But, then again . . . . .

By TrikinDave

60 Watts.

After a tiring day yesterday, I didn't wake up until 10:00 this morning. The plan was to go out for a quick blip during the afternoon but the rain persuaded me that it wasn't a good idea, so I moved on to plan B.

When I arrived chez Sis a week and a half ago, the light in the downstairs loo was dripping water into a bucket and refused to come on. It seems that the torrential rain was being blown up under the tiles and then running down the light flex. On removing the bulb, we found it was a quarter full of water while apparently remaining completely water tight. We decided that it was blip worthy and so I took great care of it and borrowed the most suitable eggcup as a stand for the photograph.

In my youth, I heard about a research ship trawling for strange and exotic species in the depths of the Pacific. It was customary for trawl nets to have their mouths held open by glass floats - old ones can be purchased for use as ornaments by those so inclined - on retrieving the nets the floats were found to be half full of water but, I’ve never heard the story from an authoritative source.
Since no glass floats are in use these days, they are now manufactured solely for decorative purposes but, there are still thousands of old ones from the trawling and long line fishing industries circulating in the Pacific currents, some of them have become trapped in the Arctic ice; occasionally a storm will result in a few breaking free of their normally stable circuits and are washed up onto the shore, these often do contain small quantities of water that has entered through microscopic processing imperfections.

You learn something new every day.

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