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Don’t boycott the supermarkets. They are providing extra jobs for people who need them and those people are working very long hours.
Frederick B. (Burt) Farquharson (1895-1970)
Few engineering professors leave a mark in their profession as prominent as the one made by Frederick Bert Farquharson. As a professor of civil engineering at the University of Washington for most of his career, 1925 to 1963, Farquharson pioneered aerodynamic studies of the 1940 and 1950 Tacoma Narrows Bridges.
At the time, wind tunnel testing for aerodynamic forces on bridges was in its infancy. Farquharson began by applying basic information developed in the late 1930s for aircraft design.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895, Farquharson served in World War I with the Canadian army and the Royal Air Force. But, the Germans captured him in 1917 and Farquharson spent the last 15 months of the war in a prisoner of war camp.
Upon returning to the United States, Farquharson attended the University of Washington, where he graduated in 1923. After two years working for the Boeing Company, the able young engineer accepted an offer to join the UW faculty. He went on to head the University's Engineering Experiment Station and became a world-recognized authority on aerodynamic testing for bridge design.
Farquharson stood on the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge the day it collapsed. He intently monitored its behavior, snapped photos, and took motion picture film of the disaster. Farquharson's movie remains a "classic" that is viewed by engineering students around the world.
In the 15 years that followed, Farquharson's pioneering aerodynamic studies helped build the 1950 Narrows Bridge and other suspension spans around the world. He retired from the University of Washington in 1963. Farquharson died at home on June 17, 1970 at the age of 75.
And reduced savings rates .
Got a letter today saying mine has gone from 1% to 0.35%.
A guy I worked with 30 years ago often quoted his name .
I never had a ****i g clue what he was on about.
I never bothered asking him just thought he was muttering ****e !
You have just solved the mystery
I was reading, he actually tried to save the dog as well that was in the broken down car, but the dog was so scared it attacked him, hence he had to leave it. The bridge spent an hour swinging like that before the centre section collapsed.
Have a look at this. It’s really easy to set up.
https://www.hl.co.uk/investment-ser...MImtb_l-7Z6AIVhLTtCh1j3g0TEAAYASAAEgLJ6PD_BwE
Anheuser Busch, owners of the the US Budweiser brand, have spent fortunes on lawyers and decades of bullying and cajoling, trying to force the state-owned Czech Budweiser brewery to surrender their rights to the name they’ve brewed under since 1895. To their credit, the Cezchs, who have as much if not more right to the name, have consistently told their US rivals to **** off.
I’ll leave you decide which brand is bland chemical pisswater, and which is a quality brew.
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EDIT: oh and Ahmed, the bloke who owns @A.L.D.O 4.1 local offy for hiking the prices of whatever his latest tipple is these days. He's going on my Christmas Card list
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Tbh mate, I’m backing Ahmed on this. Man has a family to feed, and he isn’t forcing @A.L.D.O 4.1 to drink Albanian vodka by the litre during these difficult times. I’m all for the enterprising small trader who can’t afford to operate on the same margins as the supermarkets.
I wouldn’t blame him if he boosted his mark up on cigs as well. Need to know the bogroll situation though; overcharging for that that would be ruthless profiteering.
EDIT: oh and Ahmed, the bloke who owns @A.L.D.O 4.1 local offy for hiking the prices of whatever his latest tipple is these days. He's going on my Christmas Card list
[/QUOTE ]Tbh mate, I’m backing Ahmed on this. Man has a family to feed, and he isn’t forcing @A.L.D.O 4.1 to drink Albanian vodka by the litre during these difficult times. I’m all for the enterprising small trader who can’t afford to operate on the same margins as the supermarkets.
I wouldn’t blame him if he boosted his mark up on cigs as well. Need to know the bogroll situation though; overcharging for that that would be ruthless profiteering.
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I am adding one of my financial 'advisors' "De Vere" who kindly look after my pension for me.
While most companies are sending me emails telling me about payment holidays on insurance policies and mortgages plus no interest on credit card debt as well as upbeat emails on how to stay fit and healthy their only offering has been to help me update my will.
Not exactly what I wanted to be thinking about at the moment.
While most companies are sending me emails telling me about payment holidays on insurance policies and mortgages plus no interest on credit card debt as well as upbeat emails on how to stay fit and healthy their only offering has been to help me update my will.
Not exactly what I wanted to be thinking about at the moment.
Kind of glad we did really. Those four days in March, certain to thaw and gladden a heart frozen by winter, have sustained me through many dark times over the years. And the memory of it is sustaining me now.
The Derby has never been cancelled btw. Watch this space on that one.
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Worst four day weekend ever.
too right and my shovel order is showing cancelled
Quiet one for me. Might go to the park and take a photo of people to post on Twitter about how outrageous it is that people are at the park.
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This is the first Easter for 5 years when I’m not rostered to work any of it. So I can spend it looking out the window.
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