town | CTV News
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Wow, I just had a flashback. I was in the supermarket about ten years ago and in walked a woman of about 35 dressed in a simple cotton frock and hairdo that was right out of the fifties. My jaw dropped and I almost proposed on the spot.
Walked past there twice today. I can try to remeber to take pics next time i am past.
dave
Funny you should mention that. When I received my gallon of 200 proof ethyl alcohol and started diying my own sanitizer I came to the same conclusion. Do you add anything like aloe as a moisturizing agent for your hands? I was thinking about it. Currently we're using it mainly for surfaces, but also refillable spray bottles to keep in our cars.
