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The Taylor-made CVPL Chat Thread!

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    #4502
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,243 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    joujoujou wrote: »
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    Choking accident - a man apparently died when eating a full packet of fruit pastilles at once. Pathology reports indicate it was the plastic that did it.

    The message:
    Gums don't kill people, wrappers do.


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    #4503
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    The Princess Bride wrote: »
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    Sorry for quoting a pic but just wanted to ask which movie this is?

    QUOTE=The Princess Bride ;)

    filmconcertslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/princesbride_movie_main.jpg


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    #4504
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    QUOTE=The Princess Bride ;)

    filmconcertslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/princesbride_movie_main.jpg


    Very good movie. You may or may not recognise the princess from a hit TV series.


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    #4505
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
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    Small underwater nuke. The vertical black thing on the right may be shading, material from the lagoon or a Japanese Battleship.

    It's obviously a kaiju, maybe even Godzilla himself.


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    #4506
    Capt'n Midnight
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    New Home wrote: »
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    Tanks have cat-erpillar tracks.


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    #4507
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,346 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

    Small underwater nuke. The vertical black thing on the right may be shading, material from the lagoon or a Japanese Battleship.

    The result of the test was that even on ships that survived not only would the crew have been killed but they couldn't just wash the ships down and put new crew on as everything was irradiated,


    Do you ever get the impression that these "tests" were the equivalent of today's "Jackass" or "Mythbuster"?


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    #4508
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,117 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    "Hi, I'm Robert Oppenheimer, welcome to the Manhattan Project!"


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    #4509
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    New Home wrote: »
    Do you ever get the impression that these "tests" were the equivalent of today's "Jackass" or "Mythbuster"?
    Billy Mitchell's bombing of WWI ex-German Battleships in 1921 proved what everyone already knew that enough bombs will sink any ship.

    But because the ships were sunk the Navy wasn't able to measure what damage was caused by what weapons. That could have meant more protection or the realisation that protection wasn't worth it. It could have drastically changed US navy losses during the first half of WWII

    But making the Army look good at the expense of the Navy was importanter.

    The Soviets are our adversary. Our enemy is the Navy.”
    — Curtis LeMay.


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    #4510
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,812 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    4542_66fd.gif

    Small underwater nuke. The vertical black thing on the right may be shading, material from the lagoon or a Japanese Battleship.

    The result of the test was that even on ships that survived not only would the crew have been killed but they couldn't just wash the ships down and put new crew on as everything was irradiated,

    Surely the black thing on the right is just the ship that was there but now just vertical?


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    #4511
    [Deleted User]
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    It's smoke being pulled inwards, after the shock wave


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    #4512
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's smoke being pulled inwards, after the shock wave

    Definitely not a ship, would be mahoosive.

    They were very liberal with their use of nukes back in the day. Boys and their toys.


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    #4513
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
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    WOW! A Datsun 280Z


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    #4514
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Not gone on the colour.


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    #4515
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Mr Crispy wrote: »
    Not gone on the colour.

    Don't worry it'll fly though the NCT.


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    #4516
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Don't worry it'll fly though the NCT.

    Gonna need a set of tyres I think.


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    #4517
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Is the car invisible, or buried upside-down? ;)


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    #4518
    [Deleted User]
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    aaronjennings wrote: »
    Is the car invisible, or buried upside-down? ;)




    552749.jpg


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    #4519
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    What's with the MRI one in YLYL?


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    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,636 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Ficheall wrote: »
    What's with the MRI one in YLYL?


    Wheelchairs are metal objects with a strong affinity for MRI scanners.
    Hopefully it was empty at the time of launch.


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    #4521
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    aaronjennings wrote: »
    Is the car invisible, or buried upside-down? ;)
    Neither, it has one of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0893DJYG5


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    #4522
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Suckit wrote: »
    Neither, it has one of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0893DJYG5

    Ha!
    Camouflage Car Vehicle Cover, Military Camo Netting, Camouflage Tarp Mesh Net, Lightweight Waterproof for Sunshade,Canopy,Party Decoration,Hunting Blind

    For when you don't want people finding and then gate-crashing the party.


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    #4523
    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭milltown


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    QUOTE=The Princess Bride ;)

    filmconcertslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/princesbride_movie_main.jpg
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Very good movie. You may or may not recognise the princess from a hit TV series.

    If you are like me however, you are unlikely to recognise Inigo Montoya as Saul from the TV series Homeland.


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    #4524
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,117 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Oh, you mean Rube from Dead Like Me?


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    #4525
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    It's clearly this guy.

    552834.jpg


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    #4526
    KAGY
    Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭KAGY


    josip wrote: »
    Wheelchairs are metal objects with a strong affinity for MRI scanners.
    Hopefully it was empty at the time of launch.

    I thought it was a car wheel, but now I look closer its a motorised wheelchair


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    #4527
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    josip wrote: »
    Wheelchairs are metal objects with a strong affinity for MRI scanners.
    Hopefully it was empty at the time of launch.




    These machines are absolutely deadly and need respect and care


    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-killed-in-freak-mri-accident/#app


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    #4528
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    These machines are absolutely deadly and need respect and care


    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-killed-in-freak-mri-accident/#app

    You'd think they'd have a metal detector at the entrance to the room. I say that knowing at least one hospital that doesn't.


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    #4529
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    My mrs is a radiographer. She has told me of flying objects in or around the scanner. The magnetic force is crazy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg

    ** No, she is not the cause **


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    #4530
    [Deleted User]
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    GBX wrote: »
    My mrs is a radiographer. She has told me of flying objects in or around the scanner. The magnetic for is crazy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg

    ** No, she is not the cause **


    The melon crushing training vids are frightening


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    #4531
    New Home
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    GBX wrote: »
    My mrs is a radiographer. She has told me of flying objects in or around the scanner. The magnetic for is crazy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg

    ** No, she is not the cause **
    That's why you should be very careful if you've metal in your body, piercings or surgical stuff of shrapnel or even some types of ink.

    Edited to add: Not sure about amalgam tooth fillings or crowns.


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