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Oooooo whilst on the subject of updates/improvements ... now that mobile devices are becoming ever popular and it's now the norm to use a Blackberry/iPhone type device to view the site could we have a mobile version of NW extra ? KjF

Made the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7692225.stm kjF

I'm lucky enough to not feel the cold at all .. but do sweat buckets in the heat, as a few have mentioned it's the type of heat I think and the situation you find your self in, I was lucky enough to do a cruise around the Med from Southampton last Summer and I thought it was 'hot' on the way through the Bay of Biscay but waking up in Gibraltar after 2 days at sea the doors opened and the real heat hit you it took your breath away but over the 2 weeks my body 'adapted' some how and I stopped sweating buckets and the heat became more than bearable ... then the trip back across the Bay of Biscay was chilly As for the Tube ... spent a week on business down in London and although a regular visitor I've never experienced it has hot/uncomfortable, nothing like having a twenty year old girls hairy armpit in your face on the Northern Line smelling like a tin of deodorant was just a distant memory ... You would have thought some clever bod can think of an energy efficient way of cooling the carriages down .. like all solutions it will be about cost ! KjF

Cool Thanks for that . . .. impressive wiki !

Hi everyone, I saw this weird cloud pattern and wondered what process is at play here? It was taken from this image: Original Image Thanks in advance KjF

Hi all ... been a while since my last entry but here goes ..... Non-Weather : KjF

Clear blue sky and around 2.5in of wonderful snow here in Atherstone Warks .. more than we had over winter .. in fact more than we have had for a number of years

MMmm interesting debate however, it takes around 10minutes to put back into a battery what you take out at startup, plus at this time of year with lights, heated front and rear screens, heaters fans it is a significant drain on battery power and repeated stop starts have a significant effect on battery levels. But that said a good trip of say 30 minutes or more in a modern car does recharge most batteries to a near normal capacity. The starting from cold and driving off depends how you view maintenance costs, even with modern synthetic oils a turbocharged car will benefit greatly from a short idle period before pulling off and you can significantly extend the life of the turbo by idling for some 2 or so minutes before shutting off the engine as this allows the oil to cool the bearings around the turbo. KjF

oh Per lease ... B)

Natural every time imho ... did a lot with Cokin filters back in the 80's and early 90's and I have to admit looking back I ruined some fantastic shots by adding gradients and tints. KjF

wow stunning stuff .... thanks for the link found these related sites http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/11/20071113_kaguya_e.html http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11...def-earthr.html KjF

yeah nice and clear tonight, very fuzzy through bino's but good to see it ........ KjF

Wow what a fascinating discussion .. Just to add my pennies worth Are we alone in the vastness .. probably not it's just far too big the odds must be in favor of some form of life ... but the question has to be will it be intelligent life as we know it, the depths of the Pacific ocean show that life can cling on ( <_< Klingon) in the harshest of places .. IMHO the first signs of life will be microorganisms on one of the many moons in our own solar system feeding off methane or something, then we will come along and as usual have a total disregard and will either exploit it or destroy it in a quest for knowledge. But what really intrigues me is when we were dragging lumps of stone from Wales to the South of England and stacking them up elsewhere (Egypt/S.America)they were building huge complex mathematical structures that if we are led to believe were as accurate as we could do some 2000 years later. It does really make you think how they could design such complex structures without 'external' help. Some of the ancient images of chariots in the sky's and people with helmets are really fascinating. Finally for the techies amongst us .. I was at a Cisco training event a few years ago and the Cisco training guy made a passing comment which has stuck with me ... " When the Starship Enterprise meets a new race for the first time ... how come the protocols used for the comms link are the same ?" <_< KjF

Yeah I live in Atherstone which is West of Hinkley and I saw LOTS of instability on the leading edge around 15:20-25, very fast moving clouds spinning but no funnel, great vid mate !

I work from home 2 or perhaps 3 days a week but I have to fit it around a day or 2 in my office in Ipswich (290m) or Derby (75m), no guessing public transport is a non-starter for both but I do hire a smaller (greener?) car for the trip down to Ipswich and save the Impreza for the trips to Derby Kev

Here we go... Fudge the rabbit out for her 1st time in snow after a brisk run around the garden KjF

Interesting reading .. we have a couple of low nrg in the garden and the rest are 12v LEDs, indoors is a different issue, all the upstairs bulbs (except the bathroom) are on dimmer switches so stuck with 60w ... Downstairs it's down to looks and until they make cute low energy they ain't gonna wash as they look ugly and over sized in small shades .. unless someone can recommend any real small ones KjF

Hi all, This is a shot taken last Summer from Hartland Point, North Devon, stormy day with frequent heavy showers and anyone who's been will know the cliffs are quite high and we had to keep running to the car with a lot of lightning around :unsure: . I took this because it pretty well summed up the second week of our hols Thats Lundy in the bottom right corner. Kev