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Shirley Basso wrote:And?0
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Oh sheet0
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She was only the admirals daughter, but she had a naval full of discharged seamen.0
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NapoleonD wrote:Gunwhales is pronounced ‘gunnels’
Yay it's NapD. I thought you'd been shot.
Try this:
Milngavie or Wemyss Bay.bompington wrote:NapoleonD wrote:Gunwhales is pronounced ‘gunnels’
You're clever Bompy.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:NapoleonD wrote:Gunwhales is pronounced ‘gunnels’
Yay it's NapD. I thought you'd been shot.
Try this:
Milngavie or Wemyss Bay.bompington wrote:NapoleonD wrote:Gunwhales is pronounced ‘gunnels’
You're clever Bompy.0 -
...but nothing is quite what it semyss0
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Alpha Centauri (the nearest star(s) outside of our solar system) is 4.37 light years away (in new money).seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Pinno wrote:Alpha Centauri (the nearest star(s) outside of our solar system) is 4.37 light years away (in new money).0
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bompington wrote:...but nothing is quite what it semyss
It is important know your Featherstonhaugh from your Cholmondeley.0 -
Chris Bass wrote:Robert88 wrote:Spaceships will be equipped with radar and will be able to get you home from Neptune quicker than Thomas Cook can get you back from anywhere on the planet.
Well neither thing exists so either option is pretty unlikely!
Brad Pitt would deceive me? Thomas Cook would, I know.0 -
I asked brad pitt about the whole space flight thing but he said that he didn't like talking about flight club - there are rules about it apparentlywww.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0
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How to truly appreciate the difference between a million and a billion other than an extra three zeros.
Convert to seconds.
Million = 11.6 days
Billion = 11574 days or 31.7 years!!Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0 -
Robert88 wrote:bompington wrote:...but nothing is quite what it semyss
It is important know your Featherstonhaugh from your Cholmondeley.0 -
Mr Goo wrote:How to truly appreciate the difference between a million and a billion other than an extra three zeros.
Convert to seconds.
Million = 11.6 days
Billion = 11574 days or 31.7 years!!
I did something similar with how long brexit has been going on, it has been going on for over 9.1% of my entire life!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
bompington wrote:Pinno wrote:Alpha Centauri (the nearest star(s) outside of our solar system) is 4.37 light years away (in new money).
Given our inability to travel long distances, it's immaterial.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
"Soccer" is not an americanism.0
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'Wastwater' in the Lake District should be pronounced 'Wostwater'. Well, that's wot it sez on Wikipedia.0
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darkhairedlord wrote:"Soccer" is not an americanism.0
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darkhairedlord wrote:Shirley Basso wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:Shirley Basso wrote:How about rowlocks?
I've been sailing my entire life and that has really screwed with me.
I always assumed it was a folk sail or something.
Sheet in! You lot haven't got a clew .... time to change tack and head up a different channel ...0 -
Tashman wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:"Soccer" is not an americanism.0
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briantrumpet wrote:Tashman wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:"Soccer" is not an americanism.
It's not called football because the ball is played with the foot. Football games are called "football" because the games are played ON foot, as opposed to gentlemen's games that are on horseback.0 -
Over 6M people attend Oktoberfest every year. I think most of the barged past me at some point this weekend.
In 2017 over 7.5M litres of beer were drunk. Frankly, some people weren't trying enough.You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.0 -
At a conference the other week I learn't a new Engineering term from the Danes:
Whore's measure: a cursury glance to size something up.0 -
darkhairedlord wrote:briantrumpet wrote:Tashman wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:"Soccer" is not an americanism.
It's not called football because the ball is played with the foot. Football games are called "football" because the games are played ON foot, as opposed to gentlemen's games that are on horseback.
So golf is in fact football? How about snooker? You'd struggle to play either on horseback.
Actually I might pitch that idea to Channel 4...0 -
The adhesive used in the works canteens coffee cups melts below the temperature the coffee is dispensed at. This does cause issues.0
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I Mesut Ozil were to pay tax without avoid any (i very much assume he does avoid as much as he can! who wouldn't?!) then according to the Money Supermarket's tax/pay calculator
Over the year he'll pay £8,175,000 income tax and £367,964 in National Insurance.
Let's hope Arsenal don't or can't sell him - it is in the national interest!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0