Urban myths that somehow, people still believe
Discussion
duckwhistle said:
You will be refused admission to the Edinburgh Tattoo if you have any tattoos visible.
It is unlawful to possess a ship's bell in Oxford.
Bagpipes must be carried under the left arm when not being played this is why there are no left handed pipers.
A clergyman may lead a pig through Newcastle on Mondays.
If you attain 50 years claims free with the same insurer you will be awarded free cover for ever.
There is a Hangar on some remote Airfield full of brand new Spitfires in crates
A lot of Pilots do not have a head for heights and cannot even change a light bulb from steps.
The Empire State Building goes underground equal to it's height, otherwise it would fall over.
Every piece of metal in the Blackpool Tower has been replaced at some time.
The Climate is warming up except in Canada where it's actually getting colder
In Austria Anti Freeze and wine are made in the same place.
The BBC is unbiased.
Solidly British for generations HP Sauce is made in Holland.
Whisky and industrial paint thinner are identical except for the marketing.
During the D-day landings, medical supplies were off-loaded to make way for Officers mess wine and crates of Gentleman's Relish.
In the 1970's a well known car maker having run out of 5 speed gearboxes, fitted 4 speeds with 5 speed knobs, nobody noticed.
The prototype Hillman imp was so fast that it was considered too dangerous to sell to the public, so tiny valves and a single carb became the production standard.
Like the Coke in a Pepsi tin, any oil container in 1960's racing pits contained Castrol R.
'Bistro' means hurry up in Cossack.
Police get free food in Greggs.
Police cars get heavy duty seat springs and door hinges.
Police in uniform can be dismissed if they blow up balloons for children
By careful shift choices a fireman can serve his entire career without ever fighting a fire.
The little skeg under Red Arrows gnats was to tell the pilot when he was touching the ground.
Some low cost airlines use re- tread tyres and fuel without fire suppressant to save costs.
All modern aircraft have a RAT on board .
Which of the above are true ?
The fireman one (to a fashion). There was a story on the news a number of years ago about a fireman who'd worked his entire career (which I believe was multiples of decades) at Bristol Airport and had never fought a real fire. Not sure if it was through shift choices or pure luck though.It is unlawful to possess a ship's bell in Oxford.
Bagpipes must be carried under the left arm when not being played this is why there are no left handed pipers.
A clergyman may lead a pig through Newcastle on Mondays.
If you attain 50 years claims free with the same insurer you will be awarded free cover for ever.
There is a Hangar on some remote Airfield full of brand new Spitfires in crates
A lot of Pilots do not have a head for heights and cannot even change a light bulb from steps.
The Empire State Building goes underground equal to it's height, otherwise it would fall over.
Every piece of metal in the Blackpool Tower has been replaced at some time.
The Climate is warming up except in Canada where it's actually getting colder
In Austria Anti Freeze and wine are made in the same place.
The BBC is unbiased.
Solidly British for generations HP Sauce is made in Holland.
Whisky and industrial paint thinner are identical except for the marketing.
During the D-day landings, medical supplies were off-loaded to make way for Officers mess wine and crates of Gentleman's Relish.
In the 1970's a well known car maker having run out of 5 speed gearboxes, fitted 4 speeds with 5 speed knobs, nobody noticed.
The prototype Hillman imp was so fast that it was considered too dangerous to sell to the public, so tiny valves and a single carb became the production standard.
Like the Coke in a Pepsi tin, any oil container in 1960's racing pits contained Castrol R.
'Bistro' means hurry up in Cossack.
Police get free food in Greggs.
Police cars get heavy duty seat springs and door hinges.
Police in uniform can be dismissed if they blow up balloons for children
By careful shift choices a fireman can serve his entire career without ever fighting a fire.
The little skeg under Red Arrows gnats was to tell the pilot when he was touching the ground.
Some low cost airlines use re- tread tyres and fuel without fire suppressant to save costs.
All modern aircraft have a RAT on board .
Which of the above are true ?
duckwhistle said:
By careful shift choices a fireman can serve his entire career without ever fighting a fire.
Apparently many years back one of the airlines at Luton sacked an Airhostess, because they found out she was swapping her shifts with colleagues and managed to get paid the best part of a year without actually doing hardly any flying, and just taking the monthly base pay while she was working 9-5 elsewhere.(The base pay is pretty low for juniors, but made up by trip allowance/flight hours etc, so the majority want to/need to fly regularly).
Brother D said:
Apparently many years back one of the airlines at Luton sacked an Airhostess, because they found out she was swapping her shifts with colleagues and managed to get paid the best part of a year without actually doing hardly any flying, and just taking the monthly base pay while she was working 9-5 elsewhere.
(The base pay is pretty low for juniors, but made up by trip allowance/flight hours etc, so the majority want to/need to fly regularly).
Highlighted the key word there! (The base pay is pretty low for juniors, but made up by trip allowance/flight hours etc, so the majority want to/need to fly regularly).
Brother D said:
duckwhistle said:
By careful shift choices a fireman can serve his entire career without ever fighting a fire.
Apparently many years back one of the airlines at Luton sacked an Airhostess, because they found out she was swapping her shifts with colleagues and managed to get paid the best part of a year without actually doing hardly any flying, and just taking the monthly base pay while she was working 9-5 elsewhere.(The base pay is pretty low for juniors, but made up by trip allowance/flight hours etc, so the majority want to/need to fly regularly).
Its a feasible story but there would be more to it than the above.
Antony Moxey said:
The fireman one (to a fashion). There was a story on the news a number of years ago about a fireman who'd worked his entire career (which I believe was multiples of decades) at Bristol Airport and had never fought a real fire. Not sure if it was through shift choices or pure luck though.
I would have thought that one is pretty common, airport fires being pretty rare. Although surely he would have had regular exercises on a simulator, assuming Bristol airport has one.PixelpeepS3 said:
Brother D said:
'It can't hurt to try, what have I got to lose'!
That statement makes me shudder and i hear it all the time around people mindlessly sharing fake news.carreauchompeur said:
PixelpeepS3 said:
Brother D said:
'It can't hurt to try, what have I got to lose'!
That statement makes me shudder and i hear it all the time around people mindlessly sharing fake news.yeh, because that's what official communications have in them.
Pothole said:
bluelightbabe said:
You'll be seen quicker in A&E if you arrive by ambulance.
Often true. You generally don't arrive by ambulance for something trivial so you'll be likely to move up the triage list ahead of the ingrowing toenaisl, tummyaches and pans stuck on little boys' heads, won't you?An ambulance, paramedic and police turned up. They looked at me and said I looked ok apart from the blood loss but would take me in for a check up (make sure there was no metal in my head etc)
My mum said she'd take me in (free up the ambulance for someone else) and she had to sign something to before they'd leave.
When we got to hospital we couldn't get passed the A&E checking desk. The woman on the desk simply said "what do you want us to do?"
This is with a Dad who is a doctor and mum that was a nurse. (Only my mum was there at the time. )
Halmyre said:
I would have thought that one is pretty common, airport fires being pretty rare. Although surely he would have had regular exercises on a simulator, assuming Bristol airport has one.
The best day out I ever had with the cubs was a trip to the fire station at Manchester Airport, set the fire engine sirens off, spray some hoses about, they fired some bird-scaring flares for us, I'd guess that was the sort of thing the spent a lot of the time doing, until a couple of weeks laterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airtours_Fli...
Don't suppose anyone who has to deal with that is ever the same again.
Drop Bears.
Jump out of trees, land on your shoulders and bite your head off.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/drop-bear
Jump out of trees, land on your shoulders and bite your head off.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/drop-bear
eldar said:
Drop Bears.
Jump out of trees, land on your shoulders and bite your head off.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/drop-bear
They sometimes drop from as high as 8 meters?!!! Jump out of trees, land on your shoulders and bite your head off.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/drop-bear
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