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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 23rd 2020, 4:23 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Now here's an interesting idea... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54612879
I'd certainly take something like this into consideration as one who never throws anything away unless I can't make an...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 7th 2020, 11:19 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Global warming I'm afraid. It's the destabilisation of the polar vortex. It'll be a while before it all gets mixed up and a new warmer northern climate stabilises.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 12th 2020, 3:43 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Student Debt, a confidence trick pulled on citizenry to benefit banks and one we should be enraged by.
Why?
Well, the US student debt is about $1.5 trillion and in Canada it's about CAD22...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 11th 2020, 11:21 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Rubbish.
If you place any object so that that a straight line joining it's centre of gravity and the center of the earth falls within a base area formed within points where it touches the ground, it...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 11th 2020, 5:56 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I doubt it belongs to the UK after Gordon Brown sold.. sorry gave away.. 401 tonnes (56%) of the UK's gold reserves in 1999.
Price when sold was US$282.40/oz, price now is US$1568/oz or an increase...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 3rd 2020, 3:48 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Nice one...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 8th 2019, 5:49 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Ahhh....Write out 100 times.
Must not drink wine and read more carefully!!!!!
Tail between legs now.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 8th 2019, 4:06 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Perhaps the legal bods out there can offer some enlightenment:
1. Does he stand a good chance of getting his money back?
2. Could the wrong recipient face any legal issues if he continues to keep...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 1st 2019, 11:37 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Paper making is highly energy intensive. One review indicates " The pulp, paper and printing sector accounted for 5.6% of industrial energy consumption in 2014"...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 1st 2019, 5:11 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Really? I'm still using a wooden stick.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 20th 2019, 6:08 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

This is a tragic story..
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50479476
There's a maxim that goes 'anyone can build a bridge that'll last forever but it takes an engineer who'll build a bridge...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 14th 2019, 10:35 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

A typical pump well water supply consists of a well, a pipe , a pump, a surge tank, supply pipework and taps.
The supply pipe should be fitted with a non-return valve at the pipe inlet to keep the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 8th 2019, 7:25 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Quebec should be cast adrift if this is all they can offer Canada.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50241254
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 2nd 2019, 6:03 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Naahhh.. bitta mettal bashin an a few nayles, bee as guud as nue in no tyme.
Call Maysie on 1-800-cheapo and arsk for Dave (if he's awake).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 22nd 2019, 3:48 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Think I'd better put on some weight... or else like Gizmo...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-49070562
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 12th 2019, 6:35 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

What was that definition of madness?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48607423
"Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results" and that says a lot about Macron....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 10th 2019, 9:43 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

What do you give a man with everything?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/10/tree-planted-to-mark-trump-macron-friendship-dies
Correct, a tree. But it failed to recognise the Trump Kiss...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 8th 2019, 4:00 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Absolutely. I'm not sure that people in general understand how much influence modern medicine has had on the life expectancy in recent times.
For those who don't know, there is a uk website called...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 24th 2018, 5:01 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

This site is becoming too slow to be enjoyable now.
The number of adsites that it addresses and transfers information to is evidence that the site administrators have sold their souls.
Not a great...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 25th 2018, 2:53 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

This post is about lemmings. I had planned to post this item under the Trump thread, but as I learned while researching the cute little rat this would be putting lemmings in a bad light.

Now I...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 17th 2018, 7:26 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

You can't make it up....
Mum changes son's name after mistake in new tattoo - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44153864)
The little lad was lucky that the mistake actually spelt a name at...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 5th 2018, 4:09 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

You must have attended the same school that I did. 'O' level, 1760 to 1832, agrarian revolution to the Reform act. tons of dates and facts to remember, as dry as burnt toast without dripping and very...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 26th 2018, 3:55 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Disgraceful. Stories like this reinforce my belief that we are widening whetever educational gaps exist in society.

Unless you understand some fundamental principles from an early age you're...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 31st 2018, 11:15 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

He's looking well don't you think?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 31st 2018, 2:04 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,921
Posted By dave_j

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Well the good news is that you've been alerted to the problem and hopefully the alert itself won't have any lasting effect. No doubt there are meds around that'll reduce the ongoing risks.

Best...
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