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Ballybrophy, if it's of interest. The chain is 'hooked', to avoid the possibility of it swinging around in the wind, into the path of a passing train.

I spent a lot of my youth messing about in old bomb shelters. Most were, as you say, earth-banked - this provided added loose mass to 'soften' the blast, and a bit of 'shape' to allow it to pass, having less effect. I was never happy that few of these place had a secondary access - so, if the door became blocked, the occupants would be left in the hands of those outside, who may have other priorities, by that stage. I have seen it suggested, with an air of confidence, that more people may have died in the UK from TB contracted in shelters than may have been saved from death due to the bombing - who knows? If you ask people on the Big Island where in the UK, outside London, had the greatest WW2 bombing casualties, by far the most likely answer is Coventry, when it was Belfast, by a long way.

Interesting stuff. Could be more interesting, if you were snorkelling in the wrong place...

Those Seacell containers are owned by a woman, but you can buy them off her, from her place down on the coast. She sells Seacells by the seashore.

I remember a story a while back, before the Y2K bug fixes got going, about a chap who was booked in for some significant dental work. The system generated a letter, based on his birth date, which only had space for the last two digits of the year, as was normal practice in the last century, until the millennium was on the horizon. The letter instructed him that he should be accompanied by at least one parent or guardian. He was unable to comply with this requirement, as he had no 'guardian' and he wasn't 8 years old, as the system had assumed, but 108 years old, and both his parents were unfortunately unavailable.

Very fine black nylon mesh may be used in lingerie applications. If you spot a likely-looking potential user, ask her if you can just have a quick look - do make clear that it is specifically for research purposes.

I'm glad to see that you were being proactive. This sort of thing needs to be nipped in the bud. https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/01/winnie-the-pooh-stabbing

With a proper exercise programme, you should soon be able to bend down far enough to reach the bottom shelf. However, before you get carried away with the success, you also need to work on the second stage, so that you can get back up again.

The light from the window, reflected in the 'damp' setts - marvellous. I can almost hear Ena Sharples on the harmonium at the Mission, with Minnie Caldwell's cat, Bobby, snoozing on the fence.

Continental Modeller always looked a bit shady to the uninformed observer.

Mmm, it's completely beyond me why it thinks there is 'potentially sensitive content', it seems fairly safe to me...

Excellent! Especially with the impending spell of hot weather in the offing.

Stone from Campion's Quarry being tipped at the end of the siding by the bridge at Lisduff. Camion's have the south-eastern side of the hill.

I sweated blood over that - well, the red icing, anyway.

I noticed that it's @RobertRoche's birthday today. I ran out of red icing - I should have done the 3 before I did the couplings...

A suspended sentence seems reasonable enough. As long as the nearest lampposts are structurally sound enough for the job.

These day-glo spray marks have appeared on the ballast by Bridge 188, they run as far as a cabinet about a hundred yards away - presumably they signify the location of some buried ductwork.

A complete dog's brexit, you might say.

Mmm, I'm now considering merging the alcohol mouthwash and the eggs to make a crème de menthe advocaat cocktail.

They get thrown at cars, houses and people - and statues of contentious figures.... On that subject, although the formulas generally contain rather less now, there were mouthwashes on sale on the Big Island, without any age restrictions or licensing hours, some of which contained around 40% alcohol - essentially, it was blue crème de menthe. But the issue was glossed over, as few 'interested parties' ever spotted the potential.

Many places on the Big Island, too - for some time.

Or just tape your mobile to it and ring it from the landline...

Might it be worth rigging up a small motor with an eccentric weight on the support column? Just a little vibration can be very helpful to 'granular' flows under gravity.