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Sunday 25 February 2024

Today I Found Out About

Explosives!

Perhaps I should clarify that a little: today I learned more about explosives, namely what damage they can do and what constitutes them, including one I distinctly remember from the short stories of Biggles and his early endeavours in the First Unpleasantness: ammonal.  Conrad has long been convinced it's pronounced "amm-on-al", short "O", but the rapscallions demonstrating it used the "amm-own-al" pronunciation.  Art!


     One presumes that's Biggles in the cockpit of his "Oil-swilling Hump" as non-fans of the Camel called it, thanks to the oil thrown out by the rotary engine.  Yes, he is firing through the propellor arc, no, he's not trying to shoot it off.  This variety of aircraft was fitted with an interruptor gear that stopped the gun from firing when the prop blade revolved in front of the gun muzzle.

     ANYWAY we will most certainly be getting back to this later on, tomorrow, probably.  In the meantime, let us lay out the harvest of links, methinks.

2023

BOOJUM!: A Comedy Yesternight (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2022

BOOJUM!: Grey Goos (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2021

BOOJUM!: What's In A Word (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2020

BOOJUM!: The Abuse Of A Bus (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2019

BOOJUM!: A Slice Of Life (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2018

BOOJUM!: Suns of The Desert (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2017

BOOJUM!: The Creative Process (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2016

BOOJUM!: What's In A Name, Again (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2015

BOOJUM!: The FIENDISH Flounder Of STING (The Bounder!) (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)

2014

BOOJUM!: Not Enough Puppeh - (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)







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