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  • #2302
    roosterman71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,707 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    cdeb wrote: »
    He was anti-sex, anti-alcohol and anti-smoking - and lived to 91...

    He was also anti meat and you can trace the current Vegan trends all the way back to himself.

    Plus isn't Kelloggs a charity/church in Australia so they pay no taxes?


  • #2303
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    John Johnson*, after being captured by a group of Blackfoot warriors, bit through his bonds, killed the man guarding him, cut off his leg, and used it to fight his way out of the camp.

    And then he ate it.





    * aka Liver-Eatin' Johnson


  • #2304
    Dufflecoat Fanny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭Dufflecoat Fanny


    cdeb wrote: »
    John Harvey Kellogg is best known for being the name on your box of Corn Flakes in the morning.

    He also had some...interesting views on a few topics. He wrote a book called Plain Facts about Sexual Life and, while on honeymoon, he and his wife updated the text to bring it from 356 pages to 512 pages. A decent feat considering it's thought the marriage was never actually consummated in 41 years. A later edition proposed ways to prevent masturbation -





    He was anti-sex, anti-alcohol and anti-smoking - and lived to 91...

    Check out the film road to wellville. Based on a health farm ran by Kellogg at the turn of the century it's very funny.


  • #2305
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Dufflecoat Fanny wrote: »
    Check out the film road to wellville. Based on a health farm ran by Kellogg at the turn of the century it's very funny.

    I saw this years ago. Don’t remember much about it other than I enjoyed it.


  • #2306
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    622324.jpg


  • #2307
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,506 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Electric Eels arent actually eels, they are a different genus called knifefish that are more closely related to catfish than eels.

    There is an electric eel at Chatanooga aquarium with its own twitter account - the zoo has setup sensors to automatically tweet corny 1960s Batman-esque catchphrases whenever 'Miguel Wattson' discharges electricity.

    https://twitter.com/EelectricMiguel/status/1392448409827741696


  • #2308
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    New Home wrote: »
    622324.jpg

    I read that so many times. It's class. Sent it to a mate and he was the same.

    In a similar vein, I remember being blown away when shopping in UNIQLO in Tokyo. They just throw your purchases into a tray. No scanning, nothing.

    And the item totals pop up on the screen in front of you.

    Then I found out that each item has an RFID chip in the tag!:D:D:D:D

    Still, was so clean as a system.


  • #2309
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,059 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    I read that so many times. It's class. Sent it to a mate and he was the same.

    In a similar vein, I remember being blown away when shopping in UNIQLO in Tokyo. They just throw your purchases into a tray. No scanning, nothing.

    And the item totals pop up on the screen in front of you.

    Then I found out that each item has an RFID chip in the tag!:D:D:D:D

    Still, was so clean as a system.

    Decathlon in Dublin (and many other places) has that also. T'would make ya wonder why more places dont have it.


  • #2310
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Decathlon in Dublin (and many other places) has that also. T'would make ya wonder why more places dont have it.

    Aye they do indeed now that you mention it.

    It only works in places where they control all the stock.

    Dunnes (for non-grocery) and Penneys for example rather than Arnotts and Brown Thomas.


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  • #2311
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,580 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    I read that so many times. It's class. Sent it to a mate and he was the same.

    In a similar vein, I remember being blown away when shopping in UNIQLO in Tokyo. They just throw your purchases into a tray. No scanning, nothing.

    And the item totals pop up on the screen in front of you.

    Then I found out that each item has an RFID chip in the tag!:D:D:D:D

    Still, was so clean as a system.


    They have the same system in Decathlon, you just throw it in a knida bin and it goes bing!


  • #2312
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    humberklog wrote: »
    They have the same system in Decathlon, you just throw it in a knida bin and it goes bing!

    Aye. See two posts above. Only had the pleasure of Decathlon once, last summer. Completely forgot. It's still mad though.


  • #2313
    Evade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,805 ✭✭✭Evade


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    In a similar vein, I remember being blown away when shopping in UNIQLO in Tokyo. They just throw your purchases into a tray. No scanning, nothing.
    And then you have shops that only take cash and all the price tags are handwritten.


  • #2314
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Evade wrote: »
    And then you have shops that only take cash and all the price tags are handwritten.

    Right?

    It's such a mental gaff.


  • #2315
    Samsgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,203 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    humberklog wrote: »
    They have the same system in Decathlon, you just throw it in a knida bin and it goes bing!

    The self service kiosks in public libraries use rfid too. I was part of a team to tag over 20,000 items when i worked at a branch where this was being introduced.


  • #2316
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Samsgirl wrote: »
    The self service kiosks in public libraries use rfid too. I was part of a team to tag over 20,000 items when i worked at a branch where this was being introduced.

    This goes to show how long its been since I was in a library that wasn't in Bolton St or Maynooth!


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  • #2317
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    The "Abbey Road" album, by The Beatles, was released closer to WW1 than today.


  • #2318
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Eamonn bulfin,the man who raised the irish republic flag over the GPO in 1916 was born in argentina and deported back after being arrested

    I'm of the impression that it was Gearoid O'Sullivan who was given that honour. He was the youngest I.R.B. Officer in the G.P.O. (25).


  • #2319
    Captain_Crash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Captain_Crash


    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    The "Abbey Road" album, by The Beatles, was released closer to WW1 than today.

    Makes time seem so fast. Reminds me that the movie Apollo 13 was released closer to the actual Apollo 13 mission than today


  • #2320
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    The "Abbey Road" album, by The Beatles, was released closer to WW1 than today.

    In a similar vein, the B-52 bomber, still in service today, was introduced closer to the Wright Brothers' first flight than today.


  • #2321
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Aye they do indeed now that you mention it.

    It only works in places where they control all the stock.

    Dunnes (for non-grocery) and Penneys for example rather than Arnotts and Brown Thomas.

    What happens if you change your mind and take it out again?


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  • #2322
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    thesandeman wrote: »
    What happens if you change your mind and take it out again?

    Unless you wipe it down with disinfectant you'll get a lot of dirty looks.


  • #2323
    Adyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    In a similar vein, the B-52 bomber, still in service today, was introduced closer to the Wright Brothers' first flight than today.

    And is due to stay in service for about another 50 years.


  • #2324
    Captain_Crash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Captain_Crash


    Adyx wrote: »
    And is due to stay in service for about another 50 years.

    Same can be said about the KC-135 now that I think of it! It’s a Boeing 707 with makeup and has been in play since 1961 and there are no plans on retirement yet!


  • #2325
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Captain_Crash wrote: »
    Same can be said about the KC-135 now that I think of it! It’s a Boeing 707 with makeup and has been in play since 1961 and there are no plans on retirement yet!

    Among other 707-based planes like all their AWACS ones. Then there's the Russians with those extremely loud Bears.


  • #2326
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    Among other 707-based planes like all their AWACS ones. Then there's the Russians with those extremely loud Bears.
    So loud they can be picked up by sonar. Also the least stealthy aircraft if you exclude AWACS actively transmitting.

    Both effects because of lots of large counter rotating propellers. Very inefficient as the blades have to be turned way past the optimum angle to the airflow because otherwise they'd be fully supersonic*. It only works because they use stupid amounts of power to beat the atmosphere into submission.

    Like the B52 and the Chinese Xian H-6 which is based on the Russian Tu-16 it's a 1950's design that can fly to the middle of nowhere and launch radar sneaky long range cruise missiles which could arrive from any direction. All are still on the front line.

    The UK burnt through the Vulcan's flight hours during the Falklands war. Interestingly enough they were practically invisible to radar at some angles.


    The C130 Heracles cargo plane is also of a similar age.

    For helicopters Chinooks started a little later in 1961 than the Mil Mi-8 Hip


  • #2327
    Evade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,805 ✭✭✭Evade


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    For helicopters Chinooks started a little later in 1961 than the Mil Mi-8 Hip
    The UH-1 first flew 65 years ago and is still going strong.


  • #2328
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,264 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Lenin apparently spoke English with an Irish accent. There's no direct evidence (eg recordings) of it any more, but here's a brief article on it -

    https://comeheretome.com/2012/02/03/vladimir-lenin-and-the-rathmines-accent/


  • #2329
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Evade wrote: »
    The UH-1 first flew 65 years ago and is still going strong.

    Which reminds me that the U-2 spy plane was largely based on the F104 Starfighter, with slightly longer wings. 31 m vs 6.36 m


    Both the U2 and C130 Heracles can operate on an aircraft carrier other than the minor issue of taking up way too much parking space.


  • #2330
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Which reminds me that the U-2 spy plane was largely based on the F104 Starfighter, with slightly longer wings. 31 m vs 6.36 m
    Ah the F-104, or the Widowmaker.
    Both the U2 and C130 Heracles can operate on an aircraft carrier other than the minor issue of taking up way too much parking space.

    Pff, they're just mimicking the B-25.

    160927194931-doolittle-raid-b-25-mitchell-uss-hornet-1942-exlarge-169.jpg


  • #2331
    Evade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,805 ✭✭✭Evade


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Both the U2 and C130 Heracles can operate on an aircraft carrier other than the minor issue of taking up way too much parking space.
    It's possible to have a modified C-130 take off from a soccer field, landing it there is a littler trickier.

    There's a variant F-15 (STOL/MTD) that's capable of taking off at less than 70km/h.


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  • #2332
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Evade wrote: »
    It's possible to have a modified C-130 take off from a soccer field, landing it there is a littler trickier.

    There's a variant F-15 (STOL/MTD) that's capable of taking off at less than 70km/h.

    Yeah the Antarctic variants have skis and rockets (under the wings here) for short takeoffs.

    Lockheed_LC-130H_Hercules_%28L-382%29%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN0633004.jpg


  • #2333
    Evade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,805 ✭✭✭Evade


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    Yeah the Antarctic variants have skis and rockets (under the wings here) for short takeoffs.

    Lockheed_LC-130H_Hercules_%28L-382%29%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN0633004.jpg
    That's short but the one I was thinking of is shorter. They were built to land in a soccer field near the US Embassy in Iran during the revolution and take off from it again. It had 30 of those rockets, 8 for braking, 8 so it didn't fall out of the sky during braking, and the rest were for take off.


    Here's a very cool video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFjhWw4DNo

    Explanation for the end of the video
    the crash is the result of firing all the braking rockets before landing. It's supposed to go top brakes, vertical rockets, land, then the rest of the brakes.


  • #2334
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Spite fence is an overly tall fence, structure in the nature of a fence, or a row of trees, bushes, or hedges, constructed or planted between adjacent properties by by someone who wishes to annoy a neighbor, or who wishes to completely obstruct the view between lots.

    One of the most famous was built by Charles Crocker in San Francisco in the 1870's. He attempted to by a house and land from Nicholas Yung who had been living in the area for a few years at a time when there were no other residents there. The hill was famous for its views over San Francisco Bay and Crocker wanted a whole block to build his house on it. Yung refused to sell as he deemed the price too low.

    To spite him, Crocker built his mansion and a 40 ft fence around Yung's house, almost blocking out the light entirely. The argument dragged on for years, Yung refused to sell, eventually moved out, but kept the house to spite Crocker.

    Yung died in 1880, but his widow Roslina refused to sell. Crocker died in 1888 but Yung's wife still refused to sell to bring an end to the feud. Roslina eventually died in 1902 and her children agreed to sell the property to Crocker's children to end the feud and to allow them to complete the mansion. The fence was torn down in 1905.

    Not the end of the story, though. In 1906 the San Francisco Earthquake destroyed Crocker's house. Grace Cathedral, the largest in SF now stands on the site.

    Crockers mansion under construction at the back of the photo, to the right of it you can see the 40 ft fence around Yung's house.

    charles-crocker-spite-fence.jpg

    The house when finished around 1905.

    charles-crocker-san-francisco-3.jpg

    The house after the earthquake in 1906.

    charles-crocker-san-francisco-2.jpg

    The approximate location of Yung's house. Behind this is the cathedral, which also featured in a couple of Dirty Harry films.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7924347,-122.4136592,3a,75y,181.35h,109.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svQ0uif5ZMtgK6eH3CToVOg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


  • #2335
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Ireland's largest folly is actually a spite fence in Belvedere House near Mullingar.

    http://www.belvedere-house.ie/Explore/Belvedere,Follies/
    The Jealous Wall
    The Jealous Wall was built c. 1760 as a result of a quarrel between Robert Rochfort and another brother George, the owner of nearby Rochfort House (subsequently re-named Tudenham House), now, alas a melancholy ruin. The Wall was built between the two houses as an artificial ruin of an abbey so as to exclude from Robert’s view the sight of his brother’s residence of which he was jealous. It is believed that the Earl went to enormous expense in constructing the ruin, to the extent of hiring the services of a celebrated Italian Architect Barrodotte to superintend its erection.

    The Wall is in the form of a large gothic ruin built in stone with a central wall, Three pointed windows high up, and five smaller round headed windows above them. Two square wings project at either end of the wall which stands some 20 metres high.

    The Jealous Wall still stands today, and is said to be the largest purposely built ruin of its kind in Ireland


    belvedere-jealous-wall.jpg


  • #2336
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The designers of the spacesuits for landing on the moon went to the New York Metropolitan Museum to see if there was a precedent. They were referred to the Tower of London,

    The space suits used on the Moon by NASA were in part based on the tournament armour made for Henry VIII to use at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.


  • #2337
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,616 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Marino Crescent in Clontarf, is Dublin's only Georgian crescent. It was built as a spite wall to block Lord Charlemont's view of the sea.

    Bram Stoker lived in No. 15 at one time.

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


  • #2338
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Turtles can breathe through their behinds.


  • #2339
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    its_steve116 wrote: »
    Turtles can breathe through their behinds.



    You were reading RTÉ today weren't ya?


    https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0515/1221831-animals-oxygen-study/


  • #2340
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    Some Eurozone countries still allow using pre-euro stamps! :eek:

    Recent ebay purchase came from France with quite a big amount of stamps affixed:

    553238.jpg

    Quick research and the green one is quite recent, worth 1 Euro, while blue ones were issued in early nineties, worth 3.2 French Francs each. 1 Euro equals 6.55957 FRF. Postage paid - 3.9 EUR.

    Some shops in France still give their customers receipts with both FRF and EUR on them. Same applies to utility bills.


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  • #2341
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Some Eurozone countries still allow using pre-euro stamps! :eek:

    Recent ebay purchase came from France with quite a big amount of stamps affixed:

    553238.jpg

    Quick research and the green one is quite recent, worth 1 Euro, while blue ones were issued in early nineties, worth 3.2 French Francs each. 1 Euro equals 6.55957 FRF. Postage paid - 3.9 EUR.

    Some shops in France still give their customers receipts with both FRF and EUR on them. Same applies to utility bills.

    How would you still have a stock of FRF stamps after 19 years. Madness.


  • #2342
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    How would you still have a stock of FRF stamps after 19 years. Madness.
    Bottom of the junk drawer in granny's house.


  • #2343
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Some Eurozone countries still allow using pre-euro stamps! :eek:

    Recent ebay purchase came from France with quite a big amount of stamps affixed:

    553238.jpg

    Quick research and the green one is quite recent, worth 1 Euro, while blue ones were issued in early nineties, worth 3.2 French Francs each. 1 Euro equals 6.55957 FRF. Postage paid - 3.9 EUR.

    Some shops in France still give their customers receipts with both FRF and EUR on them. Same applies to utility bills.

    Kind of fitting that the stamps were used to send a package to Roscommon.

    We Rossies like doing things the traditional way.


  • #2344
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    623836.jpg


  • #2345
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    New Home wrote: »
    623836.jpg

    Now I want to see a person compared to the average bear!


  • #2346
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    woah


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  • #2347
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Now I want to see a person compared to the average bear!

    qY26t7s.png

    source https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2021/05/13/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f


  • #2348
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭Cordell


    That is because they will bring a large caliber gun to a claws fight.


  • #2349
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    qY26t7s.png

    source https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2021/05/13/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f
    Its the 8% could beat an Elephant that gets me, lol

    Ignoring idiots who comment "far right" because they don't even know what it means



  • #2350
    secondrowgal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭secondrowgal


    Stolen from Stingy thread:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=117187605#post117187605

    Back when people used code words to save on the number of words used in telegram messages.


    In 1887 a wool dealer named Frank Primrose send a coded telegraph message to his agent saying he had purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. "I Have Bought" was the code word BAY. The fumble-fingered telegrapher accidentally sent the words BUY, which means (surprise surprise) "buy". Morse for "A" is dot-dash, while "U" is dot-dot-dash. Very easy to make a mistake. The agent got the incorrect message and duly purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. Primrose lost $20,000 (about $270,000 in 2010 dollars).

    He sued the telegraph company, but unfortunately he had failed to pay the two cents extra for the message to be verified.

    So the court awarded him a refund of $1.15, the cost of the message.


  • #2351
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Cordell wrote: »
    That is because they will bring a large caliber gun to a claws fight.
    The poll was for unarmed Americans so there's not even that excuse.


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