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26 Mar
1:01pm, 26 Mar 2024
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Oranj
How to read a windsock

At skydiving and and parachuting centres they have an arrow to show you the (upwind) direction you make your final approach from.

This arrow is also duplicated in the landing area


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26 Mar
1:12pm, 26 Mar 2024
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K5 Gus
[ Wiggle and CRC back open for trading today under the Sports Direct umbrella - and they've ditched the unloved green Wiggle re-brand and gone back to the traditional orange :-) ]
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Mushroom
Never given it any thought before, but the name cologne, as in fragrance / perfume, comes from the city of that name, with the original 'Eau de Cologne' stemming from early 18th century.
26 Mar
4:27pm, 26 Mar 2024
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NDWDave
And you can tell the speed based on which segment it bends at?
26 Mar
5:08pm, 26 Mar 2024
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Oranj
And you can tell the speed based on which segment it bends at?

Yep. All I know is: if it's standing out out straight it's too windy for parachute landings.

[Realised I got my description wrong - the arrow shows the direction of your final approach, into the wind.]
27 Mar
4:21pm, 27 Mar 2024
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Oranj
Bottle Claus (Kipchoge's bottle hand up guy at Berlin Marathon) thefivecoatconsultinggroup.com

Is also a RAAM finisher: trackleaders.com
27 Mar
11:36pm, 27 Mar 2024
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Pothunter
(Bad Boy Running podcast interviewed him in April 2023: https://www.badboyrunningpodcast.com/1614244/12655114-ep-462-kipchoge-s-bottle-man-claus-henning-schulke-aka-bottle-claus)
28 Mar
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NordRunner
The colour «eau de nil», a dusty greenish blue, is named after the waters if the Nile river. To see it, just visit Claridges: it's the colour of their china.
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5:35pm, 28 Mar 2024
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NDWDave


Open street map has been updated for the Baltimore bridge collision
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Jen HB
Good thing the fetch virtual challenge didn't use it...

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