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Hedychium Gardnerianum- amazing perfume...two months earlier than usual...strange year......

I released some old pound coins back into the wild a couple of years back, and I made sure I was away from major roads, and on the edge of some woodland.

Lovely to see Norman Collier celebrated.

If that is interesting, I forgot one other record- THE record - try this...good reading! https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/record-setting-jaguar-xk120/

Was working in Brussels this week, and on the way back I hunted down the remains of the original tarmac of the road that hosted the speed trials. These bits are right by the Total services by Jabbeke, heading NW. From the Wiki entry: Speed records In the 1940s and 1950s it was renowned for the number of speed records set on a measured kilometer of highway. Not just absolute speed records, manufacturers wanted each model's maximum speed measured and certified by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. For example, the Healey Elliottwith 110.65 mph in 1946, at the time the 'fastest car in the world in series production',[2]the Jaguar XK120achieved an officially timed 126 mph (202.78 km/h); the "Jabbeke Speed Record" Triumph TR2(124.889 mph) car was driven by Ken Richardson; André Piletteset a Belgian record in the 2 litre class in the VeritasRS 206 km/h (128.00 mph); in 1952 the RoverJET 1 turbine driven by Spen Kingset the first speed record for gas turbine cars at 151.965 mph (244.56 km/h) over the flying kilometre; and the exotic Pegaso Z-102clocked 250 km/h (155.34 mph) to make it the 'fastest production car in the world'.

3 1/2 years too early....! It's weird- Trump makes Reagan look competent, and Biden makes Reagan look young! Who'd have thought......?

Hi Alan Email the picture to yourself, choosing what size you want, and use that. That's all I do. Always works. Blake

I'll have what he's drinking, please....!!!! Excellent!!

Oh- I forgot to mention that when Eric and his family watched the Mr.Preview sketch at Christmas, at home ( I meant, above, to say it was in front of an audience, and there was really only time for one take- it was recorded, not live) he turned to his family and said "We can't top that"....he just knew it was the peak of his career. Previn had such a tiny amount of time to rehearse with M+W, they were pencilled in for a five-day rehearsal, which didn't happen because Preving mother was ill in the US, but was his wonderful wit that sparked his lucrative career in the UK music scene. He had his own beer glass in his local pub with "Mr.Preview" engraved on it.....

Oh yeah- in the Mr. Preview sketch, they do a lot of chat with Previn in front of the curtains. Eric was really really worried- Previns plane was late, so there was no time for a rehearsal, they had never met him, and it was live in front of an audience. During the banter, when Previn says he needs to go get his baton, and it's in Chicago, _watch Eric_. He's jubilant and punches the air, because he realises that Previn understands comedy, and that's when he decides it's safe to ad-lib later in the Greig sketch, and grab him by the lapels, since he felt, to his immense relief, that Previn can be trusted. I always enjoy the orchestra laughing behind them, who cannot believe what they are seeing.....

Well, interestingly, I played a lot of American friends the Mr. Preview sketch, and they all enjoyed it. However, when I played them the Cleopatra sketch with Glenda Jackson, that were all absolutely bowled over. You watch it again- its full of ad-libs, it's very fast paced and more like US comedy. Jackson, herself, has a masterful comic touch throughout. Incidentally, when Eric throws the grapes on the floor, treads them, then picks up a glass of red wine, he necks it in one, and coughs and stares at the glass, because it had been ribena in each rehearsal, and the production staff switched it for a strong red wine as a joke....

If you look at the picture, the whole piece has moved outwards- the teeth and rim have moved, so there is surely a crack underneath the metal blob.... Is it reverse die or obverse die that sits in the collar while the opposite side comes down and strikes, or does the ring/collar also move?

What does that mean? How did the word appear? Is it from that America they've got now?

Hmm..do you have the rim mis-alignment like on my one?

Well put. However, the Chinese won't be listening to our views. https://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/14695-ebays-worst-ai-coin-descriptions/ It's not going to get better....

But, of course, being England, only 'if wet'.

I told the seller I have a bagful, and I've offered to sell them for £20 each.....

Yes, we've all seen the hilarious AI stuff, making out some ruined Sanyo music centre from the 70's is the best thing since sliced bread regarding aesthetics and sound reproduction, but what about coins???? Please post them here!!

He also was one of the Doormen at the 'Ye Pyg and Whystel', since it used to get a bit rough at chucking out time, after five flagons of mead.....

I suspected that was the case, because the coin was very rare, or in unusually good condition, but I can't believe that something invented last week, that doesn't exist, is such a lure for people. How or why 'mining' happens is a mystery too. When it all collapses into a Malthusian nightmare, and people are jumping off tall buildings like they did 100 years ago, then I'll understand a little more.

Explain this to me please this, bitcoin people : if, for example, you made £1K from buying and selling a bit coin, who has lost £1k?

..but then you lose the understanding of the etymology and derivation of a word which I think is a shame. Mr.Webster can take the blame for this- immigrants couldn't learn English quickly so they simplified it. At least in the US or the UK we don't have to explain to foreigners why we think windows are feminine.....

I'm working in a better area of Paris right now and everyone is fantastic, but only because, I firmly believe, because of how I treat them in the first place, and keep standards up from then on. If I did the bigmouthed opinionated GB News idiot type of thing, my trip would not be pleasant.....

I wasn't doing any more than pointing out that right now, more than ever, this confusion exists, and is rarely clarified in televised arguments etc....

Zionism versus Judaism.....