blakeyboy

1666, apparently. No trains to throw about though....??

https://www.stratusdeck.co.uk/tornado-scales Britain's strongest is a T8-9, so around 240 mph, so around F4. The T scale is way more scientifically based than the F scale. I'm in Figueres, NE Spain, on a job, and the locals have been complaining about the heat....

https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/uk/convective This is always worth a read- often very complicated!! British weather, eh? I was a member of TORRO yeas ago. No-one would believe me when I said that only the US has more tornados than us....

How would be unique? Would the mistake have been spotted and the metal removed in the time it took to to mint one coin?

Yeah...sorry 'bout that.... My wine merchant was hassling me for my overdue account, the boat engines both need an overhaul, and I need to build a new submarine. Too soon?

So have I, and I don't collect copper! Fascinating meticulous research.

I am very pleased to point out that my reaction to this post has made Alfnail's points total equal the number of listings.- 692/692. A full reaction point for every posting is a hell of an achievement, and just shows the quality of his postings.

Years and years ago, I saw a listing finish with the winning bidder having bid over a million for a piece of hopeful crap like this. The winning bidder teamed up with a mate to bid the item up. Both had zero feedback. The winner's ebay name was 'making_a_mockery' and I'm still laughing. Genius.

I do note that your note struck an odd note.

That makes my Mother-in-Law a Type 2 then....

it rather looks like the type of 'E' used is used for ONE and PENNY.....

Damn I wish I'd thought of that one - very good!

I am writing this at 20 past 7 in the evening, in the first week of June, and in my lounge it's 12˚C 12. Bloody freezing. Got a scarf on. Indoors. In June.

Gaviscon.

I can't afford one since putting all my money into phlogiston.

What slow cold start after a cold shock- clematis almost non- existent, caesalpinia gilliesii may be about to shoot, but may be dead, and in the greenhouse the turmeric is stubbornly refusing to throw up shoots. Only one overwintering echium survived this year, but a whole crop of seedlings popped up in the compost when I re-potted the Confederate Rose, which I hope chooses this year to start flowering, but things better warm up for that to happen...... I had to type 'echium' so many times until i managed to stop this site from typing 'schism'.... .....having schisms popping up in the garden would really be surreal.....:-)

Finally did that castle- superb gardens, especially if you are into trees...

No big leaves yet- far too early. Only put out the tropical stuff this week.

My clematis have been hammered, too. But, there are upsides - anyone else with the happiest-looking roses for years? It's like they enjoyed the freeze...

That's a tricky one - where do you draw the line as regards varieties? I have some pennies that are not listed as 'varieties' yet, but more may exist, but for the moment, there are but one example. Are these 'desirable' rare coins? Not yet, they're not. I found a 1862 'B' halfpenny in a tin of crap coins a few years ago. That was rare and fun!

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I haven't had my garden take such a winter hammering for years. There was a 4 day period in mid-December where it stayed below zero by day, but by night was -5, -6 and -8.... 1 dahlia left, 1 tiny canna shoot left, in very well sheltered large covered tubs, that have been there for 20 years. I have a cordyline australis that is now mush. I have just put out my tropical stuff, the latest in the year I have done that for 15 years.

Agree absolutely. My F67 is NEF, an accidental find in a cheap tin of stuff. My F77 is NVF, and my F78 is NEF, both cheap, not noticed, on Ebay. I've yet to see any advances on those three on Ebay, and I've been looking for 10 years....

After exhaustive research, I have decided it's time for me to pass on my knowledge of how to make sense of Ebay listings. (Apologies if this has already been done.) "Some luster" (sic) Polished flat. "Collectable condition" Flat "Unsorted" Sorted "Unsearched" All valuable coins spotted and removed "Mint error" Hit with hammer "Rare" Common "Very rare" Very common "Great patina" Dug up "Proof" Worn "Wonderful natural toning" Terrible artificial toning

When I was a child, in Kidderminster, big marbles or ball bearings were called 'bolchies' I cannot find a reference to this online anywhere. Does this ring any bell with anyone? Strangely, the only thing I've found is that a 'bolche' is a large boiled sweet, if you are Danish....