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talksthetorque said:

Superleg48 said:

The electrical energy that powers each cell in our bodies works out at 30 million volts per metre. This is the equivalent voltage of a bolt of lightning.

I got that from Octopus Energy today as factoid, after submitting a meter reading. Frankly it amazed me.

But have you won on spin the wheel yet?
3 years and counting here.Nothing.

I won a pound once. You need to do one reading at a time, then you get two goes.

[nonsequitur]

The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, had to eject from his rocket and parachute four miles to earth after re-entry.

[Einion Yrth]

nonsequitur said:

The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, had to eject from his rocket and parachute four miles to earth after re-entry.

And this had to be kept a secret at the time since unless he landed with his vehicle they couldn't claim the altitude record.

[CanAm]

Einion Yrth said:

nonsequitur said:

The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, had to eject from his rocket and parachute four miles to earth after re-entry.

And this had to be kept a secret at the time since unless he landed with his vehicle they couldn't claim the altitude record.

Though the FAI later retrospectively amended their rules for spacecraft to allow this.

[anonymous-user]

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

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V6 Pushfit said:

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

I thought that my DIY got a bit quicker after I bought mine.

[CanAm]

V6 Pushfit said:

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

No doubt because it was designed by Ron Hickman, automobile designer for both Ford and Lotus.

[anonymous-user]

CanAm said:

V6 Pushfit said:

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

No doubt because it was designed by Ron Hickman, automobile designer for both Ford and Lotus.

Designed by Ron Hickman with suspension geometry advice from Richard Parker.

[Saleen836]

For some very random reason Swindon is twinned with Disney World in Florida!

[eldar]

V6 Pushfit said:

CanAm said:

V6 Pushfit said:

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

No doubt because it was designed by Ron Hickman, automobile designer for both Ford and Lotus.

Designed by Ron Hickman with suspension geometry advice from Richard Parker.

Ive always found my workmate had a decent amount of grip, nicely evenly spread.

Pressed tin and plywood construction gives a structural rigidity to be admired.

Seating is poor, however.

[nonsequitur]

Saleen836 said:

For some very random reason Swindon is twinned with Disney World in Florida!

I think Swindon has been taken for a ride.

[Ayahuasca]

nonsequitur said:

Saleen836 said:

For some very random reason Swindon is twinned with Disney World in Florida!

I think Swindon has been taken for a ride.

Swindon has better roundabouts.

[talksthetorque]

eldar said:

Ive always found my workmate had a decent amount of grip, nicely evenly spread.



Seating is poor, however.

You're wanted in HR. Now.

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[MiseryStreak]

V6 Pushfit said:

CanAm said:

V6 Pushfit said:

The Black & Dekker Workmate folding design owes itself to Lotus suspension geometry.

No doubt because it was designed by Ron Hickman, automobile designer for both Ford and Lotus.

Designed by Ron Hickman with suspension geometry advice from Richard Parker.

That’s right, he sold the manufacturing rights to B&D, didn’t accept their initial offer but instead a 3% royalty for each one. He did quite well out of that with over 100,000,000 sold. He also designed his own house in Jersey.

On the day he died in February 2011, I had been cleaning up some interior trim parts of my S4 Elan, clamped in my B&D workmate and had the thought of sending him a photo. I found out he had died a few days later.

[talksthetorque]

Despite being part-exchanged every four or eight years, only one US president died during the first forty-one years of my life.

[nonsequitur]

The very first Beatles cover release was 'Misery' - from the fabs first album - by Kenny Lynch.

Edited by nonsequitur on Wednesday 21st April 13:55

[coppernorks]

nonsequitur said:

The very first Beatles cover release was 'Misery' - from the fabs first album - by Kenny Lynch.

Edited by nonsequitur on Wednesday 21st April 13:55

Talking of the Pre-Fab Four, before writer Alun Owen invented it for the film A Hard Days Night the word Grotty had never been
uttered before, Owen thought it was a Scouse word , but none of the Beatles had ever heard of it.

I find it strange when you consider the word Crappy can be traced back to the 1840s

[Saleen836]

Colin McGreggor (brother of Ewan McGreggor) is a pilot in the Royal Air Force, his aviator nickname is 'Obi-Two'

[Doofus]

Saleen836 said:

Colin McGreggor (brother of Ewan McGreggor) is a pilot in the Royal Air Force, his aviator nickname is 'Obi-Two'

Presumably it's some attempt to convince people he's related to Ewan McGregor.

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 21st April 23:18