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Recent content by john green

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    Vegan food

    What exactly is in a vegan fry up? Mushrooms and tomatoes but seems to be missing all the best bits of a fry up
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    Stone shelter on Whernside

    I think the enterance has been reduced in size after building it was originally about 15 inch, still a small hole, certainly not intended for people to go through it
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    Best Ever Xmas Carols When You Don't Like Xmas Carols

    Good king Wensles last looked out of his bedroom window Silly bugger fell out on a red hot cinder Brightly shone his arse that night Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Ridding on a stool It fits the original tune as well.
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    Caves closest to pubs

    I remember going into a cave in Belgium were you walked in through the bar, out the back where they stored the empty barrels, got changed and the back wall of the area was a cliff with a cave in it, no idea what is was called now.
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    Mining engineer questions

    The wooden peg was only used if they couldn’t get a nail in the roof, after all it is a lot of work to drill a hole in the roof to put a wooden peg in, they would do all they could to avoid that. The three nails may be to do with getting a better sighting line, I have come across wedges to...
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    Mining engineer questions

    The nails in the roof could also have been to hang a candle for surveying, depends on the age of the mine
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