Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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Pross said:
Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
You need to get in the local press with that one. Makes a change from trampolines or sheds ending up in the road.0 -
I was wondering about the word 'gauge', firstly, as I always have to do a double-check about the 'au' order, and secondly, curious about it being the only 'gau' word with the 'gay' pronunciation.
Having looked it up in the OED, I'm not sure I'm much wiser on any count.Old Northern French gauge (Central Old French and modern French jauge), of unknown origin; wanting in the other Romance languages.
The Old French word is found, along with the related verb gauger , in the 13th cent.; the earliest sense appears to be ‘action or result of measuring’, the sense ‘instrument of measurement’ being probably derivative; the noun is perhaps < gauge v.1 Possibly there may be ultimate connection with jale bowl, galon gallon n. (so Littré), or with jalon stake to measure from (so Scheler). Horning's conjecture that the word represents Germanic *galgon- (see gallows n.) in its assumed primary sense of ‘rod’ is not very satisfactory from the Germanic point of view; derivation < Latin *aequālificāre or quālificāre (Diez) is impossible.0 -
The aliens' UFO roof.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Or maybe thrown across town in the strong winds.================
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Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there!0 -
Think it came from a new house being built about 200m down the road, they are putting a slate roof on it at the moment. Could have done some serious damage if it had hit someone, it would have passed a shop and petrol forecourt en route.0
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Oh come on! Magically fly through the air 200m?
UAP/UFO/Aliens.0 -
Don't underestimate the power of mother nature.focuszing723 said:Oh come on! Magically fly through the air 200m?
UAP/UFO/Aliens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZvWfIePn-o&t=35s The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Meh, could be any Friday or Saturday night in Manchester. 😉focuszing723 said:
Don't underestimate aliens.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
SAS Rogue Hero's IMDB entry has the profanity level listed as "moderate". I'm now intrigued as to what counts as "high"....0
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Of course I do.pinno said:
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there!
Subconsciously in denial about how old and senile I'm becoming 0 -
Munsford0 said:
Of course I do.pinno said:
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there! Subconsciously in denial about how old and senile I'm becoming
It annoys me that the Burns Day Storm of 1990 is forgotten in comparison, but actually had a higher impact. It's only because the 1987 one hit the South East that it receives more column inches (well, and because of Michael Fish's blunder).0 -
Didn't they both hit the SE? Living as I did in the SE at the time I pretty sure we had trees down all over the place on both occasions and that they were both a pretty big deal.briantrumpet said:Munsford0 said:
Of course I do.pinno said:
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there! Subconsciously in denial about how old and senile I'm becoming
It annoys me that the Burns Day Storm of 1990 is forgotten in comparison, but actually had a higher impact. It's only because the 1987 one hit the South East that it receives more column inches (well, and because of Michael Fish's blunder).
Which one nearly killed Gordon Kay?0 -
The 1990 storm killed the father of someone I knew, tree got blown onto his car.0
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Pross said:
The 1990 storm killed the father of someone I knew, tree got blown onto his car.
And a friend of mine, as he tried to clear a tree from a road. I was given sensible advice not to go out at all that day.0 -
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there!
I recall loads of storms in Scotland in the 80's here in Scotland - we had a power cut for 4 days at the same time as the Zeebrugge ferry disaster and only found out when my Dad wired up a radio to a car battery.briantrumpet said:Munsford0 said:
Of course I do.pinno said:
Don't you mean '87?Munsford0 said:.
Slates, once airborne, can travel astounding distances frisbee style. Dangerous bloody things.Pross said:Where the hell did the piece of slate that just landed on my patio come from? Our roof, and all those around us, are tiled!
Unlike concrete tiles. In the famous 'hurricane' of '97 part of our roof came off but the lumpen things just slid down as far as the gutter then somersaulted onto the front lawn forming an impromptu rockery just 2 feet away from the car. I still, possibly foolishly, decided to go out and reverse the car into the garage. Christ it was loud out there! Subconsciously in denial about how old and senile I'm becoming
It annoys me that the Burns Day Storm of 1990 is forgotten in comparison, but actually had a higher impact. It's only because the 1987 one hit the South East that it receives more column inches (well, and because of Michael Fish's blunder).
And the storm that caused the Craigantlet to crash into rocks nearby.
So there was me in '87, sleeping like a log in the middle of Tunbridge Wells at my brother's flat on return from a jolly in France. He woke me up in a bit of a flap because I thought it was a bit windy in my estimation. I slept through and woke up to a world of devastation.
2 days later, I bought a Suntour Superbe* rear mech from a bike shop in TW. Such a glorious day that was
before coming back to Scotland.
*The Mavic, as ridden by Mr S Kelly in that poster, that I saw in that shop in Cambridge, was over my budget @ £44.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Why French saucepans are virtually never sold with lids.
I was reminded of that when I saw some French advice on saving power, and one of the top ones was using lids on pans, like it was some novelty no-one had ever thought of before.0 -
Is Paddy Mcguiness a really good presenter or something?
I don’t have anything against him and don’t dislike him. Not do I think he is anything special and yet he seems to be on about half a dozen programmes as a current presenter.
I am intrigued.
Lack of available talent or most cost effective to have one contract and squeeze it for everything you can?0 -
Trying him on everything in the hope they'll eventually find the thing he's good at.morstar said:Is Paddy Mcguiness a really good presenter or something?
I don’t have anything against him and don’t dislike him. Not do I think he is anything special and yet he seems to be on about half a dozen programmes as a current presenter.
I am intrigued.
Lack of available talent or most cost effective to have one contract and squeeze it for everything you can?0 -
Maybe not that trivial...Whether some of the hotel choices the Tories/home office make for housing immigrants are a deliberate ploy to rile up the Tory base.0
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Debate going on in Ilfracombe, where a random hotel has been populated. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/asylum-seekers-moved-north-devon-7780739Jezyboy said:Maybe not that trivial...Whether some of the hotel choices the Tories/home office make for housing immigrants are a deliberate ploy to rile up the Tory base.
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I'm guessing here, but it could have something to do with location of suitable hotels that have rooms available?rick_chasey said:You do wonder. Why does Doncaster get thousands but none in Cambridge?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Always the way. Stick em in the poor areas. Stupid.
There needs to be a better way to integrate them that isn’t run by treasury penny pinchers0 -
The solution would be to resolve the glacially slow processing of applications so that there isn't a substantial backlog of people to be accommodated. The overall numbers of claims, while slightly up on previous years, are still way below the peak of the late 90s and early 00s. The number of small boats crossings is entirely the result of closing off other road and rail routes and a failure to cooperate with France. The latest overcrowding incident at Manston is the result of the HS deliberately delaying transfers to other accommodation. It is an entirely manufactured crisis. And the guy who firebombed the site in Dover would suggest it is working.Stevo_666 said:
I'm guessing here, but it could have something to do with location of suitable hotels that have rooms available?rick_chasey said:You do wonder. Why does Doncaster get thousands but none in Cambridge?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Local to me, it's a budget hotel on an industrial estate, and a spa hotel near a prestigious public school.rick_chasey said:Always the way. Stick em in the poor areas. Stupid.
There needs to be a better way to integrate them that isn’t run by treasury penny pinchers
The choice of random "luxury" hotels in particular seems to play up to a certain crowd.0 -
The Asda ‘Elf’ advert.
Very well done I thought. But I can’t figure why they’ve made him about 6’7”.
The amount of effort that must have gone into making the edits so seamless means it must have been a deliberate choice.0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFy6LVlNc6c
