http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/ Tristan da Cunha list Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:42:19 GMT alan_drake@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1971 Do any of these men survive today ? I wonder what stories they told and what their view was ? Best Hopes, Alan ... An excerpt from Chapter 13 There were not Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:42:17 GMT alan_drake@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1970 An on-line history book "No Pathway Here" by John Marsh. The most relevant chapter (it is mainly about the South Africans). Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMT oddy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1969 http://www.skipsfarts-forum.net/read.php?TID=8253 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:09:29 GMT alan_drake@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1968 I have been considering this for some time. Tristan already pays a significant premium for oil landed at the dock, the source of electricity, heat (AFAIK), hot Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:08:30 GMT alan_drake@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1967 The wind turbine that failed was a very, very early design and was simply not designed for the peak wind conditions on Tristan. Many Antarctic bases have winds Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:07 GMT bobconrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1966 http://www.tristantimes.com/art_7081.html Tristan Notes Remembrance Sunday 2009 Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 09.11.2009 This year a combined Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:05 GMT bobconrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1965 Tristan : Tristan Fishing News 11.11.09 Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 11.11.2009 The 2009/10 fishing season has not started very well due to Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:34:51 GMT Paul & Mel Young http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1964 I'm not discouraged, more disinclined to subscribe A few years ago I would have happily invested in renewable energy on TdC! I've now learned that ANY Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:39:45 GMT woodard214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1963 Paul, don't get too discouraged about the failure of one wind turbine. There are lots of different makes of wind turbine, optimized for different windspeeds. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:39:42 GMT woodard214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1962 Bob, I get the impression there's lots of air and not much egg in that journalistic souffle. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:34:33 GMT Paul & Mel Young http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1961 Please don't anybody suggest Wind Power for Tristan It was tried and the wind mill blew away All that was left was a stump and some cables I have a photo I Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:57:32 GMT bobconrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1960 Climate Change House of Lords Written answers and statements, 10 November 2009 Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat) To ask Her Majesty's Government what Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:34:43 GMT bobconrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1959 Apparently Tristan was given first place in the top ten, not least because of its women. I spent some time there with a group of three young women, who were Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:27 GMT bobconrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1958 This sentence is rather unclear, as Tristan da Cunha is both an island and a group of islands that sometimes, but not always, includes Gough.: "The Tristan Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:48:11 GMT A.H.Schulenburg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tristan-da-cunha/message/1957 This list provides an opportunity to learn about Tristan and, where appropriate, to discuss issues affecting the island and even to make relevant suggestions.