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Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Winning before work. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29836 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Crepe myrtles are nice-looking trees. Winning with Palm trees and pond weeds. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Enjoying sunshine and some stereotypical fluffy white clouds! Cue The Orb! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
It seems when it comes to food, Pompeii knew Jack... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Hey, I've seen some of the fast food at Pompeii - both the c2000 years old old and the present day new... The Romans were amazingly advanced, at least in some ways for their time... See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34761 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Winning on a Tuesday morning without the frost. Cheers. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Into the damp dark murk... This feels far too Autumnal far too soon! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Yeah all the way to their lead water pipes which made Roman Emperors go insane, unless one was from beyond Rome itself. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
That one is an old myth unless you are trying to live in Flint, USA. There was a problem of general water borne disease... Naples is one prime ongoing example across the years that sadly actually continues through to the present day!... See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Romans did use lead water pipes, this site says lead poisoning was at work in Rome. When in ancient Rome, don’t drink as the Romans do. High-born Romans sipped beverages cooked in lead vessels and channeled spring water into their homes through lead pipes (pictured). Some historians argue that lead poisoning plagued the Roman elite with diseases such as gout and hastened the empire's fall. Now, a team of archaeologists and scientists has discovered just how contaminated Roman tap water was. The team dredged sediment downstream from Rome in the harbor basin at Portus, a maritime port of imperial Rome, and from a channel connecting the port to the Tiber River. The researchers compared the lead isotopes in their sediment samples with those found in preserved Roman piping to create a historical record of lead pollution flowing from the Roman capital. Tap water from ancient Rome likely contained up to 100 times more lead than local spring water, The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34761 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Posting as I take a beer break after reducing half of my crepe myrtle tree by half back down to 2.5m height and it was getting so overly warm that I've changed into shorts and T-shirt. The local primary school is also holding their sports carnival down on the oval today and it's nice to see that there are more students there now. There was 67 kids at that school while my kids were there, but in recent years there was lucky to be a dozen kids going there, though there's about 25 down there this year. Cheers. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29836 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Wiggo I feel your pain. I just removed about a ton of weeds from the water behind my house. If left alone they block the docks and pose a hazard to any boats that are water-cooled. The weeds can block the water inlets. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34761 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'm certainly going to feel it soon Carlos as I just got that tree finished (thankfully I only have to do that tree every 2yrs) just as my legs were starting to go rubbery from all the ladder work and now that I'm sitting down with a beer I'm sure that I'll start locking up shortly (then the fun will begin), but at least it turned from being sunny to overcast for the last half of it. The temp here has reached an overcast 14C (feels like 11C) so that 15C forecast could be had today. Also my Saturday broad leaf spraying looks to be a hit as well with clover, thistle and many other weeds now curled up in their death throws all over the place. Cheers. |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Winning before work. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34761 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Winning with a Tuesday night bedtime post. Cheers. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29836 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Winning on Tuesday morning. That sounds like a song lyric. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Just like "Little Fluffy Clouds"? Yep, we have them again... ;-) See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34761 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Winning on a Hump Day morning while waiting for sunrise to begin. Cheers. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Soon a 33oz can of powdered eggs will be here, that and a spray on bandage. And yes my left foot hurts just behind the toes, while the right is in no pain. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
What a beautiful summertime evening... Until the next eddy of the convergence zone sends us all askew! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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