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**Peter Drake** @peterdrake@mstdn.social · 3h

**Nina Willburger** @ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de · 4h

Nina Willburger @ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as drinking cups?
Further information on glass boats:

https://web.archive.org/web/20221013071226/https://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats?s=09

Photo: GDKE Rheinland-Pfalz

A translucent blue glass vessel shaped like a boat, with a curved hull, upturned ends, and small protruding feet for support. The surface has visible cracks. A soft shadow is cast beneath the object on a neutral background.

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

**Steve Ince** @SInce@mastodon.online · 23h

**takenji1989@instagram** @takenji1989_instagram@bbs.kawa-kun.com · 1d

**Ashley Marie** @theashleymarie29@pixelfed.social · 2d

**Bobbing Boat** @PKYo@poweredbygay.social · 2d *

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Bobbing Boat @PKYo@poweredbygay.social

The Macclesfield Canal has broken through its bank. This is called a breech. Or is it spelled breach?

It's pants either way.

(That's a pun only Brits and Aussies will understand. Breeches are a type of trousers. The expression "it's pants" means "it's unpleasant". A breach is a rupture.)

For comparison, last year's Lancaster breach cost £1,600,000 to repair.

CRT will update us today:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/31160-navigation-and-towpath-closure-between-crowholt-bridge-52-and-locketts-bridge-53-macclesfield-canl

canalrivertrust.org.ukNavigation and Towpath Closure: Between Crowholt Bridge 52 and Locketts Bridge 53, Macclesfield CanlDue to a leak in the canal bed, we have closed navigation and the towpath between Bridge 52 Crowholt Bridge and Bridge 53 Locketts Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal.Our teams are currently on-site installing stop planks to enable a thorough inspection of the leak. We are also contacting customers moored in the affected area.We will provide a further update on Monday, 31st March.

#CanalLife #canal #breach

**Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ** @IngridHbn@mastodon.online · 2d *

**Things David Likes** @ThingsDavidLikes@mstdn.social · 2d

**Brent Sleeper** @brentsleeper@pixelfed.social · 2d

**redpulpo** @redpulpo@pixelfed.social · 3d

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · 3d

**Bobbing Boat** @PKYo@poweredbygay.social · 4d *

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Bobbing Boat @PKYo@poweredbygay.social

I removed an electrical part for cleaning.

A wire sparked and later I noticed my battery monitor was dark. It stayed that way after I cleaned and reconnected the part.

I traced the wire from the back of the monitor in the control panel, through the bulkhead to the engine compartment, and into an electric box. And there it was: a blown fuse.

Fuse replaced (2 for £1.09). Battery monitor works. It says: 14.40.

#CanalLife #canals #boating

**Foto Dėdė** @ToksDede@pixelfed.social · 4d

**Johnny R** @Chopperwelder@pixelfed.social · 5d

**Europe Says** @europesays@pubeurope.com · 5d

**Sandy McClearn** @sandymcclearn@canada.masto.host · 5d

**Jipem** @jipem@pixelfed.fr · 5d

**Jomes** @DrJLecter@pixelfed.de · 5d

Jomes @DrJLecter@pixelfed.de

Three pics of our first and last proper sunset in #Cairo. We did a little boat trip with a traditional sailing boat near our hotel after the sun set and it was beautiful and most of all: quiet

#Egypt #sunset #Nile #City #boat #sailing #CityLights #MobilePhotography #photography #moon #sky

Photo of a little sailing boat with still mostly reefed sail sailing away from me into the sunset. The sky is a pale blue with a pastel yellow and weak orange smog cover behind the skyline. The water is calm and reflects the sky in darker tones.

Photo back to our hotel which is a high tower between low buildings right at the shore. It's not square but an elegandly curved shape without corners. On top is a disk like shape where a recolving restaurant is placed. The disk is illuminated and glows in the falling night. A couple more of the windows are illuminated. The buildings at the foot of the hotel are fully illuminated in strong golden colours. Their glow reflects endlessly in the small ripples of the water, only interrupted by a single bigger boat parked in front of the hotel. The bright almost full moon stands high in the darkening sky.

View from our room high in the hotel. We were on the 33rd floor, close to the restaurant on top. We look across the river and the cityscape on both sides. The sun is currently setting as a wide glowing ball, but the colours are muted yellow. A bridge spans across the river in the distance.

#sky

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