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Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2010 19:38:40 GMT 1
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Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2010 20:07:33 GMT 1
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Post by StuartG on Sept 18, 2010 0:00:56 GMT 1
'As a forestry-service employee, my sister recorded the rainfall in her area. One drizzly day, her thoughts were apparently elsewhere as she typed "thirty three inches" instead of "thirty-three hundredths of an inch" into the computer. It was obvious that the machine had been programmed by someone with a sense of humour, for this message quickly appeared on the screen: "Build the ark. Gather the animals two by two. . . ."' from... www.trottermath.net/humor/jokes.html |
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Post by abacus9900 on Sept 18, 2010 8:32:34 GMT 1
;D
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Post by alanseago on Sept 18, 2010 11:00:59 GMT 1
The French do have a word for entry pree noor, it is entrepreneur. The Americans (Murcans) have changed the meaning.
Poor George probably thought France was a place in Quebec (Key-beck)
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Post by StuartG on Sept 18, 2010 11:29:13 GMT 1
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Post by alanseago on Sept 18, 2010 11:55:11 GMT 1
They don't have a word for brandy either, nor for Babycham.
BTW, New France is in Canada.
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Post by StuartG on Sept 18, 2010 13:31:42 GMT 1
They don't need a word for 'Babycham', they own it... www.cbrands.com/about-us/companiesboss man... www.cbrands.com/sites/default/files/sands-rob-bio-PIC-2010.pdfCanada (New France) Canada was the name of the French colony that once stretched along the St. Lawrence River; the other colonies of New France were Acadia, Louisiana and Newfoundland.[1] Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided into three districts, each with its own government: Québec, Trois-Rivières, and Montréal. The governor of the district of Québec was also the governor-general of all of New France.[1] |
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Post by StuartG on Sept 29, 2010 16:09:06 GMT 1
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image-feature_1770.htmlJust to be a nic-picker, the NASA photograph shows the edge of the instruments porthole to the right. The cap-head [socket head] retaining screws can be seen, then the glass then an orange seal and finally the inner rim of the porthole, and there can be seen 'chatter marks' from the machining. they extend at right angles to the edge. They look like inprints left by a shallow tide on sand. These a due to 'ringing' that happens when the job is not securely held and vibrates. Just thought You really needed to know this. Stuart
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Post by abacus9900 on Sept 29, 2010 17:06:40 GMT 1
Perhaps it has not occurred to them to invent one.  |
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Post by abacus9900 on Sept 29, 2010 17:08:54 GMT 1
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image-feature_1770.htmlJust to be a nic-picker, the NASA photograph shows the edge of the instruments porthole to the right. The cap-head [socket head] retaining screws can be seen, then the glass then an orange seal and finally the inner rim of the porthole, and there can be seen 'chatter marks' from the machining. they extend at right angles to the edge. They look like inprints left by a shallow tide on sand. These a due to 'ringing' that happens when the job is not securely held and vibrates. Just thought You really needed to know this. Stuart And this is in relation to? |
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Post by StuartG on Sept 30, 2010 22:05:56 GMT 1
Just showing off...
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