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by llondel
Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10858
Views: 470202

Re: Friday Jokes

A stingy old lawyer who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness was determined to prove wrong the saying, "You can't take it with you." After much thought and consideration, the man finally figured out how to take at least some of his money with him when he died. He instructed his wife to go to t...
by llondel
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:44 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978453

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Karearea wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:27 am
My flock of geese included a Canada-goose cross-bred. Nice, intelligent bird.
"Nice" and "Canada Goose" don't really belong in the same sentence.
by llondel
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10858
Views: 470202

Re: Friday Jokes

We had a contest at work for the best neckwear.

It was a tie.
by llondel
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
Replies: 830
Views: 37342

Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

The top speed is about 44kph/27mph (same as the guy in the video) on the level. I would not want to go faster anyway because of the brakes, but it is perfectly stable at this speed. I managed to exceed a 40mph speed limit on my bike some years ago. down the hill into the Stroud Valley on the A419. ...
by llondel
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978453

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:57 am
Morning folks. Blazing sunshine. Would love to bring you a VC10 John but they trashed them all I think.
Duxford has one. Not that I think they'd part with it.
by llondel
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
Replies: 830
Views: 37342

Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

I think the London Underground has had regenerative braking for a long time, way before it became fashionable for cars. A train coming into a station could dump energy back into the power rails. It had limited use originally, but it looks like they've had all sorts of upgrades in the last ten years ...
by llondel
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
Replies: 830
Views: 37342

Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

There's already a maglev train in Shanghai. Way more fun than taking a taxi from the airport. Once I'd figured that out on my first trip there, I used the maglev and metro network to get to my hotel on subsequent visits. It was cheaper than a taxi, too, and faster.
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
Topic: Passengers Behaving Badly
Replies: 86
Views: 8160

Re: Passengers Behaving Badly

PHXPhlyer wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:14 pm
A student pilot tried getting into the cockpit of a cross-country flight to Washington D.C., telling crew members he was merely "testing them" with this dangerous stunt, authorities said.
Sounds like the idiots who brake check large trucks.
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10858
Views: 470202

Re: Friday Jokes

ricardian wrote:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:47 pm
Doctor: How many times do you exercise?
Me: 3 times.
Doctor: A week? A month?
Me: I have given my answer.
The transition from "twice weekly" to "twice, weakly".
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in Canada
Replies: 197
Views: 10902

Re: Chaos in Canada

Dushan wrote:
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:26 pm
Are you sure John Cleese is not masquerading as Canadian Chief of the General Staff? I mean it would be appropriate given the reply.
John Cleese is competent and very good at what he does.
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
Replies: 3653
Views: 108923

Re: Chaos in USA

May the farce be with you.
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:08 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978453

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Evening all, good weekend at the dog show. Faraday showed as a veteran (7+ years of age) and got a bunch of pretty pink ribbons in addition to the others, plus a round of applause as she ran round the ring (tradition is to applaud the old dogs). She also ran FastCAT and got her FCAT5 title on Friday...
by llondel
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:38 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
Replies: 3653
Views: 108923

Re: Chaos in USA

Methinks Thatcher's truism is going to be hitting them right between the eyes before 2028, and probably a lot sooner if Trump gets in. The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. There's another side to it. In Canada, Saskatchewan has just stopped paying the C...
by llondel
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
Replies: 3653
Views: 108923

Re: Chaos in USA

Now that Trump has apparently failed to raise his bond money, the MAGA crowd may be about to cost him bigly. Scenario: NY seizes a property to auction. Threats are made against potential buyers and the post-sale property, which depresses interest and so it sells for a lower price. Then the state has...
by llondel
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:43 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978453

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Trip to the vet today. All three dogs and two cats, so I added the extra dog crate to the van and we took that. Kepler had a blood draw for her cancer vaccine trial, the other dogs needed rabies and other jabs, as did one of the cats. The other was just in for a check-up. There was a Tesla Cybertruc...
by llondel
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rubbish!
Replies: 5
Views: 186

Re: Rubbish!

We have something called Bin Assist provided by our caring council, it is for old folk and disabled people who have difficulty with the bins. My neighbour and I live down a private drive about 400 yards long so we have to drag our bins to the road side every Sunday tea time ready for Monday. Bin As...
by llondel
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978453

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

OFSO wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:25 am
Mass ejections following.
Sounds like the local nightclub after the bouncers resolve a "situation".
by llondel
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: NHS privatisation
Replies: 4
Views: 265

Re: NHS privatisation

unifoxos wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:41 am
But who the hell would want to buy it? It's a black hole.
Not if they can convert it to the American model where they can charge 10x the price, and there's an entire industry (health insurance) set up as a middleman to siphon off even more from the population.
by llondel
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Photos of Everybody
Replies: 316
Views: 49772

Re: Photos of Everybody

Errrr...
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by llondel
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
Views: 160664

Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Dushan wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:09 pm
And submarines don't have balconies or open windows, so he's safe for now. Until tea time, at least, or if it starts to rain and he needs an umbrella.
In general, if it's seriously raining in a submarine then an umbrella is going to be the least of his worries.