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Lefty said:
I love these. You know they're an early cold war messagey thing, probably, and have no place in the modern world, but may be relevent again come WWIII...Black Tot Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tot_Day
'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tot_Day
'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'
Hyde said:
It's a lovely building in one of the most beautiful parts of the world (IMHO).Halb said:
The irony being it's all a recruitment drive for the TOR project Four Litre said:
Having recently seen the film 'Compliance' found this amazing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_ca...
That is mental. Only in America surely?!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_ca...
The Spruce goose said:
Black Tot Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tot_Day
'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'
...yes but it was "small beer"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tot_Day
'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer
mrtwisty said:
I heard about this on radio 4 yesterday, I didn't think it could be true!Halb said:
Ha, yes I heard of him through this investigation surrounding the rumours and intrigue into the Baker Street Bank Robbery.http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/puntpi
The story goes he had pics of Princess Margaret in that bank, MI5 have a file on him which is "Do Not Open until 2040". Seems there is a D notice out on all this though so this message will self destruct...
LordLoveLength said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him
That was interesting! I found thisAren't you glad you don't live next door to him
http://youtu.be/O1CZUhTJaHU
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognative bias where the least knowledge people have an hugely over inflated opionion of themselves because they are literally too stupid to see the pitfalls and therefore so express that ignorance with confidence.
Whereas the most skilled people see the pitfalls so present with caveats with gives the appearance of less confidence to third observers.
Or I'll paraphrase Charles Darwin with "Ignorance begets confidence more than does knowledge"
Whereas the most skilled people see the pitfalls so present with caveats with gives the appearance of less confidence to third observers.
Or I'll paraphrase Charles Darwin with "Ignorance begets confidence more than does knowledge"
Edited by Martin4x4 on Friday 25th July 13:06
I'll just leave this here
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection
If you ever turn up to view a dead relative and spot a white sheet tent its not because he was in a happy place when they died.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection
If you ever turn up to view a dead relative and spot a white sheet tent its not because he was in a happy place when they died.
LordLoveLength said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him
What a sad story...might have been the next great engineer.Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him
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