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Project C said:
Ha ha, I saw a documentary about Luxottica on something like megafactories and the production stations can be producing some cheap brand for X units and then be working on a designer branded run straight after. As with all these things the difference is in the materials, design and dragging a premium out of the customer. Playing with the customer just like what car manufacturers do with their pricing and options!FredClogs said:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teeth/Capt. John Paul Stapp, the human "crash dummy":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
I know this is the wiki thread but this link is a cracking read and gives more info than the wiki link above
Balls. Of. Steel!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
I know this is the wiki thread but this link is a cracking read and gives more info than the wiki link above
Balls. Of. Steel!
wombleh said:
Best to nuke it now, just to make sure.KaraK said:
Capt. John Paul Stapp, the human "crash dummy":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
I know this is the wiki thread but this link is a cracking read and gives more info than the wiki link above
Balls. Of. Steel!
One of his colleagues - who flew alongside him - was Joe Kittinger. Another hero:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
I know this is the wiki thread but this link is a cracking read and gives more info than the wiki link above
Balls. Of. Steel!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
Drunken phone conversation led to wiki research race which led to this page. If ever there was an argument that Wikipedia can provide too much information! 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Young's_Ideal_Re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Young's_Ideal_Re...
glazbagun said:
Drunken phone conversation led to wiki research race which led to this page. If ever there was an argument that Wikipedia can provide too much information!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Young's_Ideal_Re...
At the bottom of the page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Young's_Ideal_Re...
See also
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Wiki article on Nazi Gold. Interesting that their economy was actually in the gutter even before the war. The part about the discovery of Nazi gold reserves in Merkers Mine is a great read!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_gold
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_gold
Paul Kern, the man who didn't sleep for 40 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kern?wprov=sfla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kern?wprov=sfla...
Starlite. The lost material that could withstand insane temperatures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite
Morningside said:
Starlite. The lost material that could withstand insane temperatures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite
http://www.mirrorcoatings.eu/aeromax-starlite-videoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite
Wing Commander said:
Paul Kern, the man who didn't sleep for 40 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kern?wprov=sfla...
40 years of working in pensions without any sleep? I feel for him.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kern?wprov=sfla...
General Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier and confidence trickster who from 1821 to 1837 attempted to draw settlers to a fictional Central American territory he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; over half of them died.
If you're going to commit fraud, may as well aim big!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor
If you're going to commit fraud, may as well aim big!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor
Veeayt said:
That is a gross process, imagine that happening to humans!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff