Making the news today....

[Anno]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

My mate had a Bengal cat that ran like a monkey.

I had a cross breed Collie that thought he was a rabbit, anything with a pulse and a couple of things without one...

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Here's something to keep the nay sayers happy, a nessie website with a page on big cats in the local area

 

 

Pumas & other Big Cats

WWW.LOCHNESSINVESTIGATION.COM

 

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BBC news today:

 

Plan for biggest Nessie search in more than 50 years

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Volunteers have been sought for the effort which is to feature drones fitted with infrared cameras.

 

[Steven P]

Nessie will of course scarper and hide with all the human activity going on to find it. Come back out later after the Nessie hunt has ended

[Mark J]

 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

 

Forget the politics Mark but that video is so full of factual and statistical errors it’s not worth posting. 

[peds]

List them.

[sime42]

Climate change is just a load of MSM hype. Come up, keep up!

 

[Yournamehere]

On 01/08/2023 at 22:04, sime42 said:

Good to hear this. It was never a conspiracy theory in my book, always been fascinated by the idea, and would like to believe it but can't quite entirely as I've not had personal experience.

 

Any ideas on how it works?

2  L shaped wires; long arm forward, short arm in an empty biro tube or just in your fist. Tilt them slightly forward to point the long arms forward, tilt them slightly together to get them to cross in front of you or tilt them both to the left to get them to tilt to the left. That really is all there is to it. No more.

I was sitting in a shed with a mate setting this up once (he wanted to show me it would work when he stepped over a hose-pipe) and with perfect timing, the lady we were working for (it was tea-time) appeared at the door and I tilted both wires to one side so that the long arms both pointed at her. As if by magic.

They both absolutely refused to believe that I had done that, they insisted that I had magic powers and that I just didn't know it.

 

In a controlled experiment, years ago (when New Scientist was still worth reading) but probably repeated, plastic bottles were buryed in a sandpit, some full of water, some empty, diviners were only allowed to proceed if they agreed that it was a fair test. I believe there may even have been sections of the pit with no bottles at all. The results were no better than chance. Some were meh, some were angry - some with themselves, some with the organisers - some accepted and reconsidered what they were doing. All went home better informed.

T'were a long time ago but google it.

As for water engineers looking for leaks, same thing, they just tilt the rods when their feet get wet.

Happy days

Yourn

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59 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

2  L shaped wires; long arm forward, short arm in an empty biro tube or just in your fist. Tilt them slightly forward to point the long arms forward, tilt them slightly together to get them to cross in front of you or tilt them both to the left to get them to tilt to the left. That really is all there is to it. No more.

I was sitting in a shed with a mate setting this up once (he wanted to show me it would work when he stepped over a hose-pipe) and with perfect timing, the lady we were working for (it was tea-time) appeared at the door and I tilted both wires to one side so that the long arms both pointed at her. As if by magic.

They both absolutely refused to believe that I had done that, they insisted that I had magic powers and that I just didn't know it.

 

In a controlled experiment, years ago (when New Scientist was still worth reading) but probably repeated, plastic bottles were buryed in a sandpit, some full of water, some empty, diviners were only allowed to proceed if they agreed that it was a fair test. I believe there may even have been sections of the pit with no bottles at all. The results were no better than chance. Some were meh, some were angry - some with themselves, some with the organisers - some accepted and reconsidered what they were doing. All went home better informed.

T'were a long time ago but google it.

As for water engineers looking for leaks, same thing, they just tilt the rods when their feet get wet.

Happy days

Yourn

First post in 4 and a half years, welcome back!