This is great, Mr Tribs.
Started a whole chain of memories.
Stronty Dog, etc..
(possibly named for Strontian, a village in Lochaber)
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davyclam,
Sun 12 Mar 2023, 10:19,
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Yet Middenface McNulty is from Glasgow, over a hundred miles away from Strontian
Answer that if you can.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Sun 12 Mar 2023, 10:23,
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Looking from Space
they're quite close together, indistinguishable actually.
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davyclam,
Sun 12 Mar 2023, 16:55,
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Indeed he was, indirectly
Wikipedia: "Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian, a village in Scotland near which the mineral was discovered in 1790 by Adair Crawford and William Cruickshank"
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FridgeBadger,
Mon 13 Mar 2023, 10:17,
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