useless information thread

NGale
NGale Posts: 1,866
edited August 2014 in Commuting chat
Come on give a snippet of totally useless information!

1) I have no motivation to do an essay which is due in on Wednesday!

2) I got a promotion last night :D
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    I just went to see someone and they weren't there.
    Looking for a cycling buddy?
  • pastryboy
    pastryboy Posts: 1,385
    I'm thinking of buying two new frying pans - I already have five not counting the griddle and wok.
  • pastryboy
    pastryboy Posts: 1,385
    Clearly I'm giving it a lot of thought :wink:
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    I am helping my BiL fix his roof tomorrow. Despite being a Libran neither of us are creatures of the air. Wish us luck.


    If I'm really lucky, it will rain :wink:
    The older I get the faster I was
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    As a military type person you might like to know that the shape of the V2 was just a German sniper's bullet (can't remember the calibre) scaled up and fins added for stability.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Oh yeah, congrats on the promotion.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    I'm getting a haircut at 10:30 tomorrow morning.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Monkeypump wrote:
    I'm getting a haircut at 10:30 tomorrow morning.

    Just make sure you don't get scalped on the way there.
    Looking for a cycling buddy?
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    7.92mm
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    crumbschief wrote:
    7.92mm
    Thats more data than information.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    The news is on.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    My son's hamster died on Wednesday. Then, curiously, my daughter's hamster died yesterday. They were similar ages, but lived in separate cages, in different rooms. It's quite intriguing that they died so close together. (I did check they weren't just 'hibernating'.)
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Agent57 wrote:
    My son's hamster died on Wednesday. Then, curiously, my daughter's hamster died yesterday. They were similar ages, but lived in separate cages, in different rooms. It's quite intriguing that they died so close together. (I did check they weren't just 'hibernating'.)
    Was it suicide? If one had hung itself in despair at it's friend's death, it would be the very definition of hamstrung.

    Anyway. Look East is due along soon.
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    I just completed 10 years with my employer - got £500 in vouchers - might put it towards a new bike.
  • Nik Cube
    Nik Cube Posts: 311
    I am sat reading a web forum
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    Cube attempt 2010
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Hope it's better than this one :)
  • Jonathand257
    Jonathand257 Posts: 21
    What service are you in? Congrats.

    In other news I have Jodrell bank sportive tomorrow!!! :lol:
  • V5ade
    V5ade Posts: 192
    My pager has been replaced by a smaller model, however it still looks like it from the late 1980's.
    Somewhere in the Surrey Hills :-)
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    7.92mm
    Thats more data than information.

    But useless to most.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    I think the OP would be more interested in 7.62mm.

    Useless info. The SA80 is an example of a Bullpup firearm.
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    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • Nik Cube
    Nik Cube Posts: 311
    http://www.theonion.com/video/sony-rele ... snt,14309/
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Nik - that is just priceless. Cheers.

    In other news, my nice bottle of red was a bit sour but the wife's out with her mates tonight so I drank it anyway. It improves with age - after an hour or so & 3 glasses it's fine. A bit like the wife indeed.

    Boom-tish. Tickets still available.
  • Nik Cube
    Nik Cube Posts: 311
    my pleasure Im a bit of an audio geek on the quiet and that tickled me
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  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Kettle's on


    Jonathand257 wrote:
    In other news I have Jodrell bank sportive tomorrow!!! :lol:

    Is that 500 laps of the Olympic-standard 250m dish?
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Useless information alert:

    The dish at Jodrell Bank was the first place on Earth to receive a man-made signal from space (Sputnik).
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • kja
    kja Posts: 259
    The SA80 is a useless example of a Bullpup firearm and is 5.56mm calibre which is .223 of an inch which is why cadets can use a .22 conversion on the ranges.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    It may not be a brilliant weapon, but I'm sure if you were stood at the loud end, with it loaded with it's childsize bullets and handled by someone who didn't like you, you wouldn't call it useless then!
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Japanese snipers WWII used .22 I believe - the amount of ammunition you can carry is colossal...

    (Guns & Ammo thread conversion...)
    "Consider the grebe..."
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    When it comes to sniping, I thought the idea of using a large calibre bullet is that even if you 'wing' someone, they'll be wandering around the battlefield looking for their arm whilst they bleed out.
    With a .22 a shot in exactly the same position would be a 'mere flesh wound' and the target would be saying "Felt nowt" and calling in an airstrike on your position.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    I saw we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)

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