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noirua · 10 January 2009

UK manufacturing declined 2.9% in November 2008. Total output in the previous 12 months fell 7.4%. The annual drop is the biggest since June 1981.
Information from the Office of National Statistics.

noirua · 13 January 2009

Companies in the UK continue to collapse. Yesterday "Land of Leather" was put into receivership as customers avoid big ticket items.

noirua · 13 January 2009

Companies in the UK continue to collapse. Yesterday "Land of Leather" was put into receivership as customers avoid big ticket items.
The number of smaller companies, particularly in the finance, building and motor sector are collapsing at a very high rate. AP Driveline a clutch manufacturer with 237 staff collapsed today and is typical of the hundreds of failures every week.

GumbyLearner · 16 January 2009

Did you know that a group called RUN DMC is the first Rap or Hip/Hop band to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today.

Fantastic Old School Hip Hop!

Walk This Way R.I.P Jam Master Jay

Raising Hell R.I.P Jam Master Jay

noirua · 16 January 2009

...that very many open central heating boiler systems have wrongly piped overflows. They should flow back into the central heating feed tank and not into the cold water feed tank.

GumbyLearner · 16 January 2009

noirua said:
...that very many open central heating boiler systems have wrongly piped overflows. They should flow back into the central heating feed tank and not into the cold water feed tank.

That sounds great until your cold! Watch Cinderella Man! Reality ready to come, but humanity undenied!

noirua · 16 January 2009

GumbyLearner said:
That sounds great until your cold! Watch Cinderella Man! Reality ready to come, but humanity undenied!

Hi, I'm not sure what that has to do with a central heating overflow pipe???

On a more topical matter. Caesar Nerva was the first libertarian and brought about the first welfare payments in AD97. Gloucester in England has a statue in his honour and many roads in Italy are named after him.
Nerva reigned for less than two years as Emperor, dieing of a fever on January 25th, AD98.

GumbyLearner · 16 January 2009

noirua said:
Hi, I'm not sure what that has to do with a central heating overflow pipe???

On a more topical matter. Caesar Nerva was the first libertarian and brought about the first welfare payments in AD97. Gloucester in England has a statue in his honour and many roads in Italy are named after him.
Nerva reigned for less than two years as Emperor, dieing of a fever on January 25th, AD98.

Did you know Nouria?

The first city to create the 8 hour working day was Melbourne.
The first city in the world to give women the vote was Adelaide.
The first city in the world to have a LABOR party government in the world was Brisbane.
The first city in the world to introduce laws for the Mardi-Gras was Sydney.
The only state in Australia that never signed the Federal Constitution of Australia was Western Australia.
The first bushranger in Australian history came from Tasmania

Let's respect each other and care about each other. We're all different but we are all Aussie at the same time!

NOT ONE NATION, BUT all different and all AUSSIES!

noirua · 16 January 2009

GumbyLearner said:
Did you know Nouria?

The first city to create the 8 hour working day was Melbourne.
The first city in the world to give women the vote was Adelaide.
The first city in the world to have a LABOR party government in the world was Brisbane.
The first city in the world to introduce laws for the Mardi-Gras was Sydney.
The only state in Australia that never signed the Federal Constitution of Australia was Western Australia.
The first bushranger in Australian history came from Tasmania

Let's respect each other and care about each other. We're all different but we are all Aussie at the same time!

NOT ONE NATION, BUT all different and all AUSSIES!

I thought it was Wellington, NZ, that had the 8 hour day in 1840.

Wyoming Territory was the first place to give women the vote in 1869. First country was NZ in 1893.

The first bushranger was John "black" Caesar of Sydney. He was shot dead in 1796.

I thought WA became a member on 1st January 1901. The others became members on 1st August 1893 at the Corowa Conference.

noirua · 20 January 2009

I heard this opinion on TV, haven't checked it properly yet:

Blueberries, if you eat about 200g a day, will improve memory in people over the age of 65.

If you drink four or five cups of coffee each day, it will reduce the chance of you getting Alzheimer disease by up to 60%.

As I say, not properly researched as yet.

CoffeeKing · 20 January 2009

noirua said:
I heard this opinion on TV, haven't checked it properly yet:

If you drink four or five cups of coffee each day, it will reduce the chance of you getting Alzheimer disease by up to 60%.

As I say, not properly researched as yet.

Doesn't matter, I'm in, just gotta find something for the other 40%

GumbyLearner · 21 January 2009

It's in my backpack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But this stuff is quite harmless and honestly flagged as ART! Go OBAMA!

noirua · 22 January 2009

...at minus 45 deg C ice is stronger than steel.

noirua · 23 January 2009

... why were the first false teeth called "Waterloo Teeth"? The teeth were taken from dead soldiers after the battle of Waterloo. It was a lucrative trade.

noirua · 26 January 2009

...that there are very severe penalties for driving in Vietnam without a license. Obtaining a temporary license is quite difficult: http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/Driving_in_Vietnam.html

Penalties: Driving without a license - 3 years jail. Driving without a license and causing an accident - 10 years jail. Driving without a license and causing a fatality - 20 years jail.

noirua · 31 January 2009

Saluting: This came from Medieval Knights. When they approached one another on horse back they raised their visors with their right hand.

noirua · 2 February 2009

...seawater does freeze. It just freezes more slowly. The salt is pushed downwards leaving the ice salt free.

Dezza · 2 February 2009

noirua said:
Saluting: This came from Medieval Knights. When they approached one another on horse back they raised their visors with their right hand.

Haha...did you watch The Last Castle with Robert Redford the other night as well?

noirua · 2 February 2009

Dezza said:
Haha...did you watch The Last Castle with Robert Redford the other night as well?

Spot on! Quite an old film.

Do you know which series I was watching for post 477 though?

Dezza · 2 February 2009

noirua said:
Spot on! Quite an old film.

Do you know which series I was watching for post 477 though?

Yeah, still a good film nonetheless.

No, unfortunately I must've missed the series. Was it Ray Meares Bushcraft?

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