However the salt water plays havoc with the fine Chianti.
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Interesting trivia thread
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Have a house point.
A crap kangaroo looks like a whippet.
Apollo 12 was struck by lightning 36 seconds after lift off, effectively shutting down pretty much all electrical power and leaving the rocket out of control.
Nobody knew what had happened and, even less so, what to do other than undertake a most likely fatal abort. John Aaron in Mission Control analysed the problem and uttered the now legendary instruction
The response from the crew was ‘what the hell is that?.
After being instructed again, they flicked the SCE switch to Aux and all was well.
One of the greatest examples of someone keeping a cool head while under immense pressure.
history.nasa.gov
Nobody knew what had happened and, even less so, what to do other than undertake a most likely fatal abort. John Aaron in Mission Control analysed the problem and uttered the now legendary instruction
"Try SCE to AUX.".
The response from the crew was ‘what the hell is that?.
After being instructed again, they flicked the SCE switch to Aux and all was well.
One of the greatest examples of someone keeping a cool head while under immense pressure.
Apollo 12 Lightning Strike Incident
history.nasa.gov
One of the most environmentally unfriendly products ever produced - Tetrapaks - are now recycled to make kitchen worktops.
The Aussie Brown Snake is one of the world's deadliest land snakes.
Chewing gum contains a large element of non recyclable and non biodegradable plastics
Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere there is a duck watching you.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Is the fear of long words.
his state which is described as dehydrated, weak & unable to stand.
‘Googled‘ is a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary
Alexei Sayle was once in Dr Who
England has more tornados per square mile than any other Country in thebWorld
Do you mean 'Oldsmobile Tornado's!
Never heard of them, so that’ll be a noDo you mean 'Oldsmobile Tornado's!
Its a car from the USA! Late 60's early 70's I think!
Uglier than an ugly thing.