I think that Mr Varley may have this in mind.. Same berth as the present vessel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Weare


(That's some thread drift!)

I currently have a claim for "copper loss" - 54,740 earth strips from a solar farm! The mind is currently boggling!
Rgds.
Dave

OK, vaguely back on the thread…
Another military one which John might appreciate..

All so true Mal, always thought the Lowest Bidder was a good line.

No plan survives first contact with the enemy.

Was that one, very, very determined thief Makko or 60 odd thousand opportunists?

Suggest another protection scheme coupled with a dirigible lightning protector.

A bloody big roof.

Here one for you Mal.
The Old Steel Pot.

The United States produced 22 million of the M1 Helmet and they were used in service from 1941 thru 1985 when it was replaced by the Kevlar version.
It saw service in WW2, Korean War, Vietnam, and in the Falklands. The M1 Steel Helmet weighed in at almost 3 pounds.

The Helmet fondly called the “Steel Pot” had many other uses other than protecting the head. (Below are listed other uses.)

1. Protecting the head.
2. Used as a Wash Basin and or Shaving Bowl.
3. Used as a Pillow to prop your head up.
4. As a Pot to boil water or Stew.
5. To carry water or items.
6. To take a pee in.
7. To Bail the water from out of your Fox Hole.
8. As a shovel to dig out dirt.
9. As a weapon to hit the enemy when out of ammo.
10.Used as a Flower Hanging Basket for decorating the Bunker.
11.Used as Hammer or Mallet to pound in tent Pegs.
12.To sit on when riding in a Helicopter to protect the family jewels from ground fire.

Reference Item 1. and 12. Protection is everything.
As for the new Kevlar helmet only item 1,3,9,10,11, and 12, apply.

AJR July 2018

Yes John, good list.

Re 12, I have seen pix of that use and it occurred to me that it was just psychological - The M1s were never intended to be bullet proof!

I have one of those John. Very useful for catching drips from the roof in the garden shed! Also, when I was selling industrial chemicals I was asked to visit a potential customer looking for a better release agent. They were producing Kevlar helmets and body armour for export to armies and police forces. The project they wanted me to help them with was part of an order for the South African Army. (This was in the 1990's.) They had produced a couple of hundred standard helmets, but needed a few dozen helmets made to a heavier spec. (i.e. more layers of Kevlar.) They had tried to make these using the same mould used for the standard helmets, but were having trouble getting a clean release. (The mould was a two part item, with a female section for the outside of the helmet, and a male section for a smooth finish on the inside.) One release agent in the range I could offer helped reduce the number of rejects, but the mouldings were still difficult to get out of the open mould. The workers had been as communicative and helpful as they could, but finally I had to ask why they needed a heavier and thicker helmet than the standard issue item. "These are for the officers," they replied.

There is definitely a Climate Emergency.

My barometer fell all the way down last night.

I have ordered a stronger hook to hang it on.

Leave it on the floor, it can't fall any further.

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Some puns are so bad they make me numb.
But maths puns make me number.

Is his blood group a ‘type O’ ?

A bit high for a Buccaneer… ?

:applause:Now that was funny:king::king:

TOURIST

Tony


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If your Navy still uses Large Imperial units and you order a ship from yard which uses small Metric units.

Is there an official conversion from furlongs to millimetrers?

Yes, furlongs is how many horses in a mile the conversion rate is 250 to 1..cant help with millimetres, hope this was helpful?

1 furlong = 201168mm

( I know ; nobody loves a smartass).

There is a nice free downloadable programme named convert - I thought all engineering types knew about it....

I was taught to use standard measurements such as a "Gnat's Whisker," and use the end of your thumb to represent one and a half inches. Another "Rule of Thumb" that always guaranteed precise results was "That much plus a bit." This one was useful when setting moorings.

Alternatively, Ordnance Artificers had to work to within 2 thousandths of an inch, ERAs worked to 5 thou and Shipwrights worked to the nearest dockyard.

In Glasgow, I remember working to "hauf a baw hair"

There was also half a gnat's d1ck! Useful for things like fuel injectors.
Rgds.
Dave

Is it Deja vu all over again?

It' no good unless it's "Spot-on".....

JJ.

The other precise measurement was “the thickness of a fly shit”

In Hull it was a midges dick or if it was a tight tolerance the allowance was two fifths of fuck all. Not every tool room could handle that.

Correct! Give that man a Distinction on his Diploma!

That is were the expression, "Shimmy it in." comes from!

I sailed with a great guy, Tony Hodgson from Wallsend. He only had two measurements:
Tight as fuck or slack as a bastard.
He only needed 2 items in his tool box, a hammer and a roll of duct tape.
If it moved and it shouldn't use duct tape
If it didn't move and it should use a hammer

What about the universal 'ISH Standard

Ha ha ha! I was going to say "Spot On!".
Rgds.
Dave

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for an answered prayer.
Suzie stood and walked to the lectern .
She said, "I have some praise. Two months ago, my husband Frank, had a terrible bicycle accident and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating, and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."
You could hear a muffled gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Frank must have experienced. "Frank was unable to hold me or the children," she went on, "and every move caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Frank's scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place with metal staples."
Again, the men in the congregation cringed and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Frank. "Now," she announced in a quivering voice, "thank the Lord, Frank is out of the hospital and the doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely." All the men sighed with unified relief.
The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say. A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium. He said, "I'm Frank." The entire congregation held its breath.

"I just want to tell my wife that the word is sternum."

Good one Alick!