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[Marty_d]

After the longest apprenticeship in history, Charlie probably doesn't have much left in the tank.

After Andrew's behaviour it makes sense to skip that generation and stick Will on the throne.

[rgmwa]

He's probably also mindful that his cancer diagnosis might curtail his time in charge. 

[old man emu]

Prince William is going through the business affairs of his Royal relations and pulling the rug out from under a lot of them. Actually, it is William, his aunt Princess Anne and his uncle Prince Edward who are running the show. William hates Camilla. Anne doesn't like her. The three of them are sick of the likes of Andew's kid sponging off their Royal links. I think William is trying to improve the image of the Royals.

[red750]

Amazing the things you learn on TV.

 

Did you know the tapir has the longest penis in elation to its body length? Up to 60% of body length. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America and Southeast Asia.

 

It reaches the ground and has been mistaken for a fifth leg. It is often stood on.

 

[old man emu]

So it's now an insult to say that a bloke was hung like a donkey?

[willedoo]

No wonder that tapir has that look on his face, dragging his pecker trough the prickles like that.

[willedoo]

I've seen Merino rams with gigantic chokos from brucellosis where they were dragging on the ground and covered in burrs. It looks painful and they were so bow legged they could hardly walk. You only see it in rough country where the sheep are hard to manage and some have virtually gone feral.

[willedoo]

I didn't know they had nail guns at the turn of last century. This U.S. example was patented in 1892 and 1908. It doesn't look like much fun to use. I'm assuming the user pulls that spring loaded plunger up and then lets it go. Or do they hit it with a hammer?

 

Edited June 8 by willedoo

[willedoo]

Good old youtube. It looks like you hit that round piece (which has a leather cap) with a hammer. It doesn't drive the nail home but it starts it.

 

 

[facthunter]

Stops you hitting your fingers. I doubt you could kill anybody with it unless they were asleep. Nev

[onetrack]

So, it's really only a nail starting guide, not a nail gun as such? I'm amazed, with the Americans propensity to put explosives in anything, that they didn't adapt a revolver or pistol bullet casing to fire nails.

[facthunter]

Ramsets are Lethal. Nev

[old man emu]

Ramseet???

 

I thought you meant Ramjet.

 

 

I wanted o post this video as a bit of a joke, but as I listened to the song, I realised how American kids of the Boomer generation were being subjected to jingoistic propaganda.

 

 

[facthunter]

As long as it's not Roger More.  Nev

[old man emu]

This is a bit of trivia that you might find interesting.

 

 

[willedoo]

Gaming is the biggest revenue earner in the entertainment industry with 3.3 billion active players worldwide. Revenue from gaming is higher than the film and music industries combined.

[octave]

1 hour ago, willedoo said:

Gaming is the biggest revenue earner in the entertainment industry with 3.3 billion active players worldwide. Revenue from gaming is higher than the film and music industries combined.

Yes I was aware of this.  My son has a computer games development company. Their flagship games is based on an idea my son had when he was 10. His company now based in NZ employs around 7 people.  We are now the poor relatives

 

https://share.google/7DKAr1mzPdrUUSidR

[rgmwa]

I've never really understood why gaming is so popular. Maybe that's why I never advanced beyond Space Invaders and Solitaire. 

[octave]

I am not a huge gamer myself although I use flight sim.  Once a week I connect with my brother in law who lives interstate and we fly our world trip together.  We have flown all the way around Australia and NZ. Over the last few weeks we have island hopped to New Guinea where we will attempt some of those insane remote mountain top strips. We usually plan a one hour hop so it is a project that will last for years. We try to use current weather conditions and correct flight planning procedures.

There are many games that are a workout for the brain.