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Lighthouses in a Storm

[Deleted User] · 2020-07-19 15:18:51

I read in the Sunday Times that there’s a campaign group trying to “scuttle proposals” (neat turn of phrase by the ST, there) to replace the existing beams with LED light. Apparently, the Fresnel lenses - remember back to that sleepy physics classroom? - which rotate on mercury, can weigh up to six tonnes! There’s all…

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#32 20-07-2020 12:11PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWSV9WNZcnA

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#33 20-07-2020 12:14PM

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the purple tin wrote: »

There has been a legal dispute over all those old cartoons for years now about who owns the rights, Laurel and Hardy too. That's why they don't get shown on the telly anymore.

No there's not, in fact some of the earlier ones are now public domain. It's just people don't want to watch ancient shows anymore, not to mind the stuff that won't wash with today's pc crowd.

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