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Looks like a G4 geomagnetic storm this weekend. Aurora watch for those further from the equator.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/severe-geo ... lar-event/

One for Woody... Erik ten Hag walks into a bank to cash a cheque. As he approaches the cashier he says, "Good morning, Ms could you please cash this cheque for me?" Cashier:"It would be my pleasure. Could you please show me your ID?" Ten Hag:"Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn't thi...

My classic was having the Weapons (including nuclear) Employment Course, NBC Instructor, and a Physics degree, and I'd done some work at Harwell, but still having to do the one day school radiation source supervisor course. Utter waste of everyone's time. But that's box-ticking (or not) for you! My...

I remember reading about someone who had a maths A-level but for some reason didn't have an O-level in the subject and was turned down for a job.

A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously. The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar's Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement. The ...

The gnomes should have more faith. I think it's St Michaels Mount, too.

Good morning all, grey day with a bit of rain this morning. Currently 12C, forecast max 18C. I may have mentioned this before but I'm sure when I was at school it was "rooves" :-\ but that seems out of favour these days. Indeed, rooves is the plural of roof, staves the plural of staff (as in survey...

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:52 pm

Must be using Benedictine monks driving an electric van.

Contracted to the same people Zanussi used to use for their washing machine delivery.

The playback was useful for training new sim instructors, because it enabled the instructor trainer to point out the cues that a crew were approaching their capacity limits. This helped the new instructors learn whether more value would be gained by adding further workload or emergencies, or not. D...

I am considering telling Boeing that my ex is a suspected whistle-blower.

FTFY. There's a large amount of evidence, all of which needs further investigation to corroborate, and none of which is being allowed to be investigated further. Same as Bush-Gore 2000. The US election procedures have so many holes in them it's unreal. Essentially, incumbents have no motivation to ...

PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑

Thu May 02, 2024 5:55 pm

Even spellcheck rejects tyres.

That's because you've got your spellcheck set up incorrectly. Proper English uses "tyres".

It is apparently illegal in the state of New Mexico for a woman to pump her own fuel or change a tyre.

And here's the real kicker. All the above means no-one has any real idea what's going on, or which way things will go in the US Presidential or any other upcoming election. A bit like some of the UK elections where the Tories won despite trailing in the polls. It was put down to the fact that they ...

bob2s wrote: ↑

Wed May 01, 2024 1:14 am

Maybe some of you guys know: What hair colour do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

Either pink or brown, generally.

Mrs Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:21 pm

Yes I am still not impressed! I wish that the barsteward that invented the mammogram has to undergo a willy and gonad o gram

You can be sure that if such things were necessary, someone would have invented a much better alternative by now.

Had a BIG hailstorm at lunchtime, clouds bumping into each other, sparks flying and heavy hail. Driving El Toyota around I realised that Left rear was quite low pressure, found a wind machine which charged a euro, it's new, used to be a freebe. Thing is it only took cards. Shape of things coming I ...

I invested in an electric pump. It uses the same battery packs as a bunch of my other power tools, and I carry it and a pack in the van. The cars have to make do with pumps that plug in the cigar lighter socket, but that's still easier than having to use a footpump.

It was a 767, it'll be a maintenance issue so I don't blame Boeing for this one, even though their name is associated with the aircraft.