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The Pub / Re: “All of you on the good earth”

« Last post by Jaded on Yesterday at 11:38:26 pm »

Watching a catch-up of the C4 Moon Landing Live programme.

It’s weird because

It is largely in colour.
Well over half the people you see it it are dead
You know the ending.
There isn't a Worzel Gummage President twatting away in the background*.


*Yeah. There was a lying shit president at the time, but he wasn’t as bad as the straw hairdo cunt.

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Audax / Re: Bristol-Glasgow-Bristol 1600 | 05:00 18th - 22:00 23rd June 2020

« Last post by bludger on Yesterday at 11:35:54 pm »

Interested in this as a route as I have family in the Real Capital ™ who can put me up at the halfway.

The prospect of going through Shropshire and whatnot is really appealing. Interested to see how it shapes up 🙌

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The Pub / Re: A random thread for small things that don't really warrant a thread of their own

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Yesterday at 11:30:09 pm »

Storm Area 51: US Air Force warns over Facebook event.  What could possibly go wrong?

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The Pub / Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread

« Last post by fuzzy (retd.) AAGE on Yesterday at 11:27:21 pm »

Waited in all morning for a delivery scheduled for 17/07, i.e. tomorrow.

At least you can go out tomorrow safe in the knowledge that when the delivery fails to arrive, you have preemptively wasted a day

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Arts and Entertainment / Re: What was the last film you watched?

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Yesterday at 11:26:49 pm »

Is that based on the story of Jan Baalsrud?  Gets most of a chapter in David Howarth's "The Shetland Bus"; Howarth later wrote "We Die Alone" just about Baalsrud's escape.

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Freewheeling / Re: Do you shrink significantly throughout the day?

« Last post by FifeingEejit on Yesterday at 11:26:09 pm »

I have to adjust the rear view mirror in the car morning and afternoon, such is my shrinkage/hunchage from being propped at a computer all day.

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Freewheeling / Re: Do you shrink significantly throughout the day?

« Last post by quixoticgeek on Yesterday at 11:24:32 pm »

Not a daft question, but in the mornings on my commute, I feel well balanced on Olive, but after working all day, on the return journey, I feel too stretched out. I reduced my stem from 100 to 90, but I still feel stretched. But if I go out for a day ride, I'm fine. My commute is approx 50 km return

The body does change over the day, tho it depends a lot from person to person, and body part to body part. I know when I used to sell hiking boots, we used to advise that people buy shoes in the afternoon as their feet would be slightly longer then.

It's plausible that the spine compresses slightly over the course of a day. Tho I have no research to back this up. I'd be interested to see what you find out.

J

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The Pub / Re: “All of you on the good earth”

« Last post by fuzzy (retd.) AAGE on Yesterday at 11:23:54 pm »

And as a fitting mark of respect, the 50th anniversary of the lauch of Apollo 11 has been marked by a partial lunar eclipse which looked quite good from where I stood with binoculars looking at it

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The Pub / Re: “All of you on the good earth”

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Yesterday at 11:21:34 pm »

So did anyone mention the moon landings were faked and the earth is flat.

I was watching the BBC4 multipart space race documentary earlier and thought "Dang! These actors are good¹"

1: May contain traces of Lie

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The Pub / Re: Tune Association

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Yesterday at 11:18:48 pm »

Down By The River ~ Neil Young & Crazy Horse