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This comes from my Bride’s book o face, posted by a (real life) friend up in Rhode Island.

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“Windscreen” is the British-English take on American-English’s “windshield”.
 
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Check these gravity waves out,

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"When you throw a rock in a pond and you see the ripples flowing out, they're gravity waves as well.

"Essentially gravity waves are disturbances in any sort of fluid, so we see them often in water, but the atmosphere is a fluid as well — so any sort of disturbances in there can generate waves."

On this occasion, the disturbance was the cold air flowing out from a thunderstorm on a very hot day.
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  • Gravity waves happen all the time, but are usually invisible
  • This one was spectacularly captured when it interacted with clouds and dust
  • They rarely cause problems on the ground, but can increase aircraft turbulence
 
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#2,967
the harp unstrung said:
This comes from my Bride’s book o face, posted by a (real life) friend up in Rhode Island.

View attachment 3572958“Windscreen” is the British-English take on American-English’s “windshield”.
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Nothing new in that, it's been a criminal favourite for many years...seems to come in cycles, as people become aware of it, then forget.
I remember driving out of Limerick city with a van full of Stockton's Wings' (Irish trad band I was roadying and occasionally playing bass for) gear one night 30 years ago when this happened.
I stopped.
5 young offenders rushed the van, to be met by myself and the other two roadies ... and the rather useful blackthorn shillelaghs we'd bought as souvenirs.:D
I very much doubt those 5 lads tried that trick again.
 
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the harp unstrung said:
^^^WHO among us is a badass?!! :roflmao: :thumbsup:
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Different times, my friend.
I was younger and more foolish.
Also, this was Ireland...the likelihood of guns getting pulled was practically non-existent then. Knives were the favoured weapon in Limerick...but a shillelagh trumps a knife any time.

Furthermore, my new Steinberger bass I'd just bought was in the van. I wasn't giving that up easily.
 
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Oddly said:
Different times, my friend.
I was younger and more foolish.
Also, this was Ireland...the likelihood of guns getting pulled was practically non-existent then. Knives were the favoured weapon in Limerick...but a shillelagh trumps a knife any time.l

Furthermore, my new Steinberger bass I'd just bought was in the van. I wasn't giving that up easily.
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Great story!
Do you have any pics of your ‘80s Steinberger?

Isn’t that Rule #3?

...and, yes, I keep my shiellelagh near the door, and when I conclude that I need to be walking with a cane, I have a fine thornstick that my uncle Brian (GRHS) made for me when I was a teen.
I’m sure I brandished it on the flight home...:woot:
 
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the harp unstrung said:
...and, yes, I keep my shiellelagh near the door, and when I conclude that I need to be walking with a cane, I have a fine thornstick that my uncle Brian (GRHS) made for me when I was a teen.
I’m sure I brandished it on the flight home...:woot:
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A well-dried piece of wild plum will do, as well. Dense wood, hard to break.
 
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