Tony U

A joyous Yule and Saturnalia to all.

Or Sunderland players getting arrested

Been snowing here in Chatham all morning but it is the wet slushy stuff and it is not lying on the roads; I suspect it will all be gone by tomorrow.

Dave G And I intend to do just that, thanks and compliments of the season to you. Tony

Davy I presume that this takes place "every morning true as the clock"?

I thought this was an Angling Forum Toad?????

And just when did you catch the fish?

Barry Got another Ticket then?

Cory you queried who invented the jet engine, not who first put it in an air frame, Whittle actually had his first engine up and running a full five months before von Ohain.

Cory on 16 January 1930 in England, Whittle submitted his first patent (granted in 1932), In my reality this is six years earlier than von Ohain. However the patent submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 is another matter ( though the technology required to build the compressors was not up to it at the time).

Sorry Cory but Frank Whittle, patented in 1930 in the United Kingdom, and Hans von Ohain, patented in 1936 in Germany (von Ohain did not even conceive his idea of a propeller less engine until 1933); but Germany certainly developed the concept far quicker than the UK.

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Dave Spot on it sums up my feelings about the whole thing.

Anderoo What about the Humminbird Piranhamax 230E Fishfinder & Transducer basically a Smart cast reciever with a dual beam Sonar as well as the smartcast transducer. I can vouch for the Smartcast being an excellent piece of kit so with the additional sonar option it can only be better. Look here for best price: http://www.capitalstores.co.uk/humminbird-...dium=googlebase

Brilliant, I look forward to seeing any bird pictures that you managed to take.

Tony Are you Tony from Amble Angling Centre, by any chance?

Phone As you asked, the term "Flatfish" refers to a number of sea fishes (that look like your Flounder or Fluke), but could be anything from a Sole to a Halibut. Tony

Den And it's Happy Birthday form Sue and I; have a great day. Tony

Andrew No, but I have met Roger at Lakedown a couple of times; hence me telling him about being in a film with him. So your not a SAFC fan then, does that mean you are a Mag like Snatcher and me?

Andrew I was an extra in Tommy when I was a student in Portsmouth in 1974, he also managed to burn down Southsea Pier as well as make the movie. I actually spoke to Roger Daltry a few years back and told him i had been in a movie with him; I of course never enlightened hin of the details. BTW how much longer for Steve Bruce then?

I was very interested to read Phones comments about attractor Hooks I have some size 8 Octopus hooks in Fluorescent Yellow, I had bought them for drop shotting to add additional attraction to the lure, but I might give them a go when I next use Lobs and see if they offer any benefits. I will naturally fish them against a standard hook as a control. Tony

I was in one of his films once.

A nest with 15 small dinosaurs buried in a sand storm It is rare to find fossils of baby dinosaurs, let alone the same nest found in several copies. Hence the importance of uncovering 15 small dinosaurs together. The skeletons belong to the species 'Protoceratops andrewsi' and were found in the desert of Mongolia, in an area called Tugrikin. All dinosaurs were in the same nest, which has a diameter of approximately 2.3 meters. These small dinosaurs lived about 70 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, in an area of ​​dunes. The paleontologists who have authored this study, published in the 'Journal of Paleontology', think they surprised a sandstorm in the desert, during which they were buried. Ten of the 15 examples are complete and they all have characteristics of juveniles. The litter size suggests that they are all from the same mother. It is also possible that the specimens did not belong to the same family and it are unrelated individuals who came to the nest dragged, perhaps by a sandstorm. However, the authors reject this hypothesis because in that case would be unlikely that all examples were young and they had a similar level of development. Parental care The author who leads research, David Fastovsky, of the University of Rhode Island (USA), has no references that in the past so many offspring have been found together as a single species of dinosaur hatchlings. According to this study, the relatively large size of the juveniles and their advanced state of development supports the theory that these animals remained in the nest during the early stages of their growth and suggests that the care of the parents played an important role in its growth. However, the authors admit that there is still no evidence to prove it. The Protoceratops measured about two metres in length and took about 10 years to reach its full development. The first fossils of this genus of dinosaur, which must have been very abundant in Mongolia, were found in the 1920's. They were also the first dinosaur eggs which showed that these animals were oviparous." Andrew there you go

The Penn Captiva doesn't have one

Back to Thanksgiving and our colonial cousins, I hope you all have a great day and go easy on the Turkey and stuffing. Tony