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Our very own countdown thread!

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2361 Post by Alan C. » January 24th, 2009, 4:50 pm

Latest post of the previous page:

Hmmmm, wait till you get to B, you do realise there are 350,000 species of beetle alone?

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2362 Post by Oxfordrocks » January 24th, 2009, 9:02 pm

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A little colour always cheers me up :D
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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2363 Post by jaywhat » January 25th, 2009, 6:01 am

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A little colour always cheers me up, too, Oxf :D

:deadhorse: but I am not going through all that again


- and if there are 350,000 species of beetles, surely they would not be alone, AC

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2364 Post by Nick » January 25th, 2009, 10:51 am

Nice to see you back OR! Been busy?

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2365 Post by Alan C. » January 25th, 2009, 11:13 am

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surely they would not be alone, AC
I thought Paolo was the pedant around here? :moon:

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#2366 Post by Paolo » January 25th, 2009, 11:24 am

Alan C. wrote:I thought Paolo was the pedant around here? :moon:
Certainly not the only one!

My colour will be determined by a semi-random reassignment of one number in the hexdec code from AC's post:
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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2367 Post by lewist » January 25th, 2009, 9:15 pm

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What a good idea to have colour!
Carpe diem. Savour every moment.

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2368 Post by Maria Mac » January 26th, 2009, 12:58 am

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#2369 Post by Emma Woolgatherer » January 26th, 2009, 8:53 am

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We had a splash of colour in this thread last April, but it didn't last ... :sad2:

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2370 Post by Alan C. » January 26th, 2009, 2:42 pm

It's the biggest day of the year tomorrow, Up-Helly-Aa or the festival of fire.

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2371 Post by Diane » January 26th, 2009, 10:57 pm

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What happens at the festival?

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2372 Post by Alan H » January 27th, 2009, 12:38 am

Alan C. wrote:It's the biggest day of the year tomorrow, Up-Helly-Aa or the festival of fire.
So we won't be seeing you on here much tomorrow, then! Have fun!

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2373 Post by Alan H » January 27th, 2009, 12:41 am

Diane wrote:What happens at the festival?
Lots of fire...and lots of alcohol! Am I right, Alan?

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2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2374 Post by jaywhat » January 27th, 2009, 6:31 am

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Did you know yesterday was Lunar New Years Day "Happy New Year everybody!

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2375 Post by lewist » January 27th, 2009, 9:00 am

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And a Happy New Year to you too, Jaywhat!

We should compile a list of New Years and celebrate them all!

The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August...
Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September
... and so on, according to Wikipedia.

What a wheeze! :party:
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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2376 Post by Alan C. » January 27th, 2009, 7:55 pm

Lots of fire...and lots of alcohol! Am I right, Alan?
As ever Alan
Tomorrow Shetland is closed, it's the most important holiday of the year.
We haven't gone this year, we took my mother last year though.
They've got a fine night weatherwise.

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2377 Post by Alan C. » January 27th, 2009, 11:08 pm

Some photies from tonight, for anybody who's interested.
You'll need to scroll down a fair piece.
Up-Helly-Aa.

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2378 Post by Nick » January 28th, 2009, 10:51 am

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Apparently, it's the Chinese New Year around now too. The year of the Ox. :D

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2379 Post by Alan H » January 29th, 2009, 12:34 am

Stunning pics, Alan!

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2380 Post by kbell » January 31st, 2009, 11:33 am

Nick wrote:997,835

Apparently, it's the Chinese New Year around now too. The year of the Ox. :D

Yay! Happy...um...birth year to me. I'm an ox, apparently.


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Re: Our very own countdown thread!

#2381 Post by Alan H » January 31st, 2009, 10:50 pm

You look nothing like an ox.

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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