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Jeanne Baret, b. 1740, became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe on the voyage led by Loius Antoine de Bouganville. She signed on under the name Jean Baret as an assistant to the expedition's naturalist Philibert Commerçon (and was his lover). Because she was not allowed on the ship as a woman, she disguised herself as a man in order to make the journey.
 
When you encounter phone zombies casually wandering in a car park taking their life in your hands, what is your inclination?

  1. Wait patiently to let them pass?
  2. Use the horn in the hope they wet themselves?
  3. Floor it so the wheels spin?
2 & 3 includes a wide, evil grin as a bonus.
 
Bellcose said:
When you encounter phone zombies casually wandering in a car park taking their life in your hands, what is your inclination?

  1. Wait patiently to let them pass?
  2. Use the horn in the hope they wet themselves?
  3. Floor it so the wheels spin?
2 & 3 includes a wide, evil grin as a bonus.
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Just today: waiting to exit a strip mall car park. The guy was obviously on his phone and missed about four opportunities to get out. A little bit of a toot to wake him up earned me the middle finger.

Noice.
 
wayneL said:
Just today: waiting to exit a strip mall car park. The guy was obviously on his phone and missed about four opportunities to get out. A little bit of a toot to wake him up earned me the middle finger.

Noice.
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it's the ones in high-demand parking spots that get into vehicle, turn on engine, sit on brake lights, then pull out .. the phone.

grr.
 
wayneL said:
Just today: waiting to exit a strip mall car park. The guy was obviously on his phone and missed about four opportunities to get out. A little bit of a toot to wake him up earned me the middle finger.

Noice.
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Was likely to be an emergency call. You know the ones. Asking his missus whether they are having KFC or Maccas for dinner.
 
Note to self: If I ever need a hospital, stay away from the hospital... right.

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The first band to play stadiums was The Beatles, with two dates at Shea Stadium in 1965, playing to 55,000 each night.

The last gig at Shea Stadium was a Billy Joel concert in 2008; Paul Macartney put in a cameo appearance and closed the show with Let It Be.
 
Gene Cernan is known as the person to have most recently walked on the Moon. Cernan was the first out of Apollo 17, ahead of Garrison Schmitt, but was the last person back in the lunar module, so he was the 11th astronaut to walk on the Moon and the 12th, and the last, to have departed the lunar surface.

The two each spent a total of 22 hours and 2 minutes on the Moon, 11-14 Dec 1972, the longest time (Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent just over 2 and a half hours)
 
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She's not for you Wayne. You would probably whack your thumb instead of the horseshoe if she was your off sider.!!!
 
@wayneL Having trouble with NBN being worked on again!!!
Reference was to the stunning beauty who won Miss Universe.
A glamorous portrait of her some posts back.
 
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