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It was an argument over which was Europe’s fastest game bird that led to the production of the Guinness Book of Records. On 10th November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (Managing Director of Guinness Breweries) was with a shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland. Some Golden Plovers were shot at, and missed, which prompted a discussion as to whether they were Europe’s fastest game bird. Consulting reference books did not solve the issue, and it occurred to Sir Hugh that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in the 81,400 pubs in Britain and Ireland, but there was no book with which to settle arguments about records. He discussed the matter with Ross and Norris McWhirter to see if their fact and figure agency could help. The result was the first Guinness Book of Records being published in time for Christmas 1955.
Bizarrely the question that was the reason for the creation of the Guinness Book of Records was not answered until the 36th edition in 1989: "Britain's fastest game bird is the Red Grouse (Lagopus l. scoticus) which, in still air, has recorded burst speeds up to 92.8-100.8 km/h 58-63 mph over very short distances. Air speeds up to 112 km/h 70 mph have been claimed for the Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) when flushed, but it is extremely doubtful whether this rapid-flying bird can exceed 80-88 km/h 50-55 mph - even in an emergency". And I'm sure you knew already but this is a Red Grouse flying at speed, taken on the Peak District Moors.
MOC: Game On - a vignette I built for a competition at last year's Eurobricks Event in Billund.
The task was to build a 10x10-stud vignette showing what our sigfig would do in its spare time. Seeing as my s(t)igfig's occupation is clearly being a racing driver, I figured this would be something he might enjoy when not at work. As we all know, this guy is quite single-minded (some say his brain is made from red 2x4 bricks...) so it makes sense that he does pretty much the same thing for fun (provided he actually knows what that means) as he does for a living.
I'm happy with the result - maybe particularly the racing-style gaming chair. And that sticker on the TV screen is a LEGO sticker - it came in set 8682, Nitro Intimidator - and here's a picture of it from that set.
(Personally, I'm definitely not much of a gamer. I bought a Playstation once, the original one, back in... the last century! I played a bit of Colin McRae Rally on it, and never got hooked on Gran Turismo. So I sold it again after less than a year. Never owned a console after that...)
Sooo I don't know where to start with this one so I guess the beginning is good.
I was moving houses and by faith had to stay at wonderful Airbnb. The owners had to cats and always complained about their cats being hunters.
Little did i know was that they always brought the pray home as a gift. I was on the second floor and when I came down with my backpack equipped for the day to hunt a new rental place for me I saw this scene. It was an immediate reaction to get out the camera and watch. I made a few horrifying gifs of the scene. As a person who owned gerbils, I placed a towel on the mouse and got it out of the house (made sure it lived, perhaps with PTSD but still alive)
I choose this shot because it captures both cats hunting and playing. For them, this was just a small game ...
Shot in my backyard on a warm sunday afternoon. . . Im ready for Fall.
ab800 above cam, 430ex camera right, Fireball in the sky for rim.
"When my dragons are grown, we will take back what was stolen from me and destroy those who wronged me! We will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground!" -- Daenerys Targaryen [Game of Thrones]
Gamer.
Des tempéraments rapides des tours de manucure des intensités volatiles extraordinaires exultent les aspects fous de la victoire,
substanzielle demonstrationen depressive verluste faszinierende interaktionen häufen poetische bewegungen strenger künstler an,
повышенная мания, психиатрические потребности, существенные восторги, глубокие меланхоличные состояния, бредовая жизнь, преходящие настроения,
números desesperados sufrimiento frecuente circunstancias miserables escenas terribles emocionantes corriendo mente tumultuosa,
forze spaventose dettagli attivi spiriti maligni scoppi contrastanti creature indicibili movimenti frenetici decisioni difficili problemi sconcertanti,
ag magadh deamhain bearta mhéadú naimhde féideartha frithsheasmhachta fhulaingt tromluithe próiseáil ionsaithe briathartha,
쓰라린 존재가 산산조각났다숨을 쉬는 틈을 꿈꾸다 무의식적 두려움무의식적 인 두려움이 목소리를 비난하는 당황한 생각,
カタルシス心臓割れ故障ぬるぬる怪物驚き疲労感脳疲労夜を欺く自殺ボード特異な感情的なシャットダウン.
Steve.D.Hammond.
So while I work on the normal stuff, Austin has been collecting micro armor tanks. He bought BM's instructions for the micro tank game a while back and built the basic armor. Then he built KingTiger719's Russians, Kribli Krably's Jagdpanther, Albert's Bison, Simon Riley's IS-2, multiple tanks by Rumrunner, a few of mrRipleyx's tanks, and a few unknown builder's tanks. He already has a micro town built for a battle scene. He is still amassing all the pieces he needs to build some of the tanks. :) He has a micro Long Tom, a winter Tiger, a Hellcat, a T-34, a King Tiger, and a few of my micro Flavierklings already built.
From L to R (Allies) - M26 Pershing, T-26, ISU-152, M4A3E8 Fury, M7 Priest, M18 Hellcat, M10 Wolverine, T34 Calliope, M4 Sherman, M3 Grant, M3 Lee, T-34, M3 Stuart, KV-2, JS2M, and IS-2.
From L to R (Axis) - Panzer III, Jagdpanther, Bison, Wespe, StuH 42, StuG III, StuG III G, Panzer IV H, Panzer IV F2, Panzer IV F1, Panther, winter Tiger, DAK Tiger, King Tiger.