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Chaos Theory – Butterflies

13th February 2023 Going Postal 1822 Comments

On Dec 29th 1972 a paper was submitted to the American Association for the advancement of Science. The author, Edward Lorenz was an MIT professor of meteorology and the subject of the paper was:- Predictability; [more…]

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Chaos Theory – Population Growth exhibiting odd behaviour

23rd January 2023 Going Postal 2363 Comments

Think for a moment about a field, half filled with rabbits. How can we figure out how many fluffy bunnies we’ll have in a year’s time? Let’s start by agreeing to use a population of [more…]

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Chaos Theory – A gentle introduction

28th November 2022 Going Postal 1675 Comments

Question: Do snails understand mathematics? Ok here’s an idea. Start with the value 0 and 1 and then apply the following rule. Take the last 2 numbers you have and then add them, to make [more…]

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Calculators and Reverse Polish Notation

7th November 2022 Going Postal 3723 Comments

At the end of September, Doc Mike Finnley posted an interesting article about early pocket calculators that caught my eye (I avoided reading any comments). I enjoyed his construction notes, given many of these older [more…]

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Camping, Backcountry Knife choice

29th July 2021 Going Postal 2812 Comments

I recently reread two of Bertram Gilfoyles articles – the first teaching us about Japanese knives and the second helping us understand how to keep them sharp. His knowledge is far deeper than mine especially [more…]

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Brit hand gun shooting skills

8th July 2021 Going Postal 2982 Comments

In my previous two articles – I’ve talked about how one might approach enjoying gun range time in the States and outlined my first range experiences in that wonderful country. In short, armed with a [more…]

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A Brit shooting a Glock 17 on a range in the USA

16th November 2020 Going Postal 2795 Comments

In  Sept 2015, my wife and I made it down to the On Target Shooting range in Jacksonville Florida and it was an action packed and very worthwhile visit. Although we had to battle through [more…]

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A Brit Using Handguns in the States

10th September 2020 Going Postal 5985 Comments

My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]

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ST9400C Boiler Timer Fault

14th November 2019 Going Postal 2557 Comments

After moving home in June this year, the new place needed a fair bit of attention outside, re-pointing brickwork, replacing wood decking and rebuilding a badly blown wall sitting on a rusted steel lintel were [more…]

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