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Reply #203 –
And here is another beaut jimbro.

A couple who spent the night at a hotel put a message on the Net where you can make comments about visits. They described the place as a dump, out of date, things that didn't work, untidy, etc. However they discovered the hotel which still had their credit card details dedicted a £50 "fine" for leaving a negative reaction! What damn right do thhey have to do that one. Neither of the couple knew of such a "rule" and complained to their MP and it has appeared in the press and now BBC News where the woman was interviewed. The couple have now went to the appropriate authorities as well as dealing with their credit card company. Actually the credit card people refunded the money then tookit back until they could get info off the hotel. It will be interesting to see how they get on and I think it deplorable that a hotel can get away (so far) wtih this one.
"Quit you like men:be strong"

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #204 –
Quote from: Frenzie on

Twenty-five years wall-free!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11219265/How-Berlin-has-changed-since-the-wall-fell.html


I am on the plane from Prague to Stockholm. Prague is in the midst of celebrating 25 years since the Velvet Revolution, November 17 was a public holiday, and there is a month-long Festival of Freedom.

Of course I was there, not at the egging of the president, too busy eating my food instead of throwing it.

I was among those, I guess 50,000-ish, gathering at Wencesclas Square, a more somber event. Not quite the half million people who gathered at the Letna park in '89, but a sizeable number. The majority aging revolutionaries in their 50's or thereabout.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #207 –
Yeuch. Nearly dropped my glass of Irn Bru.
"Quit you like men:be strong"

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Reply #208 –
That stuff'll kill you!

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Reply #209 –
Well drink it sparingly and always the diet version which is sugar free. We Scots are hardy breed for the envious here and a drink made as the old ads used to say "made from girders" is no problem at all.
"Quit you like men:be strong"

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Reply #210 –
Soda pop! How about a man's drink from your area?


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Reply #211 –
I see your Bowmore and raise you a ...

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Reply #212 –
Nah, no thanks jimbro as i like to be in control and don't need that strong stuff.
"Quit you like men:be strong"

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Reply #214 –
Oh, I am happy being so different and that is something that could be looked forward to. However years ago there was a look at the same thing but for DoDo birds. The way they were exterminated was sad and I would loved to have seen them coming back. Even as a Glaswegian I would have got the train to Edinburgh Zoo to see one. Always felt sympathy to the hard done to and why I exercise that theme worrying about ex-colonists getting diddled in life.
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Reply #215 –
My headphones have  little coloured studs to indicate which ear each speaker should be placed on.
Why does the starboard earpiece have a red stud and the port earpiece have a green one?

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Reply #216 –
 :whistle:
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Reply #219 –
They also published this article, How The Fall Of The Berlin Wall 25 Years Ago Caused The Euro Crisis

The time that has passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-1990, that is 24-25 years ago) is roughly the same as the time the wall existed. It was built in 1965, a fence was set up in 1961, so the Wall was about 24-25 years old when it died from multiple stab wounds.

Of course, East Germany had been under Soviet Union occupation (and West Germany under US, British, and French occupation) since the end of WWII, another 20 years.

Speaking of Soviet, the article speaks of Soviet countries, but there was only one, the Soviet Union, and the article didn't refer to the former Soviet republics of Russia and Ukraine. The other countries were Socialist Republics, or, in the case of East Germany, Democratic Republics.  

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Reply #220 –
1. Who decided that the Earth should always be shown with the north pole at the top?

2. Assuming an infinite number of big bangs "out there," does that mean that there are an infinite number of TT92s?

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #221 –
Quote from: Jimbro3738 on

1. Who decided that the Earth should always be shown with the north pole at the top?

2. Assuming an infinite number of big bangs "out there," does that mean that there are an infinite number of TT92s?

1. Someone in the northern hemisphere.
2. Is.

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Reply #222 –
Quote from: tt92 on

Quote from: Jimbro3738 on

1. Who decided that the Earth should always be shown with the north pole at the top?

2. Assuming an infinite number of big bangs "out there," does that mean that there are an infinite number of TT92s?

1. Someone in the northern hemisphere.
2. Is.

#1 Probably true.
#2 Does "Is" mean Islamic State?
#3 Do you live in the southern hemisphere?
#4 Are you in any way related to that Jimbro3738 person?
 

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #223 –
Maps used to have east on top (thus to orient, to face the east, where the sun is rising). If they had kept that tradition, maybe we'd found the East Pole by now.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #224 –
Quote from: jax on

Maps used to have east on top (thus to orient, to face the east, where the sun is rising). If they had kept that tradition, maybe we'd found the East Pole by now.

They're called Ukrainians these days :right: