Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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Sorry, wasn't replying to you, FA. I mean, you still had to compromise in your choice of where to live in Devon/Cornwall. Mind you, you did manage to dodge Bugle.
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FFS find something intriguing to talk about. You're as bad as Rick.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Are Vespas (the scooters) named after wasps because of the buzzing sound their engines make?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I suspect so. Its 3 wheeled big brother is called the Ape, which translates as Bee.
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Did everyone get a bit hot on the sun yesterday or something
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I believe so
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I'm intrigued about why the traditional colour for cookware was black. (Pots, kettles, that sort of thing.)
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Was it not simply a case of they all went black when used on top of a fire or stove anyway?
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 -
I don't know. To find out before the knowledge is lost entirely, I suppose you'd need to ask someone from rural Wales or somewhere like that which doesn't have electricity.
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Black cast iron.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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My Dad's house has been in the family for generations. There are still swing plates in the fireplace for heating/retaining heat in pots and kettles. Not used for decades (at least) but they are still there.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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What about the copper ladles and brass fireplace tools?
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Someone once described them as sounding like a donkey farting into a saxophone, but not sure there's handy word for that.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Yup! Just decorative now but were certainly used back in the day.
The tools are hidden behind the coal box. I'm visiting today so will see if I can get a clean photo.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I'm intrigued whether they were speaking from personal experience 🫤
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Hopefully he was using his imagination...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
" I tried a number of wind instruments, but the saxophone was the closest match".
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Nice to see Brits have got the sense to spot a pointless task and not bother wasting time on it.
I’m intrigued what the references to weird etc. mean (not sure if it’s covered in the full Tweet but as I don’t use Twitter I can’t see the whole thing).
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Apparently western, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic.
Also "completed it anyway" apparently means they just took longer than 5 minutes to do it, not managed to do it in under 5, which is what I thought originally.
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Either I'm thick or it isn't clear on that clip (possibly both).
What conclusion is being drawn: are weird countries full of workshy quitters or are the none weird lot not bright enough to spot the '5 minute' element of the task?
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Conclusion I would draw is that if you live in less democratic countries you’re much more likely to keep going even if it takes longer than you were told to keep going for (which wouldn’t be a surprise)
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The Danyang-Kunshan railway bridge is over 100 miles long, took 4 years to build and cost $8.5billion.
How long and how much did it cost to not complete HS2?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danyang%E2%80%93Kunshan_Grand_Bridge
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Foreigners. They need a hard right government to clamp down on that sort of thing (or they’ve realised it’s a pointless dead language and that English is all you need).
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Could many of the customers?
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You are Geert Wilders and I claim my five pound. 😉
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Yeah I’m not in tourist traps.
Was just surprised when I ordered in Dutch to get a “yeah sorry I don’t speak Dutch”.
Got weird when I was ordering Dutch dishes. Had to fake an English accent to get it understood.
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I can picture it now...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
Cultural differences. Ate in a chain which also catered for my grandmother’s funeral.
”Brownies & Downies”
you can guess what makes the staff stand out.
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