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Until now I'd never stopped to think about the meaning of "Pininfarina", but as I now know, "Pinin" Farina - the youngest & smallest of the Farina family - changed his surname to Pininfarina.

How funny that the original name of the man responsible for so many designs that epitomise elegance, style and speed, should simply mean 'Flour'. To me that raises images of bread & stodgy puddings - no wonder he changed his name!

Can I offer an antipodean photo of the day - not taken today, but hopefully no-one will mind :)
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Armidillo wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 02:33 Until now I'd never stopped to think about the meaning of "Pininfarina", but as I now know, "Pinin" Farina - the youngest & smallest of the Farina family - changed his surname to Pininfarina.

How funny that the original name of the man responsible for so many designs that epitomise elegance, style and speed, should simply mean 'Flour'. To me that raises images of bread & stodgy puddings - no wonder he changed his name!

Can I offer an antipodean photo of the day - not taken today, but hopefully no-one will mind :)

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Even if your cars are going tickety-boo there is plenty to be enjoyed on the FCF. Pininfarina got a bit of an airing late yesterday with this

viewtopic.php?p=648317&hilit=pininfarina#p648317

and our little "whatsthisthen?" thread started off with an austin kimberley back in 2014,

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and only a couple of days ago with an Austin Major Elite with a bit of farina-esque tail-fins and rocket flash.

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1963 Morris Major Elite (22907048110)
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Never seen one of those but the wheels and roof section are unmistakably Morris Oxford design.

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Peter.N. wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 10:06 Never seen one of those but the wheels and roof section are unmistakably Morris Oxford design.
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Informative bit of reading on it here Peter.

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Wildflower of the day. If you leave your lawn uncut for long enough a decent crop of these will spring up (round here anyway!) Never noticed or seen so many. I think grasscutting these days deliberately leaves some areas which used to be cut uncut, or less frequently cut to the benefit of a diversity of wildflowers.
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That will mostly be an Orange Hawkweed :-D
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Thanks Bobins.

This is a list of the other common names from a looking up on identify.plantnet

Devil's-paintbrush
Fox-and-cubs
Grim-the-collier
Orange Hawkweed
King-devil
Orange-red king devil

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Herpetology Club makes its debut on POTD

Walking along a narrow footpath, by the side of a fenced-off large pond, I wondered what all the insects were flitting around the path. Turns out they were literally hundreds of tiny frogs.
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Its that time of year, anyone else noticed the pitter patter of tiny frogs :?:

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Flower of the day 2
lemon and oranges say....
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 13:57 Herpetology Club makes its debut on POTD

Walking along a narrow footpath, by the side of a fenced-off large pond, I wondered what all the insects were flitting around the path. Turns out they were literally hundreds of tiny frogs.

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Its that time of year, anyone else noticed the pitter patter of tiny frogs :?:

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 14:24 Flower of the day 2

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That lemon one will probably be one of the Hawbits, to go with your Hawkweed :)
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My POTD comes from my maths tutorial I gave yesterday. The topic was triangles, how to work with them and what they do for us. When I got home I remembered a good illustration of how they can be used to make a difference which I shall take with me next week, in the meantime a preview:
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mickthemaverick wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 19:15 The topic was triangles, how to work with them and what they do for us. When I got home I remembered a good illustration of how they can be used to make a difference

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Ah ! But they make for an inefficient use of space on the back of a postcard. Not everything is good in triangle world :-D
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Got a selection on Sunday

This is very nice....Double dropped since 1779 apparently
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Is that Brakspears Oxford Gold from the Henly brewery? Brakspears was my favourite for a time but at the momemt I go for Sharps Doom Bar, brewed in Cornwall and under license in Burton on Trent at I believe the old Double Diamond brewery!! :-D
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