CaaC (John)

You are a bloody hero David Perry, its people like you that sends a message out to terrorists that you wont win no matter what.

I was ready to whack another £10 in again this month but I think I will hang tight until the below is all done and dusted.

@Spike

Blame King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweeden for that. The ship was built on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus as part of the military expansion he initiated in a war with Poland-Lithuania (1621–1629). She was constructed at the navy yard in Stockholm under a contract with private entrepreneurs in 1626–1627 and armed primarily with bronze cannons cast in Stockholm specifically for the ship. Richly decorated as a symbol of the king's ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion she was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. However, Vasa was dangerously unstable, with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull. Despite this lack of stability, she was ordered to sea and foundered only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

Imagine in the film Jaws, the music playing the DODADODADODA....and suddenly this popped up with his buddy Jaws, fuck that...

You wonder why the 'King of the Jungle' the lion is not amongst that lot but then you look at the size of an Elephant & Hippo and you sort of guess why, I have seen videos of lions hunting in packs attacking Hippos, Lions or even Rhinos but never really successful and come out on top unless the latter was injured or ill, even a Giraffe with a long neck can kill an animal with the swipe of its neck or kicking its feet.

Lovely weekend visit and overnight stay here with the 2 grandsons, youngest and second oldest, wee Kaiden playing Super Mario with the wife and Alexander on his switch thing then Alexander showboating with his new Adidas X Speedo Flo football boots on and reminding me they are the same type that Mo Salah wears, I said "WHAT...BLOODY PINK?" He never told our son who bought him the boots that he had a pair of Man United football socks on under his trackie bottoms...I loved that one.

I know, it's in the report I attached It is an interesting topic though and when I was a young man or wee nipper I would say to a teacher the latter above mentioned or other topics. "But what about insects? Insects are also animals, but they then diverge from humans and are classified as arthropods (which means jointed legs) and then hexapods (which means six legs). The defining traits of insects are having six legs, an exoskeleton covering the body, and an adult body with three segments (the head, thorax, and abdomen). Most insects also have wings, but not all of them. So there you go, insects are animals, and they form a group called a class within the kingdom Animalia."

I know but some people can ask "But...thats an insect, not an animal?..." or "Thats a whale not a fish?... so...........

No insect thread, so.........

I will have to remember to watch that. I loved the first Jumanji with the late, great, Robin Williams, can't remember how many times I have watched that and our 3 grandsons have grown up watching it too.

Battle of the Bulge (1965) - Drama/War/History Top marks for me, this and the Longest Day.

Next on the agenda is the new Lee Childs - Jack Reacher book, just finishing off a re-read of D-Day.

Buddy the Gecko using a jar as a chin rest and having a snooze in her air-coditioned abode.

@Happy Blue Me and the wife have just had our letter through the door inviting us for our booster jab and they have booked us in the local clinic for the jab, 15-minute journey up the road, that's fine by us and we will be going, these 70 odd-year-old legs won't keep us away. You can chum us up there if you want and watch the nurse jab us in the arm, leg, arse or anywhere else and watch us walk away quite happily.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/wheres-cambrian-willy-inside-a-borrowed-shell-it-seems/

Good news that, I hope its a long term injury.