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macca 53 Mar 2024 7:50pm, 15 Mar 2024 32,275 posts	0 macca 53 There’s very little chance of seeing the sun in the north of England, let alone an eclipse. The eclipse of 1999 was visible in the north east on a clear sunny day I’ll have you know 😁😁
Jen HB Mar 2024 7:53pm, 15 Mar 2024 2,218 posts	0 Jen HB Whereas it was cloudy in Cornwall! (I was there on a family holiday sitting on the cliff top and had the birds coming into roost and the dog didn't like it!)
NDWDave Mar 2024 8:01pm, 15 Mar 2024 19,271 posts	0 NDWDave What a Nacelle isI’m guessing that is the bit at the top of the tower that houses the turbine? It is indeed - very analogous to the aviation term which you would be familiar with
Rossco Peeko Mar 2024 11:22pm, 15 Mar 2024 276 posts	0 Rossco Peeko In Nigeria, an idiot or a loser may be referred to as a ‘Dundee United’
JamieKai chameleon Mar 2024 7:08am, 16 Mar 2024 18,456 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon Anyone claiming to have seen the sun in the North is obviously lying. The sun only shines in the south. Or on TV.
NordRunner Mar 2024 1:47pm, 16 Mar 2024 4,177 posts	0 NordRunner Two for the price of one here: Calvin Klein Obsession For Men is used to attract jaguars. Secondly, many of the clothing items with a so-called leopard-skin print actually have a jaguar pattern, which is distinguished by a blob or dot in the middle of each rosette of pattern.
Night-owl Mar 2024 2:47pm, 16 Mar 2024 45,166 posts	0 Night-owl That first one is handy to know NordRunner as we sell that in work
Mushroom Mar 2024 2:05pm, 18 Mar 2024 3,070 posts	0 Mushroom In 16th Century Italy, duels often took place where the chosen weapon was a maths puzzle.. reddit.com historynewsnetwork.org
JamieKai chameleon Mar 2024 5:40pm, 18 Mar 2024 18,465 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon That my housemate would be returning home tomorrow! Woop!
GordonG Mar 2024 12:05pm, 19 Mar 2024 10,271 posts	0 GordonG That ex-newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky is currently the president of the British Board of Film Classification