If the closing roof on Wimbledon’s Centre Court was to continue at the same speed it would take 12 hours to reach Buckingham palace.

I work with a chap whose job description is “Principal Horn”.

Stoner – I guess my bosses house in Gargaresh at 12000 Libyan Dinars per month is not average then.

the ground under George Square in glasgow is completely hollow!

The standard lane markings in the middle of a road are called a 1004 marking and has a 2 metre gap for every 4 metre marking

Going back a few years we had a request from a client to include someone’s star sign in the car insurance policy calculation as apparently research had shown people with certain star signs were a higher risk – not sure if it ever went live though.

The road sign for a mini roundabout (TSRGD 2002 dia. 611.1) has a right way and a wrong way up.

(there should be an arrow at the bottom rather than a gap)

Oh, sorry, you said interesting.

The new girl in the BA Ticket office in Tripoli is a stunner sadly half my age. 😳

The wavelengths used in a G-PON network are 1490nm upstream and 1310nm downstream. If you have a video overlay this adds another upstream wavelength at 1550nm.

G-PON is a fibre to the X standard (where X is home, kerb, cabinet etc.)

The maritime black box (the voyage data recorder) is mandated to record data but there is no legislation regarding the playback of that data.

anokdale – that rent would imply something like a 4 or 5 bed house I think 😉

And thanks for the tip off re BA girl. Hopefully going to fernaygle a trip out there in the new year and Ill make a point of looking her up. How old would be too old though? 🙂

Still thinking!!!

Erm…. electricity is actually bought and sold every half-hour in wholesale markets. Your meter readings go through half-hour aggregation to give a ‘virtual’ quantity of electricity that you would use for pay-back. For large power users (e.g. smelters > 100kWhr) they are actually metered every half-hour due to the quantities and have much more regular bills.

wikipedia says it only burnt for 15 years although thats impressive too.

As far as I can find out it still smouldering. Until they are removed it’s always going to be at risk of self igniting.

Re the Tire fire….

Anyone able to find it on Google Maps?! Would have assumed a 15year fire would be viewable!

Stoner she must be 22 ish, no scarf which is rare for a local lass and a babe, thick as a Ghurkas fore@skin mind but worth a trip into sort out your seat 😉

Keep out of here until the New Year too many conferences and security about at the moment i am booted out of my normal gaff the Corinthia because the Government want all the rooms !!!!!!!!!! Bless the Colonel and his boys.

WITHOUT anyone watching you (you dont want to look like a prat) and
while sitting in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

Now, while doing this, draw the number “6” in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.!!!!!!!!!

A 9mm MP5PDW has less recoil even in full auto than a .22 Weirauch HW90 air rifle.

numplumz, I’m intrigued as to how that relates to your work or speciality.
Just what is it you do for a living ?

Now, while doing this, draw the number “6” in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.!!!!!!!!!

Even drummers?

And I still can’t think of anything!!! ❓

I think he’s either an assassin, or he works in IT.

If everything else is equal, a smaller loudspeaker will go lower than a bigger speaker will in the same box.

Re the Tire fire….
Anyone able to find it on Google Maps?! Would have assumed a 15year fire would be viewable!

I don’t think you can see it tbh as it burns underground. I’ll try and sort out a location though.

Airline reservation systems are still programmed in assembly language on mainframes

The formula for working out the endotrachael tube size in children is:

age/4 + 4 (or 4.5).

Or, if you’re in a hurry and don’t know said child’s age just use the width of their little finger and select a tube of the same diameter (approxiamtely).

Also, when cutting said tube to length be sure to use the formula:

age/2 + 12.

Re the Tire fire….

Anyone able to find it on Google Maps?! Would have assumed a 15year fire would be viewable!

Don’t know about the tyres, but theres a wood with ER written in it just north of the railway line 😀

there is no such thing a a digital specific aerial………..

I love nuggets like this. Ton we should club together and start the anti-marketing bollocks website.

Elephants don’t have a pleural space; the potential gap between their lungs and their ribcage.

XHTML 1.1 should not be served as text/html.

The highest electromagnetic power density was found to be 0.008499 W/m2, which is more than 541 times lower than the maximum permitted value of 4.6 W/m2 for public areas set ICNIRP. This value represents a signal strength that is 0.19% of the maximum power density set-down in by ICNIRP.

I have been struggling to come up with something, but I thought I would mention that there is now a new discipline called “Acoustic Archaeology.” Researchers in South America are taking part in new research that suggests that many ancient temples were designed to create “hallucinogenic” or mind altering echoes which actually did not sound like echoes but of actual or mythical animals and birds. There are temples where the echos really do produce the most otherworldly experiences and are said to be extremely frightening for some.

There are 416 Citizens Advice Bureaux in England and Wales. Contrary to popular opinion each is an independent charity and relies on a range of grants, contracts and donations to survive. Over 21,000 volunteers work in the bureaux. Last year over 1.9 million people were provided with advice and support with over 6 million problems.

BigButSlimmerBloke – Member
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Also, if you have a pacemaker, a 3T MR scanner can rip it out.

Can you show some evidence for this? Pacemakers are non-magnetic.

The reason you should stay out of a magnetic field if you’re fitted with one is that you can generate a current in the leads connecting the pacemaker to the heart as you move about in a field. This can cause a change in the generated heart beat, or heating of the wires leading to tissue damage.

The UK nail bar industry is worth 6 billion quid.

The ‘stuff’ in between the layers of wafer in a kitkat is actually made of reject kitkat.

The CE marking on a product must be more than 5mm high.
If it won’t fit, it must be on the packaging and accompanying documentation.

Breach of the WEEE Directive in Ireland can land you with up to a £10 million fine and ten-year jail terms.

All I can think of now is stuff that shouldn’t be said to the public about the London Underground network 😯

RichS storms into the lead….

thanks iDave

Nerve endings can detect the sensation of cold, but not wetness, hence you might think you have wet feet but in reality, they may just be freakin’ cold. Of course, they may actually be wet.

The ‘stuff’ in between the layers of wafer in a kitkat is actually made of reject kitkat

how did they make the first kitkat then?