Did you know?

[noirua]

...that Rochus Misch is the last survivor from Adolph Hitler's bunker, his story on video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8234018.stm

 

[noirua]

...that Australia's best Stockforum in 2009 is "Aussie Stock Forums": https://www.aussiestockforums.com/index.php?page=awards

 

[Solly]

 

[noirua]

... that a shark living its full life span can lose and replace as many as 20,000 teeth. Sharks teeth do not have roots and may last only as long as 7 days and replaced in as short a time as 24 hours. They have as many as 15 rows of teeth but in some species as few as five rows.

 

[noirua]

...that Rustoleum rusty metal primer makes a good primer for wood, providing the overcoats are good full colours.

 

[inenigma]

You can test your Firewall for leakage at: http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

Very Handy. Thanks N.

 

[noirua]

Very Handy. Thanks N.

...and thankyou for reminding me I'd posted it, "the firewall test"". It managed to slip past my firewall so I'll have to check what's gone wrong.

 

[noirua]

...and thankyou for reminding me I'd posted it, "the firewall test"". It managed to slip past my firewall so I'll have to check what's gone wrong.

Just downloaded PC Tools free firewall and it managed to prevent it slipping past. So much for Microsofts firewall on Windows Vista.

***back soon, not finished

 

[noirua]

... that it is "Energy Awareness Day" on "The Isles of Scilly, offshore South West, England". A day to turn off that unneeded electricity and show how each individual matters in reducing the use of electricity and gas.
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews...awareness/article-1296410-detail/article.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6gvkIrSQIo

 

[noirua]

... that it is "Energy Awareness Day" on "The Isles of Scilly, offshore South West, England". A day to turn off that unneeded electricity and show how each individual matters in reducing the use of electricity and gas.
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews...awareness/article-1296410-detail/article.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6gvKlrSQIo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap44xWXO7LU&feature=related

Link correction and addition

 

[888]

that they found an intact baby mammoth in siberia which beg the question whether we will see mammoth clones in the near future.

 

[noirua]

... that the UK postal unions have voted for a strike and this is likely to be long drawn out.

 

[Calliope]

...that there is more pork eaten in the world than beef, poultry and fish combined.

 

[jbocker]

...that there is more pork eaten in the world than beef, poultry and fish combined.

..blame all the politicians! They make us swallow so many pork pies.

 

[noirua]

... that the UK postal unions have voted for a strike and this is likely to be long drawn out.

Consider carefully before sending letters and parcels to the UK. The postal strike is set to hit hard from next week.

 

[inenigma]

Consider carefully before sending letters and parcels to the UK. The postal strike is set to hit hard from next week.

But that won't affect anything going to France, eh ??

 

[noirua]

But that won't affect anything going to France, eh ??

Only if France brings back Napoleon and they have another Waterloo.

 

[noirua]

Internet speed and where do they come from (IP address) http://www.whatismyip.com

 

[noirua]

...about "secret seats" on aircraft? NO! Watch this then: http://www.wimp.com/secretseats/

These people were failures, so never ever give up: http://www.wimp.com/awesomemotivation

 

[noirua]

... that a women of 30 has a one in nine hundred chance of giving birth to a downs syndrome baby. At age 40 it rises to one in eight five.