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Eastern?TheBigBean said:
The most northern, eastern and western US state is Alaskatailwindhome said:Fun little factoid
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Well, those Tamagotchi things had more processing power than the Apollo 11 spacecraft (aparently).seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Think about it.Stevo_666 said:
Eastern?TheBigBean said:
The most northern, eastern and western US state is Alaskatailwindhome said:Fun little factoid
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Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.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 wanted Stevo to work it out, by analogy to extreme left and right wing politics.pblakeney said:Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.
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Apologies. Tbh, everyone has access to t'internet so I shouldn't bother anyway.First.Aspect said:
I wanted Stevo to work it out, by analogy to extreme left and right wing politics.pblakeney said:Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.
Stock answer in future - "Google".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 -
Reminded me of a riddle I heard recently. Someone walks a mile due South, a mile to the West then a mile Northward and ends up in the same place. What colour is the bear?0
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Too easy.veronese68 said:Reminded me of a riddle I heard recently. Someone walks a mile due South, a mile to the West then a mile Northward and ends up in the same place. What colour is the bear?
Google has the answer.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 think the process is that when someone asks you the response is “do your own research” whereas when they ask you and you say the same they come back with “so you don’t have any evidence”. 😉pblakeney said:
Apologies. Tbh, everyone has access to t'internet so I shouldn't bother anyway.First.Aspect said:
I wanted Stevo to work it out, by analogy to extreme left and right wing politics.pblakeney said:Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.
Stock answer in future - "Google".0 -
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/08/17/chinas-defeated-youth
My beef about opportunities for the under 30s is largely the same in large swathes of the world, not just the west.0 -
It must be fairly easy as I got the answer without resorting to Google, mind you I haven't checked I'm right, but I'm sure I am.pblakeney said:
Too easy.veronese68 said:Reminded me of a riddle I heard recently. Someone walks a mile due South, a mile to the West then a mile Northward and ends up in the same place. What colour is the bear?
Google has the answer.0 -
Google is a conversation killer, I knew this already, PB has just confirmed it.0
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Oh, I knew the answer as it's an old one. Like myself.veronese68 said:
It must be fairly easy as I got the answer without resorting to Google, mind you I haven't checked I'm right, but I'm sure I am.pblakeney said:
Too easy.veronese68 said:Reminded me of a riddle I heard recently. Someone walks a mile due South, a mile to the West then a mile Northward and ends up in the same place. What colour is the bear?
Google has the answer.
It intrigues how people can't find things out these days, but that's for another thread.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 -
Got it.pblakeney said:Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Yawn.First.Aspect said:
I wanted Stevo to work it out, by analogy to extreme left and right wing politics.pblakeney said:Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
The background to the lyrics of Zombie. I’d never paid much attention until hearing the crowd singing it last night at the rugby (also heard it getting butchered by a girl singing an acoustic version at a local music festival a couple of weeks ago but not as badly as she butchered Royals).
I also learned that what it comes on my running playlist my pace increases by 30” per mile.0 -
COBRA - as in the government emergency meetings - stands for Cabinet Briefing Room A.0
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That Ofsted can close down a (our) nursery for 6 weeks (or longer) with an hours notice.1
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That’s two people that’s happened to on here in two days.joeyhalloran said:That Ofsted can close down a (our) nursery for 6 weeks (or longer) with an hours notice.
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Or does Joey run the nursery Shirley's kid's at?Pross said:
That’s two people that’s happened to on here in two days.joeyhalloran said:That Ofsted can close down a (our) nursery for 6 weeks (or longer) with an hours notice.
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Well I was about to ask!
(Edit: just found him on the whinging parents whatapp group)1 -
Do you have a plan? Is the nursery credit worthy?shirley_basso said:Well I was about to ask!
(Edit: just found him on the whinging parents whatapp group)0 -
Apparently 'blowing a raspberry' comes from rhyming slang 'raspberry tart' = fart. I knever knewed that. Am I the only one who didn't?0
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Not the only one, no.briantrumpet said:Apparently 'blowing a raspberry' comes from rhyming slang 'raspberry tart' = fart. I knever knewed that. Am I the only one who didn't?
Thanks!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 -
pblakeney said:
Not the only one, no.briantrumpet said:Apparently 'blowing a raspberry' comes from rhyming slang 'raspberry tart' = fart. I knever knewed that. Am I the only one who didn't?
Thanks!
At least I learnded about 'berk' a few years ago... and never called my mother one.0 -
That when you get a double rainbow the colours are reversed in the secondary one. Probably something everyone with a basic grasp of physics already knew though0
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🤣🤣🤣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 also hope that the person who used it on Twitter, and caused me to look it up, next time makes sure when he tries to be a clever d!ck to get the spelling right, and not spell it "apothegm".
I doubt I shall ever use it, even less likely than 'maxim' or 'aphorism' (which I did know already). I'm more likely just to say "a saying".
Still, it's quite a nice word, even if it is Will Self-ish.0