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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2009, 06:01:31 AM »
Well  rubschin: I suppose if you are happy in your role of social outcast ............................
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2009, 06:05:44 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 28, 2009, 06:01:31 AM
Well  rubschin: I suppose if you are happy in your role of social outcast ............................
Am I...?  rubschin:

Oh well, it will make for cheap rounds on Friday then...
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2009, 06:11:01 AM »
You see - every cloud has a silver lining ...................... if you look for it. ;D
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2009, 08:44:07 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 28, 2009, 06:11:01 AM
You see - every cloud has a silver lining ...................... if you look for it. ;D
Or a tin one perhaps...?  rubschin:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #34 on: May 28, 2009, 01:28:44 PM »
Bacofoil probably.
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #35 on: May 28, 2009, 01:31:31 PM »
As dreary threads go this one is supremely dreary  noooo:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #36 on: May 28, 2009, 01:32:09 PM »
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 01:31:31 PM
As dreary threads go this one is supremely dreary  noooo:
It needs a few Nickesque disasters and events, I agree....  rubschin:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2009, 02:09:29 PM »
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 01:31:31 PM
As dreary threads go this one is supremely dreary  noooo:

I quite enjoy dreary.  redface:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2009, 02:17:57 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on May 28, 2009, 02:09:29 PM
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 01:31:31 PM
As dreary threads go this one is supremely dreary  noooo:

I quite enjoy dreary.  redface:
A welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of daily life on the farm...?


...or easier to remember...?  rubschin:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #39 on: September 16, 2016, 11:09:38 PM »
It was an economic decision BM, the base of the tower and engine house had to be made of granite because of the strength needed but it was too expensive and time consuming to use the stone for the entire chimney stack. When you take into account how easy it was to make bricks back then compared to shaping granite into a usable form for construction the choice was an easy one for the mine owners to make.
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #40 on: September 17, 2016, 05:23:08 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on September 16, 2016, 11:09:38 PM
It was an economic decision BM, the base of the tower and engine house had to be made of granite because of the strength needed but it was too expensive and time consuming to use the stone for the entire chimney stack. When you take into account how easy it was to make bricks back then compared to shaping granite into a usable form for construction the choice was an easy one for the mine owners to make.
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #41 on: September 17, 2016, 10:16:56 AM »
So what to do in the next 7 year gap before this thread comes to life again?
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #42 on: September 17, 2016, 10:43:47 AM »
To be honest I hadn't even known the thread had been started until last night when I was looking through the who's online page.  noooo:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #43 on: September 18, 2016, 07:21:55 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on September 17, 2016, 10:43:47 AM
To be honest I hadn't even known the thread had been started until last night when I was looking through the who's online page.  noooo:

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