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mackem

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  1. River was up yesterday,rescue helicopter and lots of police and search crew looking for a lady in the water yesterday,she was found on the bank,word is she had been “Wild swimming” (there’s a local group).
  2. Everything in life worth having takes time (effort) or money or both old chap.
  3. Where you going for your honeymoon Wolfie?
  4. Easy mistake to make old chap getting ones numismatics and philatelics mixed up.
  5. Ta mate,I watched stathams The Beekeeper on BEETV earlier but it was a cinema cam-copy,looking for better quality,I will give Stremio a shot.
  6. Plug and Grow Trailers WWW.PLUGANDGROWTRAILERS.COM Plug and Grow Trailers are the ultimate way to add ready to grow indoor space to your current operation at the...
  7. Passed SPINKS on Saturday,closed so I couldn’t have a mooch around.
  8. Any film apps better than BEETV?Any new apps of interest?
  9. That's a great pic, could have been improved slightly with a pith helmet.
  10. Best wedding I ever went to was 30 odd years ago, entertainment was a horse fight and sabong.
  11. Wedding rings aren’t the issue,traditionally it’s the engagement ring where your going to drop $k’s
  12. I will probably get another Minelab mate, I like them, when I got my Sov it was all singing all dancing, time makes most things obsolete including us.Lots of history local Hampton Court Palace and Windsor Castle are on the doorstep but if you don't swing your coil over something it might as well be in the dark side of the moon.
  13. There’s a drama series on Channel 5 this year called Finders Keepers about two detectorists who find a valuable Anglo Saxon hoard and don’t report it. I am looking into upgrading my old sovereign. Treasure hunting on the rise as number of finds reaches record high NEWS.SKY.COM There were 1,378 treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2022, according to provisional figures...
  14. No mate, the elephant man's skeleton is in Queen Mary university, you can request a visit, I might do so. The distorted skull I saw yesterday was from a 25 year old man who died from hydrocephalus.
  15. It’s a world class museum tats,they have a dinosaur and a wildlife photography exhibition on at the moment,great place to spend a long afternoon,we are exceptionally lucky to have it.I spent a day with the taxidermist in Kathmandu natural history museum a number of years ago,there’s a hunting museum in Paris I would like to visit,maybe this year.
  16. Useful items shipping containers.
  17. Had a fantastic 2023 mate,got a few things in mind for this year. if you have some free time in London book up,it fills with medical students normally,well worth a visit,all sorts of medical curios from when doctors were also naturalists.I have got a tour of a famous gunmakers soon,looking forward to that.
  18. After the British museum I had a slot booked at the Royal college of surgeons,thousands of fascinating specimens.
  19. Saw this earlier charts made by sword smith Sukesada in 1521 for the Tsuchiya family,quality.
  20. Spent the morning in the British museum Looking at hoards,giving myself a boost to buying a new machine.
  21. Having latte and cake,I love this city.
  22. Waited 7 months for this Greggs breakfast this morning,food of the gods.
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