Trivia and other useless but interesting items

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Good to see that we have things in hand, up here.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...72d766f48d788e

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******* [biggrin] rhymes with tankers [biggrin][biggrin]

Anyone have some green energy ideas to sell? "A group of philanthropic foundations and international development banks on Wednesday announced a $10.5 billion fund to help emerging economies with growing energy needs make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources.The group, known as the Global Energy Alliance, aims to draw in more donors in the coming weeks. At the moment, it has pulled in $1.5 billion from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ikea Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund, along with $9 billion from international development banks such as the African Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation."

I thought the 6 million $ man was a lot of money. Times change[bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Good to see that we have things in hand, up here.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...72d766f48d788e

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I bet the little back lanes are treacherous to walk upon
before one goes Arse over. Yyyyyyuuuukkkkkkk![bigrolf]


We had a bloke here that did that all day. We kids called him "Bummer Joe" & he frequented the Brickworks Pug Holes around the suburbs back then. One never knew when he would appear & jack off just about on command. One lad thought he'd better have a good shufti of what BJ was exuding so scooped it up with a stick. Yeah I know.[bighmmm] He certainly never bummed anybody that we knew of (?) but when going for a swim in the River Torrens we were always mindful & posted a look out.

But still a good name for him when you are a kid.:bat::Rolling::Rolling:

The coppers used part of the Pug hole System for Pistol Practice but oddly enough he wasn't seen around at those times, usually a Sunday Morning. Dunno why, slept in perchance?

Eight camels and a llama were found walking the streets of Madrid in the early hours of Friday after escaping from a circus, police said.



Quiros Circus, their owner, blamed "sabotage" by animal rights activists.


They were spotted at about 05:00 local time (04:00 GMT) in the southern district of Carabranchel, near where the circus is based.



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Trivia is I have met a speed bump like these on the Oodnadatta Track. Happily I was already going at the right speed[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Eight camels and a llama were found walking the streets of Madrid in the early hours of Friday after escaping from a circus, police said.



Quiros Circus, their owner, blamed "sabotage" by animal rights activists.


They were spotted at about 05:00 local time (04:00 GMT) in the southern district of Carabranchel, near where the circus is based.



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Trivia is I have met a speed bump like these on the Oodnadatta Track. Happily I was already going at the right speed[biggrin]

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The Camel smokes shouldn't be too much of a speed bump but the Llamas could have been a different matter. Were the Llamas wearing Pajamas? were they Hi-viz?

The early hours, one would have thought so even as a matter of decency, but we are talking about Spain here.

TiC.

ChookD2 and I had to avoid this hump in the road, a couple of years ago.

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Several years ago, an agricultural group in Michigan decided to find out which way pigs' tails curled. They discovered that 50% curl clockwise, 18.7% anticlockwise and 31.3% both ways.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

ChookD2 and I had to avoid this hump in the road, a couple of years ago.

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Lucky you. If you hadn't been driving a Morris Mini/Minor you'd have been buggered. [bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Lucky you. If you hadn't been driving a Morris Mini/Minor you'd have been buggered. [bigrolf]

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I did see one at about 140kph "rumored or past the statute of limitations I hope" on a BMW K100RS. I stuck behind a truck at night for the rest of that run to Perth[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I did see one at about 140kph "rumored or past the statute of limitations I hope" on a BMW K100RS. I stuck behind a truck at night for the rest of that run to Perth[biggrin]

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Back in the day on the way to Penong in the bight (to go surfing and windsurfing) at night I'd hook in behind an IPEC semi and put the lights on parkers. Cruising along from Port Augusta to Ceduna at 120, XW Fairmont wagon, 302W, C4...........memories. [bigrolf]

DL

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I did see one at about 140kph "rumored or past the statute of limitations I hope" on a BMW K100RS. I stuck behind a truck at night for the rest of that run to Perth[biggrin]

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Used to ride between Perth and Albany night time weekends a lot , winter time would be a toss up between freezing for 3.5-4 hours with a fast free run or ducking in behind a sheep truck for the warmth for a while.
It had to be brass monkeys though as I would also get covered in sheep ****.