Vince1159 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, noelh said: If the van is white surely? Mostly,how did you guess lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Do you know you can't photocopy or scan bank notes? No not that it's illegal, which it is but the scanner or copier will recognise it and either refuse or produce a degraded copy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 42 minutes ago, noelh said: If the van is white surely? Now, here was me thinking it was a yellow van and men in white coats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, noelh said: Do you know you can't photocopy or scan bank notes? No not that it's illegal, which it is but the scanner or copier will recognise it and either refuse or produce a degraded copy. Aye, and the muppets on the cash desk STILL take 'em as legal tender.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 87% of statistics are made up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, noelh said: If the van is white surely? "And stop calling me Shirley...." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Vince1159 said: You can put any sane rational stable person into a van and a large percentage turn out to be suicidel nuts.... Something similar happens when sane rational people come onto Britmodeller - the evidence is here in these posts. But nutty in a very nice sort of Cadbury's fruit and nut way 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, JohnT said: But nutty in a very nice sort of Cadbury's fruit and nut way Cadbury Old Gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardie Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Here is a truly mind boggling and awesome fact from the universe at large! In 2017 a star went supernova (SN2013fs) in a spiral galaxy within the Pegasus constellation. Before it went Supernova the star was shining at 10,000 times the brightness of our sun. The star was ten times the mass of our sun and was a mere,.....wait for it...….160 MILLION Light years away so the Supernova actually happened 160 million years ago!! Think about that distance for a minute. That distance is how far light will travel in 160 million years at a speed of 186 thousand miles per second! If a similar star in our own galaxy went Supernova it would fry us instantly with pure light and we wouldn't even see it coming because the energy wave will be travelling at the speed of light in fact, for all we know, a star has already blown somewhere in our galactic neighbourhood and the blast is on it's way. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Buried in Rothwell churchyard is John Blenkinsop who designed one of the first practical steam locomotive that ran on the Middleton Railway in Leeds in 1812 (it was named 'Salamanca' after the battle in Spain in the same year) . Middleton was the first railway in the world to use steam motive power and still exists. The churchyard is pretty near where I live 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 If things don't change they'll stay exactly as they are. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Bigdave22014 said: 87% of statistics are made up. Now Bigdave, I told you a million times - please don’t exaggerate! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 09/10/2019 at 13:19, thorfinn said: Without looking it up... ...what is the accepted term for a resident of yon Kalamazoo? Kalamazoolian? Kalamazooite? (Or perhaps the ever-popular "Hey, you!....") Mon pere grew up there, so I've heard it all before.... Ya know, I had to look it up. Apparently it is "Kalamazooian" although everyone here just says that they are from 'Kazoo'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 They recently discovered that there has as recently as 350,000 years ago a massive radiation "burp" from the super-massive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way (that galaxy where we live), and the only reason we know is that the massive "ray" that was issued as part of the belch has caused perturbation of some gaseous cloud between galaxies. it's a dangerous business being alive in a galaxy near a big boiling ball of nuclear fission. Did you know that if sound could travel through a vacuum the sound here on earth (94 million miles away?) would be like standing next to a jet engine. It would make conversation a bit tricky - would we have developed big flag shaped hands to communicate? Who knows... not me. Sorry - that was a bit serious, and probably 90% correct at time of writing from what I remember of what I read. Gerald says "Hi" BTW. He's a bit cold and wet on the patio at the moment. ⛈️ 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardie Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Before coming to live in Lochgoilhead I was resident in the village of Rhu near Helensburgh. In the graveyard of the village church is the last resting place of Mr Henry Bell who started the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe. His first ship the Comet was wrecked in strong currents near Oban and was replaced with the Comet II but, when the Comet II collided with another steamer near Gourock sinking with the loss of the lives of 62 of her 80 passengers he gave up pursuing steam shipping and fell into abject poverty being supported on charity for the rest of his life. He saw steam shipping and shipbuilding become an enormous part of the Clyde without profiting at all from his pioneering of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardie Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 A famous Mississippi Steamboat called the Delta Queen and her sister ship the Delta King were built at Dumbarton Scotland (hulls, first two decks and steam engines) and then shipped in pieces to the USA. Funny to think that something so very 'American' was built in Scotland. I particularly get a kick out of this fact as I am a fan of the late John Hartford (he wrote the famous song 'Gentle on my Mind') who wrote a song called the Delta Queen Waltz and was a licenced River Boat captain. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 The town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, 5 miles from the farm I grew up on, is the birthplace of hockey. https://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/origin/further-evidence/n-s-firsts/ Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 The creation of the term 'white van man' is credited to radio & TV presenter Sarah Kennedy. She is also credited with the invention of the word 'Sainsbugs' for the name Sainsburys as well as other odd short namical changes which have become popular in use 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Reno Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles California. Lake Tahoe, on California's eastern border is farther west than Los Angeles, on California's western border (the Pacific Ocean). Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state is the USA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Water is wet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Yellow snow should not be touched. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Just now, Rabbit Leader said: Yellow snow should not be touched. Decant it directly into a cup for a refreshing cold drink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, Mike said: Water is wet. Not at -25c it's not. In fact, it's rather sticky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 15 hours ago, Beardie said: Here is a truly mind boggling and awesome fact from the universe at large! In 2017 a star went supernova (SN2013fs) in a spiral galaxy within the Pegasus constellation. Before it went Supernova the star was shining at 10,000 times the brightness of our sun. The star was ten times the mass of our sun and was a mere,.....wait for it...….160 MILLION Light years away so the Supernova actually happened 160 million years ago!! Think about that distance for a minute. That distance is how far light will travel in 160 million years at a speed of 186 thousand miles per second! If a similar star in our own galaxy went Supernova it would fry us instantly with pure light and we wouldn't even see it coming because the energy wave will be travelling at the speed of light in fact, for all we know, a star has already blown somewhere in our galactic neighbourhood and the blast is on it's way. A cheery thought to start the day, thanks Marty. Any idea what the blast radius of SN2013fs would be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, Bullbasket said: Not at -25c it's not. In fact, it's rather sticky. And rather painful to stand barefoot on for long periods! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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