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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Should have bought a lot of US dollars last summer. And sell it now and earnt a lot of tax free Money:) Money, money, money must be funny In the rich man's world Money, money, money always sunny In the rich man's world Aha-ahaaa All the things I could do if I had a little money It's a rich man's world |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Especially if this muppet gets his way... Juncker calls for EU Army - Says it would deter Russia ...think he's been smoking too much weed! |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Especially if this muppet gets his way... Muppet:) Hit it boys. http://vk.com/video-47714940_169079613?list=3108e5e6a80722b85d The video comes from Russia) VK, former Vkontakte (Russian: Вконтакте, 'In touch'), is Russia's largest social networking site. VK is the second most visited website in the Russian-speaking part of the Internet and had in 2013 about 80 million active users, more than half of Russia. Early in 2014 sold the founder Pavel Durov its ownership of the company, and in the spring he was forced (by his own admission) away from VK, as part of the political pressure on it until the independent network company. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It seems that the dinosaurs from the GBE still remain with us, no wonder the UK is screwed. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
...and all because... "Made in Britain" became a Dodo. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
no wonder the UK is screwed. Which has been surpassed by Metrics... ...courtesy of Europe, they really don't like Britain, I wonder why? |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
Maybe a bit off topic, but, using Metric threads in aluminium alloys has always been problematic - a BSW thread is far superior. I've never had a BSW thread strip in alloy, but loads of metric ones have! Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It's his favourite word of the year Janne, which is why he earned his own Sirius & Nick show. LOL. More grumpy old men. |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
It's his favourite word of the year Janne, which is why he earned his own Sirius & Nick show. Surely not referring to Sirius and me? The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Surely not referring to Sirius and me? Of course not. I was referring to my self and these blokes:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HWT9Mbxnk8 |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Iona is 100% correct, and as a fully indentured 5 year Apprentice Toolmaker, and later 3 years as an Improver, I can confirm that from my own experience. It is of course down to the thread profiles and depth of thread. Them foreign lot never liked our system because they never understood those halves, quarters and eighths thingies we used. Remember Billy Fury and his hit, " I'm only halfway to paradise" They had to re-write it and with a new title too, became, " I'm only 0.5 way to paradise"...I don't think it sold over there too well either. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Iona is 100% correct, and as a fully indentured 5 year Apprentice Toolmaker, and later 3 years as an Improver, I can confirm that from my own experience. It is of course down to the thread profiles and depth of thread. The rest of the World uses Système International d'Unités, SI. And toolmakers today I Believe are not using Engelgrades, Redwood secunds and Saybolt seconds when talking about viscosity. A centiStoke however is comprehensible which is 1mm²/s in SI units. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Rule Babylon:) The Babylonians, who were famous for their astronomical observations and calculations (aided by their invention of the abacus), used a sexagesimal (base-60) positional numeral system inherited from the Sumerian and also Akkadian civilizations. Neither of the predecessors was a positional system (having a convention for which ‘end’ of the numeral represented the units). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_numerals |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Them foreign lot never liked our system because they never understood those halves, quarters and eighths thingies we used. Musn't grumble.....though the carrots are a bit off, must be out of season. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
At last the politicians are waking up! Professional drivers knew this 5 years ago! Driver shortage due to dCPC - courtesy of the EU CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) For any transport company, be it public or freight, the company must have a CPC which is a requirement in obtaining an Operators Licence without which, the company cannot operate. 2008/9, the EU decides that every driver must have one! WHY? a full HGV driving license shows that competency, so why the need for a 5 year dCPC? & a comment from our Transport Secretary... "Six weeks before Christmas, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin urged people to 'get their shopping done' in case the driver shortage hit the supply of food and presents. He defended the new EU rules, arguing that drivers need to know how to drive their lorries properly." Simple answer to that Paddy me boy...raise the HGV minimum age back to what it was, 21 |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It was not long ago when the trunks in taxi cabs in London had to have a certain size. It was an old law that said that the trunk must have room for hay to the horse:) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The EU has a new member... Australia enters Eurovision 2015 ...so "Two little boys" would go down a treat at the BBC :-) |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
The EU has a new member... Australia needs to buy a new map. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It was not long ago when the trunks in taxi cabs in London had to have a certain size. It was an old law that said that the trunk must have room for hay to the horse:) No. It's seems that the cab drivers in London have spread it:) http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17610820 According to taxi drivers, the law did exist. The 1831 London Hackney Carriage Act made it an offence for drivers to feed their horse unless it was from a bag of corn or with hay from their hands. The law was repealed in 1976. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
How long before it becomes permanent? HMS Bulwark rescues 100's "To help combat the migrant crisis, the European Commission has proposed the new resettlement scheme, which will take place over the next two years. By the end of May, it also plans to introduce a temporary mechanism for distributing thousands of migrants already in Europe among EU member states." |
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