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TTmonkey
7,376 posts
116 months
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Gazzas86 said: The Difference between a Boat and a Ship??, the difference is when a ship turns, it leans outwards (i.e. If turning to Port then it will lean Stbd) And when a Boat turns it will lean into the turn. nah. A boat can be placed on a ship and be carried as cargo. A ship cant be placed on a boat.
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Dr Jekyll
5,530 posts
130 months
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Why are there so many princes in Saudi Arabia? I appreciate the families are large, but how closely do you have to be related to the head honcho to qualify as a prince?
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Famous Graham
26,537 posts
94 months
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Carthage said: Blue moon - is this what's making my horses behave like lunatics? Are they turning and eating each other? Might want to let the Queen know, if so.
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Papa Hotel
9,546 posts
51 months
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Gazzas86 said: The Difference between a Boat and a Ship??, the difference is when a ship turns, it leans outwards (i.e. If turning to Port then it will lean Stbd) And when a Boat turns it will lean into the turn. A ship floats on top of the water, a boat goes along under the surface. At least that's what the bumders of the Royal Navy tell me. So, a submarine is a boat, everything else is a ship.
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goldblum
6,789 posts
36 months
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Papa Hotel said: Gazzas86 said: The Difference between a Boat and a Ship??, the difference is when a ship turns, it leans outwards (i.e. If turning to Port then it will lean Stbd) And when a Boat turns it will lean into the turn. A ship floats on top of the water, a boat goes along under the surface. At least that's what the bumders of the Royal Navy tell me. So, a submarine is a boat, everything else is a ship. "Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShipCan't believe I just looked that up.
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McAndy
4,937 posts
46 months
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Why did Ford drop the 115bhp 1.6 petrol from the Focus Mk2 range at facelift time? Cost of production vs. not enough sales?
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Papa Hotel
9,546 posts
51 months
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goldblum said: "Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShipCan't believe I just looked that up. Hey, I'm just saying what the mincers of the Senior Service think is right.
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Carthage
2,975 posts
13 months
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Famous Graham said: Carthage said: Blue moon - is this what's making my horses behave like lunatics? Are they turning and eating each other? Might want to let the Queen know, if so. No, one's inadvertently kicked the other in the head, leaving hairless scratches. I have considered T-cut but apparently it doesn't work so well on horses?
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ATTAK Z
2,039 posts
58 months
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Dr Jekyll said: Why are there so many princes in Saudi Arabia? I appreciate the families are large, but how closely do you have to be related to the head honcho to qualify as a prince? When I was in Saudi helping to construct a sports Stadium, there were three classes to cater for which resulted in 3 distinct areas for each purpose, viewing, changing rooms, toilets etc.. Princes Professionals Hoi Polloi and yes they were split about 33 - 33 - 34
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McAndy
4,937 posts
46 months
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Are there any naturally occurring foods or drinks that are blue? Don't say blueberries.
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AstonZagato
3,231 posts
79 months
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McAndy
4,937 posts
46 months
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Win. Thanks!
Next: how old is the cycling Tour of Britain?
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Pablo Escobar
1,722 posts
58 months
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Why is brake fluid such nasty stuff? Why can't it be oil or something?
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Justin Cyder
6,149 posts
18 months
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Pablo Escobar said: Why is brake fluid such nasty stuff? Why can't it be oil or something? Because it neither boils, compresses nor destroys seals as oil would do. it's the best solution for transferring force into pressure. Shame it takes on water though.
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Mr Dave
3,220 posts
64 months
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Carthage said: Can some drugs change the colour of your eyes? I mean the iris, not bloodshot.  Heavy doses of radiation apparently can, a worker at chernobyl (or several perhaps I cant quite remember) had his eyes change from brown to blue in the time between his first exposure to the radiation and his death.
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JonnyFive
26,734 posts
58 months
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How big is a 'block' measurement in America?
And by the looks of the map on 'Cash Cab' (Theres nothing else on at 5am!) NY is laid out as a grid shape.. Do the roads alternate one way? (If that makes sense..)
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PumpkinSteve
1,802 posts
25 months
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If you received non-threatening letters anonymously through the post would it be classed as harassment or junk mail? I know someone who has simply been receiving old proverbs and nothing else, no messages or anything else to suggest unsavoury intentions, just gift tags with proverbs on them. I asked someone else about it and they said it would be seen as harassment, whereas I believe it would be simply classed as junk mail. I said that unless they start coming writ in blood there's nothing to worry about. I get mountains of junk mail every week, and aside from this looking like it came from a person rather than a company, there seems to be nothing untoward. Probably just some religious s  te.
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Fabric
3,046 posts
61 months
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How does Facebook's "people you may know" work? It's suggesting people I do know but haven't spoken to in years (mainly mates of mates), that aren't mutual friends of anyone else I've added, and that don't know the email address my profile's registered to, yet somehow it's alarmingly accurate.
So how's it work - very clever algorithm, or time for tinfoil hats?
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Dr Jekyll
5,530 posts
130 months
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Fabric said: How does Facebook's "people you may know" work? It's suggesting people I do know but haven't spoken to in years (mainly mates of mates), that aren't mutual friends of anyone else I've added, and that don't know the email address my profile's registered to, yet somehow it's alarmingly accurate.
So how's it work - very clever algorithm, or time for tinfoil hats? Ditto LInkedin.
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Silent1
17,601 posts
104 months
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Fabric said: How does Facebook's "people you may know" work? It's suggesting people I do know but haven't spoken to in years (mainly mates of mates), that aren't mutual friends of anyone else I've added, and that don't know the email address my profile's registered to, yet somehow it's alarmingly accurate.
So how's it work - very clever algorithm, or time for tinfoil hats? it suggests friends of your friends, if they appear on more friends 'friends lists' there's a good chance you know them, so they go to the top, if you accepted all of them you would eventually get friends of solitary friends listed, it's nothing special.
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