tian447 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Hampden Demolition said: If you walk south from Detroit, you will end up in Canada. You'll end up a bit wet first though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 12 minutes ago, FWJ said: The signage at Wallsend Metro Station in Newcastle is in English and Latin. (Wallsend = Hadrian’s Wall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Hampden Demolition said: If you walk south from Detroit, you will end up in Canada. If you walk south from Mindrum in Northumberland you'll end up in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 14/04/2019 at 13:35, Morgan said: My sister-in-law is the same circumference as the Maybury roundabout. Didn't know this Personally I've always found "Wide as the Clyde" to have a better ring to it but thats probably an underestimation going by your posts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Thommo414 said: Didn't know this Personally I've always found "Wide as the Clyde" to have a better ring to it but thats probably an underestimation going by your posts ? Yeah, her house is known as Burger King. The home of the Whopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Doesn’t have an ATM as far as I know, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: True dat! And in keeping with that, Reno Nevada is further west that Los Angeles California. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Superb thread. In 1983, Adidas took Irish sportswear brand O'Neill's to the Irish Supreme Court to try and stop them using three stripes on their shirts. Adidas lost and O'Neill's are permitted to this day to use the three stripes on their shirts and Sportswear that is used and sold in Ireland only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Salad Fingers said: Superb thread. In 1983, Adidas took Irish sportswear brand O'Neill's to the Irish Supreme Court to try and stop them using three stripes on their shirts. Adidas lost and O'Neill's are permitted to this day to use the three stripes on their shirts and Sportswear that is used and sold in Ireland only. There doesn't seem to be much with three stripes on their site. They do personalised 'half and half' gaelic football shirts though. You can have one with both halves from the same team, with two badges, sponsor's logo etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 5 hours ago, FWJ said: The signage at Wallsend Metro Station in Newcastle is in English and Latin. (Wallsend = Hadrian’s Wall) Don't know why. "Proper" Romans didn't speak Latin. Roman bigwigs spoke Ancient Greek as they saw themselves as the inheritors of the Athenian ideal. Latin was for the plebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 43 minutes ago, Cade said: Don't know why. "Proper" Romans didn't speak Latin. Roman bigwigs spoke Ancient Greek as they saw themselves as the inheritors of the Athenian ideal. Latin was for the plebs. What? All those hours with ecce romani just to make me sound common? I’m off to the seethe thread.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: True dat! And in keeping with that, Reno Nevada is further west that Los Angeles California. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Samuel Camazzola said: Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff. Damn. I should have finished reading the thread before I posted my spookily identical post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, Tazio said: Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff. What's really interesting is that it's debatable, I posted this on a similar thread a while ago and had it explained that it wasn't necessarily the case, it depends on how you measure it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 14/04/2019 at 16:11, Morgan said: You just realised that ‘hurple’ Is a Scottish noun didn’t you? Hmm does that make me seem less or more stupid than admitting I hadn't spotted Felix's post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Escaping from prison isn't a crime in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 14/04/2019 at 13:33, Morgan said: No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! This is the closest I can get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 On 14/04/2019 at 13:33, Morgan said: No words in the English language rhyme with month,, orange, silver or purple. Go on, try! Discombobulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Smithee said: What's really interesting is that it's debatable, I posted this on a similar thread a while ago and had it explained that it wasn't necessarily the case, it depends on how you measure it. I'm sure it was detailed to me that in terms of longitude and latitude, Edinburgh is more westerly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Lemongrab said: There doesn't seem to be much with three stripes on their site. They do personalised 'half and half' gaelic football shirts though. You can have one with both halves from the same team, with two badges, sponsor's logo etc. Tends to be used more on their GAA stuff although they did use it on their football shirts in the 80s and 90s. They have some crazy shirts as well, with giraffes etc on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Samuel Camazzola said: I'm sure it was detailed to me that in terms of longitude and latitude, Edinburgh is more westerly. I think it was one of the seafarers on here who explained it, I'll do my best.. The distance between the longitudinal lines gets smaller as you go further north (you can see this best on a globe) so travelling 1 degree west at the equator is a much bigger distance than 1 degree from Edinburgh. So although in numbers Cardiff is 3.179° west and Edinburgh 3.1883° west, Cardiff is further in miles from the meridian. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Smithee said: I think it was one of the seafarers on here who explained it, I'll do my best.. The distance between the longitudinal lines gets smaller as you go further north (you can see this best on a globe) so travelling 1 degree west at the equator is a much bigger distance than 1 degree from Edinburgh. So although in numbers Cardiff is 3.179° west and Edinburgh 3.1883° west, Cardiff is further in miles from the meridian. I think. I'll trust your explanation until someone can convince me otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 18 hours ago, Salad Fingers said: Superb thread. In 1983, Adidas took Irish sportswear brand O'Neill's to the Irish Supreme Court to try and stop them using three stripes on their shirts. Adidas lost and O'Neill's are permitted to this day to use the three stripes on their shirts and Sportswear that is used and sold in Ireland only. Spot on, and if you're trying to buy shirts from O'Neill's website, it will ask you for your postcode. If you're outside of Ireland, it will tell you that you can only buy the international version of the shirt - which don't have the 3 stripes! I've got a couple of County Down shirts bought for me as presents from my girlfriend, and only one of them has the authentic 3 stripes because it was bought in the Republic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 15 hours ago, Alex said: Hmm does that make me seem less or more stupid than admitting I hadn't spotted Felix's post? Apologies ? I jumped the gun without seeing the other post. My mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 10 hours ago, ri Alban said: Discombobulated. Good try! I’m now confused and disconcerted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 In 1923 jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York...despite being dead. He suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until the horse crossed the line, to win the race at 20/1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 7 hours ago, Smithee said: I think it was one of the seafarers on here who explained it, I'll do my best.. The distance between the longitudinal lines gets smaller as you go further north (you can see this best on a globe) so travelling 1 degree west at the equator is a much bigger distance than 1 degree from Edinburgh. So although in numbers Cardiff is 3.179° west and Edinburgh 3.1883° west, Cardiff is further in miles from the meridian. I think. Hmm. I don't think so. "Westness" is defined by the number of degrees of longitude and that doesn't change with latitude. So a location with a higher number is, by definition, further west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The tiny parasite Toxoplasma Gondii can only breed sexually within the guts of a cat. When it infects rats, it changes their behaviour to make them less scared of cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: In 1923 jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York...despite being dead. He suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until the horse crossed the line, to win the race at 20/1. IIRC they had to change the rules after that as they stated for a horse to win it needed a jockey in the saddle. There was nothing about them having to be alive, so this had to be added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 minute ago, milky_26 said: IIRC they had to change the rules after that as they stated for a horse to win it needed a jockey in the saddle. There was nothing about them having to be alive, so this had to be added You knew about this ? Bet the commentator was glad he didn’t have to call the race a dead heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 24 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: Hmm. I don't think so. "Westness" is defined by the number of degrees of longitude and that doesn't change with latitude. So a location with a higher number is, by definition, further west. nope here is a quick table to show the actual distance between longitudinal values at differing latitudes φ Δ1lat Δ1long 0° 110.574 km 111.320 km 15° 110.649 km 107.551 km 30° 110.852 km 96.486 km 45° 111.133 km 78.847 km 60° 111.412 km 55.800 km 75° 111.618 km 28.902 km 90° 111.694 km 0.000 km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Demolition Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 If you lift a Kangaroos tail off the ground, it can’t hop. In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years old. The last letter added to the alphabet was J, not Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Hampden Demolition said: If you lift a Kangaroos tail off the ground, it can’t hop. In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years old. The last letter added to the alphabet was J, not Z. Never knew that about Kangaroos. I know they’ve got three vaginas though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The chances of a shuffled pack of cards in the history of card shuffles past/present and future ever resulting in the same combination of 52 cards is almost 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Maple Leaf said: Hmm. I don't think so. "Westness" is defined by the number of degrees of longitude and that doesn't change with latitude. So a location with a higher number is, by definition, further west. As I originally said, what's interesting about that fact is it's debatable, Cardiff is a longer distance west of the meridian (137 miles to Edinburgh's 124), while Edinburgh is more west by longitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, milky_26 said: nope here is a quick table to show the actual distance between longitudinal values at differing latitudes φ Δ1lat Δ1long 0° 110.574 km 111.320 km 15° 110.649 km 107.551 km 30° 110.852 km 96.486 km 45° 111.133 km 78.847 km 60° 111.412 km 55.800 km 75° 111.618 km 28.902 km 90° 111.694 km 0.000 km 33 minutes ago, Smithee said: As I originally said, what's interesting about that fact is it's debatable, Cardiff is a longer distance west of the meridian (137 miles to Edinburgh's 124), while Edinburgh is more west by longitude. Interesting discussion. What was stated is that Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff, NOT what is the furthest from the prime meridian, and you can't ignore the latitude factor in that question. Let me try it this way, taking the discussion to reductio ad absurdum: Let's assume that Cardiff is 50 miles from the Prime Meridian. Now let's travel all the way north until we're 10 feet away from the north pole, where all the lines of longitude are very close. At this location, Los Angeles is only a few feet away from the Prime Meridian. Does that mean Cardiff is further west than Los Angeles? Of course it isn't, and we arrived at that incorrect conclusion by ignoring the latitude factor. And that's the same error that's being made when discussing Cardiff/Edinburgh. In summary. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff, but Cardiff is closer to the PM. The two statements are not contradictory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Unknown user Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: Interesting discussion. What was stated is that Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff, NOT what is the furthest from the prime meridian, and you can't ignore the latitude factor in that question. Let me try it this way, taking the discussion to reductio ad absurdum: Let's assume that Cardiff is 50 miles from the Prime Meridian. Now let's travel all the way north until we're 10 feet away from the north pole, where all the lines of longitude are very close. At this location, Los Angeles is only a few feet away from the Prime Meridian. Does that mean Cardiff is further west than Los Angeles? Of course it isn't, and we arrived at that incorrect conclusion by ignoring the latitude factor. And that's the same error that's being made when discussing Cardiff/Edinburgh. In summary. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff, but Cardiff is closer to the PM. The two statements are not contradictory. The two aren't contradictory indeed, the only real debate is one of definition. When we talk of distance we talk in miles, I've never heard anyone say "go west for about 3.21°" and Glasgow's 45 miles west of Edinburgh, not 1.065° west. 2 minutes ago, tian447 said: no danger, UA's a bruiser! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Smithee said: no danger, UA's a bruiser! Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: Who? Durr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Useless trivia #215 Smithee's pretty dumb at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 sperm has 37.5MB of DNA information in it. Therefore, an average ejaculation transfers 1587GB in 3 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: 1 sperm has 37.5MB of DNA information in it. Therefore, an average ejaculation transfers 1587GB in 3 seconds. Surely that depends on how big your hard drive is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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