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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1500 on: 14 October, 2016, 03:30:18 pm »
The not-yet-declared new king of Thailand used to have a poodle called Fufu (or Foo Foo - 1997-2015). It is said to have been made an Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force, at his instigation, & often attended official occasions where it was treated as a guest, e.g. seated at table alongside humans. It featured prominently in a low-resolution video (probably shot from a phone) of its 2007 birthday party, in which the then crown princess fed it birthday cake while wearing only a g-string (the princess, not the poodle).

Ah, the lives of royalty!
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1501 on: 14 October, 2016, 06:21:10 pm »
Alexander Kielland was an interesting case. My father lost a number of friends that day. It certainly had an impact on testing and certification.

They have a piece of the leg in the oil museum in Scavenger, quite sobering to see such thick steel twisted like rubber.

The Buchan, is a sister vessel, still in use as a floating production platform, but with severe restrictions on wave height before they need to downman. They will have to cease operations next year as they will not pass the latest safety case regulations.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1502 on: 15 October, 2016, 06:28:10 pm »
The not-yet-declared new king of Thailand used to have a poodle called Fufu (or Foo Foo - 1997-2015). It is said to have been made an Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force, at his instigation, & often attended official occasions where it was treated as a guest, e.g. seated at table alongside humans. It featured prominently in a low-resolution video (probably shot from a phone) of its 2007 birthday party, in which the then crown princess fed it birthday cake while wearing only a g-string (the princess, not the poodle).

Ah, the lives of royalty!


King Walter?

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1503 on: 20 October, 2016, 11:53:22 am »
It's best not to honk out of the saddle when towing a Bike Hod.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1504 on: 20 October, 2016, 04:29:40 pm »
That Ben, the fillum with the twee Michael Jackson theme song, is actually a horror movie.  :o

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1505 on: 20 October, 2016, 07:08:27 pm »
Isn't that anything with Michael Jackson?  ;D
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1506 on: 20 October, 2016, 07:09:45 pm »
Is it the one where his nose falls off?
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1507 on: 21 October, 2016, 09:52:20 pm »
"A woman on a bicycle has all the world before her where to choose; she can go where she will, no man hindering." The Type-Writer Girl, 1897

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1508 on: 23 October, 2016, 05:37:13 pm »
Many others here may already know it, but I found out today that Schwalbe means swallow. The bird, that is...
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« Reply #1509 on: 23 October, 2016, 06:24:34 pm »
Won't you choke if you swallow a bird   ;D
the slower you go the more you see

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1510 on: 23 October, 2016, 06:48:49 pm »
Won't you choke if you swallow a bird   ;D

to catch a spider?
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1511 on: 23 October, 2016, 07:15:18 pm »
To catch a fly  ;D
the slower you go the more you see

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1512 on: 23 October, 2016, 08:59:02 pm »
But I don't know why you'd swallow a fly . . .
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

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« Reply #1513 on: 23 October, 2016, 09:16:09 pm »
That the Lodges in East Anglia (primarily Breckland) e.g. Red Lodge, were fortified Rabbit warren keepers houses.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1514 on: 23 October, 2016, 09:25:18 pm »
But I don't know why you'd swallow a fly . . .

Perhaps you'll die.

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« Reply #1515 on: 24 October, 2016, 12:14:27 am »
The USA has a Guano Islands Act.



















No shit!

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« Reply #1516 on: 05 November, 2016, 12:52:46 pm »
In 1872 or thereabouts the archives of the Confederacy were sold to the government of Mexico for $75,000.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C07E0DC1E38EF34BC4851DFB1668389669FDE

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« Reply #1517 on: 05 November, 2016, 01:19:17 pm »
The 'Mr Benjamin' & 'J P Benjamin' mentioned was a minister of the Confederate government who illustrated the peculiarities of Confederate prejudices. AFAIK Judah Benjamin wasn't handicapped much, if at all, by his religion or ethnicity.
"A woman on a bicycle has all the world before her where to choose; she can go where she will, no man hindering." The Type-Writer Girl, 1897

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1518 on: 07 November, 2016, 09:20:28 pm »
That duct tape is otherwise known as 'Havana chrome'.  ;D
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1519 on: 07 November, 2016, 10:28:14 pm »
That duct tape is otherwise known as 'Havana chrome'.  ;D

Yes.  I started to watch Rich Hall, but as I fell asleep, I decided it wasn't really grabbing me and so returned to R4.
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« Reply #1520 on: 08 November, 2016, 07:38:09 am »
That a quarter of USAnians believe that the sun goes round the Earth.  This is new to me: I thought it was a third.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1521 on: 08 November, 2016, 07:44:07 am »
Many others here may already know it, but I found out today that Schwalbe means swallow. The bird, that is...

It's also a dive in football.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1522 on: 15 November, 2016, 09:10:13 am »
That one can pay in cheques to my bank account (in this case HSBC) at the Post Office. Which is handy as I have a rebate cheque  ::-) from HMRC (who I pay electronically...)  and my local HSBC branch, 2 doors from the PO, has closed recently.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1523 on: 15 November, 2016, 09:16:02 am »
How to isolate and remove a radiator.

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #1524 on: 16 November, 2016, 09:54:07 am »
That duct tape is otherwise known as 'Havana chrome'.  ;D

In a song by Jim White it's Alabama chrome.