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Nitro is an almost 3 yo socialized kitty, and former feral Tom. He was having a rough go of it on his own, before finding a place where he fit in. Now he wrestles his housemates instead of wrestling away from hungry coyotes.
One of the Portuguese F16's keeping it low on departure from a superb first week up at Lossiemouth.
JW16/2
RAF Lossiemouth - EGQS
Before the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, Oliver Cromwell famously told his troops to "Trust in God and keep your powder dry".
The .470 Nitro Express / 12.7x83mmR is a rifle cartridge developed by Joseph Lang in England for dangerous game hunting in Africa and India.
Wikipedia
[Lang was one of the top London gunmakers. If it had remained in business it would be in the same sentence as Holland, Purdey, Boss and Grant. The 10 bore and 12 bore express rifles were the every day big game rifle of 1870’s through 1880/90’s by which time the Nitro Expresses came into play.]
This from a forum: User Heym SR20 - The Stalking Directory.co.uk ----- (as in deer hunting for us non Brits )
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 500 gr (32 g) SP, FMJ 2,150 ft/s (660 m/s) 5,133 ftâ‹…lbf (6,959 J)
Wikipedia
This bullet was given to me by a friend who inherited the double barreled giant rifle from his, industrialist, great grandfather. It was, I am guessing, probably used circa 1910 / 1920's on African safaris.
With that setup, if the first two didn't workout, you were a dead man walking (probably running).
.470 Nitro Express /
In a bed of black powder. (This is the original gunpowder, composed of charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur, now used chiefly in antique firearms and in fireworks.)
Minus its fiberglass body this is the bones of a funny car seen at the NHRA Virginia Nationals held at the Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, VA. Running on Nitromethane fuel (at one time this was used for rocket fuel) and sporting over 11,000 horsepower a good run down the 1/4-mile track would be in excess of 330 MPH and less than 4 seconds. As a spectator the extreme noise, heat, smell and shock waves that these cars leave behind when they make their run is indescribable. As the saying goes, you would have to be there to believe it.
John Force, a legend in drag racing was driving one of these funny cars (not the car above) on Sunday at this track when he had a horrific accident shown in the video link below.
Nitro is really popular with the ladies!
Squeaker is a fixed female former feral kitty. She is basically a wild animal, some feral cats socialize well and some hang on to their instincts over all else. After over a year now, I am the only one who can pet her and only when feeding or she is sleeping. She is great with cats though, just not people.
Nitro made new mesh sculptures to represent the mood of the exhbition in our main hall atm 'Nigthmare' by HeLa Lennie.
Come and admire both!
Here's your taxi to our gallery: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Costa%20Blanco/198/117/771