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longshot said:
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longshot said:
Christ, this place has turned into a pedants paradise.
pedants'Which Tyler
Pedants' paradise clearly refers to a paradise for pedants, in effect one that belongs to them, as it isn't a paradise for people who are not pedants.
RobinOakapple said:
longshot said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
stuttgartmetal said:
Newc said:
longshot said:
Christ, this place has turned into a pedants paradise.
pedants'Which Tyler
Pedants' paradise clearly refers to a paradise for pedants, in effect one that belongs to them, as it isn't a paradise for people who are not pedants.
SilverSpur said:
RobinOakapple said:
longshot said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
stuttgartmetal said:
Newc said:
longshot said:
Christ, this place has turned into a pedants paradise.
pedants'Which Tyler
Pedants' paradise clearly refers to a paradise for pedants, in effect one that belongs to them, as it isn't a paradise for people who are not pedants.
Although the death penalty for murder was abolished in the 1960s, it still existed for treason.
A gallows was kept at Wandsworth jail in full working order until 1993 and tested every six months. In 1994, they were dismantled.
The gallows' trapdoor and lever were sent to the Prison Service Museum in Rugby, Warwickshire. After this museum permanently closed in 2004, they were sent to the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, where those and an execution box may be seen.
A gallows was kept at Wandsworth jail in full working order until 1993 and tested every six months. In 1994, they were dismantled.
The gallows' trapdoor and lever were sent to the Prison Service Museum in Rugby, Warwickshire. After this museum permanently closed in 2004, they were sent to the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, where those and an execution box may be seen.
Timmy40 said:
Manually amending the last numerical characters on the web address in the home page of the Lounge to increasingly higher numbers has an effect similar to time travel. I've gone back to 2016 in an instant. Now all I need to do is buy some Bitcoin!
Edit the longer number to the left and you can play "Thread Lucky Dip"
mhurley said:
Although the death penalty for murder was abolished in the 1960s, it still existed for treason.
A gallows was kept at Wandsworth jail in full working order until 1993 and tested every six months. In 1994, they were dismantled.
The gallows' trapdoor and lever were sent to the Prison Service Museum in Rugby, Warwickshire. After this museum permanently closed in 2004, they were sent to the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, where those and an execution box may be seen.
What happens if someone is convicted now for an offence that carried the death penalty at the time it was committed? DNA evidence is solving some very cold cases.A gallows was kept at Wandsworth jail in full working order until 1993 and tested every six months. In 1994, they were dismantled.
The gallows' trapdoor and lever were sent to the Prison Service Museum in Rugby, Warwickshire. After this museum permanently closed in 2004, they were sent to the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, where those and an execution box may be seen.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
The Japanese word for suit is sebiro. This is because the first Japanese man to wear one was the Japanese ambassador in London. And when asked what it was when he got back to Japan, he said Savile Row (sebiro), this being where he bought it.
Isn't that similar to why Australians call bedding, towels etc "Manchester".Early in Australia's history - they had deliveries of such items primarily from cotton mills in Manchester and because the crates they came in were marked "Manchester" - the name stuck.
Timmy40 said:
And that's just for fish!
LOL, have heard the river is the cleanest city river in the World, obviously open to various interpretations, saw a seal at Lambeth Embankment last time I was working on the River.https://greendiary.com/5-cleanest-rivers-world.htm...
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