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The covered bridge numbering system was developed in Ohio in the 1950's. The system was adopted for the NSPCB's World Guide to Covered Bridges in 1959. The first set of numbers represents the state/province in alphabetical order. Letters are used for bridges outside the United States and Canada. The second set of numbers represents the county in alphabetical order. The third set indicates the specific bridge within that county. A "#2" at the end of the number indicates that this is not the first covered bridge at this location.
 
Lavinda Past said:
The covered bridge numbering system was developed in Ohio in the 1950's. The system was adopted for the NSPCB's World Guide to Covered Bridges in 1959. The first set of numbers represents the state/province in alphabetical order. Letters are used for bridges outside the United States and Canada. The second set of numbers represents the county in alphabetical order. The third set indicates the specific bridge within that county. A "#2" at the end of the number indicates that this is not the first covered bridge at this location.
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Phew, glad that’s cleared up.
 
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
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Wow! what a story. Going to read more about it.
At the moment, I don’t have much interesting to share with the community except the fact that my older brother found the silver singles phone number and decided to try himself out there. He will start using a dating site for the first time in his life, and it sounds kind of exciting! I’m curious to hear how it goes for him and if he meets someone special.
 
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Lavinda Past said:
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
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That really is brilliant mate.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
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I don't get it.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
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It's late, I can't sleep, I don't get it unless the punchline is a cycle outside a chippy.

Honestly initially thought I was in the joke thread.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In 1962, a 37-year-old Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw suddenly quit his job and bought a small island in the Seychelles for about $10,000. The island was called Moyenne and had been abandoned for around 50 years at the time of purchase.

Many thought Brendon was crazy. But he decided to be the only resident to move permanently to the island.

While most people buy islands for luxury, Brendon had a very different vision. He wanted to turn the island back into a natural paradise that would remain completely untouched by people and tourism.

For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on Moyenne. He planted 16,000 trees with his own hands, laid out 5 kilometres of nature trails and attracted around 2,000 new birds.

He transformed the once barren land into an island of incredible beauty. Moyenne was so adorable that a Saudi prince offered to buy it from Brendon $50 million, but he refused.

Since Brendon's death in 2012, the island has been owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and, thanks to his efforts, is now a national park accessible to all.
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Bit of background mate, bloody intriguing stuff.

 
uwerosler28 said:
If man city win their next 2 games they will be 2 point better off than at the same stage last season, despite being in the middle of a "worse ever" crisis.
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Someone previously posted that we'd be one point worse off.
I think they mentioned that in our 6 game " bad run" last season we lost 2 and drew 4.
I could well have picked that up wrong
 
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The two mice can be seen on the Philpot Lane wall of 23 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1DE

STORIES OF THE PHILPOT LANE MICE

Over the years, all manner of colourful tales have sprung up to explain the presence of the wrestling rodents.

One story holds that, as work on the building progressed, the workmen became somewhat mystified by the fact that their packed lunches kept disappearing before they had had the chance to take a break and devour them.

Eventually, a careful watch was kept, and it was discovered that the culprits responsible for making off with the workmen's sarnies, were mice who had taken up residence around the emerging building.

The workmen decided to pay tribute to the cheeky creatures by carving their likenesses onto the finished building in remembrance of their lost lunches.

A more colourful version of the story holds that two workmen came to suspect each other of stealing one another's lunches and they got into an argument over the matter on the scaffolding.

Unfortunately, the rail they were fighting against suddenly broke and the two men plunged to their deaths.

When their colleagues discovered that the whole tragedy had come about as a result of mice actually devouring the lunches, they carved the two mice to commemorate their departed workmates.
 
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