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"Clent" sounds like it should be in the Profanisaurus.

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:59 am "Clent" sounds like it should be in the Profanisaurus.

I think it may be in The Meaning of Liff.

ETA: maybe not, but b3ta continued to come up with definitions - https://b3ta.com/questions/themeaningofgiff/

@Jobbo I'm still amused by the Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker near me (even though I've known of them since I was a kid)

And there are now special, small signs for the river Uck to stop people from inserting an "F" in front

DaveE wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:36 am And there are now special, small signs for the river Uck to stop people from inserting an "F" in front

You have to drive through Uckington to get into Cheltenham from the M5 J10: https://goo.gl/maps/DkPNE189SAWsc55a9

Had to go back a while in the Google streetview to find an image that wasn't obscured but it's still always graffitied now. Probably not helped by being at the end of a layby

nuttinnew wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:17 am @Swervin_Mervin

Brilliant

Pretty random, just some old rover wheels, but the 5 stud pretend covers over 4 stud wheels were a weird design choice. Maybe trying to make them appear more like the larger mercs and BMWs which were all 5 stud by then?

I'd love to believe this is genuine

That's priceless... true or not...

I'm picturing this guys as I read it

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:40 pm Pretty random, just some old rover wheels, but the 5 stud pretend covers over 4 stud wheels were a weird design choice. Maybe trying to make them appear more like the larger mercs and BMWs which were all 5 stud by then?

Odd quantities often look better than even quantities when it comes to aesthetic choices, so five could be a more pleasing design to the eye.

dinny_g wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:34 am https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/

I have successfully calculated the exact asteroid necessary to destroy Banbury.

Rocket assisted very-short/zero length launch/landing systems are a bonkers idea.

I think the best one is the one that the US tried for Operation Credible Sport, which was intended to allow a C130 to land within the footprint of a football stadium in Tehran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Credible_Sport

Launches were good, like 'looks like it's defying physics' good. Landings...well, less so.

Beany wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:34 pm
Launches were good, like 'looks like it's defying physics' good. Landings...well, less so.

The crew walked away from that so it's technically a good landing. The theory was sound; the execution less so.

^ Nope. Nope nopity-nope. No.

Poor girl.

Jobbo wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:58 pm

So if Covid was from bats, what’s that going to start?