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Broithe

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  1. A few years ago, as I was on Ulysses, waiting to leave Dublin, the Grand Princess sauntered past - a big vessel and it looked strangely like an intergalactic shopping trolley from the rear...
  2. There are deeper anchorages off DL - but, the logistics of shifting people are probably not attractive. It's mentioned further down that page I linked above.
  3. 5 to 5.8 metres - http://dlharbour.ie/visit-us/cruise/ - so 19 feet at the most.
  4. The Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth seems to work OK - not sure I could manage the glass floor, though...
  5. There's a lot of it about - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31129797 - I run Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials - they will run together and I have very little trouble - my techy chap spent ages infecting things and seeing what works best - this was his recommendation for most people..
  6. Have you ever considered embarking upon a career with Bord Failte?
  7. The rain on that Welsh layout was just so reminiscent of driving up the A5 in the '70s - somehow, the A55 is so much less miserable... I am not actually a real person - sorry to disappoint you. My 'collection' of so-called 'real people' so far is :- The Train Man Robert Davies Heir-flick Murrayec Dave Mike 84C I know that nobody else really exists......
  8. New 'dazzle ship' expected next month - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-31081468 . Mersey ferry to be re-painted by Sir Peter Blake. It might be in a different style, this is his sort of thing....
  9. It will happen - the timescale is all that is in question, I think. They 'sent' a special tool up to the Space Station the other day and printed it out there and then - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30560063 .
  10. During the testing for the enormous 'Kangaroo' missile, seen here.. .. a MiG 19 was carried aloft and successfully launched. Edit - some footage.
  11. Ah, right - I'm still in IE mode from the coupling question. Carry on, nothing to see here..
  12. MM5602 with black roof. MM5609 with orange roof. I think..
  13. They are amazingly tight. I picked up a pair of coaches at the Stafford show yesterday and so I had them handy to have a go at. They do start to move if you squeeze the ends together first, but they're still more reluctant to come out than I am determined to make them.. I found it better to remove the bogie and release the carrier* from the coach, to avoid any mishaps, but it was still more difficult than I was prepared for.. *Taking care not to lose the tiny spring.
  14. Finally found a picture of the 'ladder incident'... ..airports around the world made more professional-looking stairway extensions as it moved into service... ..and the larger 'civil' fuselage became the basis for the Tu 126 'Moss' AEW aircraft.
  15. I-ran that theory through earlier......
  16. ..the last three.. And a Welsh layout with appropriate weather approaching.
  17. ..and more.. And an automated layout.
  18. ..and on to other things.. Some big fiddle yards..
  19. ..and the stock in the yards..
  20. Right, pictures - Abhainn an Scail first, of course.
  21. Some of the smaller Tupolevs are deliverable by helicopter, if you have one big enough... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8002147.stm
  22. A few years ago, I took what I think is a rather nice picture out of the window of one.
  23. Found this, as well.. http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/6/5/4665.1080891180.jpg
  24. ?
  25. At this one, in Stoke - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-31083638 - they're fitting 'sacrificial' beams, as it gets struck so often.
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