Trivia and other useless but interesting items

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

What are the symptoms of bird flu?

• Sudden death
• Difficulty breathing, such as coughing, sneezing, or rasping
• Swelling and purple discolouration of the head, comb, wattles and neck
• Rapid drop in eating, drinking and egg production
• Ruffled feathers, dopiness, closed eyes
• Diarrhoea

Bird flu outbreak in UK prompts all poultry to be kept indoors '''until further notice'''. What is avian influenza and should we be worried? - ABC News


I must remember to consider Bird Flu if I die suddenly????? [biggrin][biggrin][biggrin][biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]

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I'm more concerned with the second last one! [smilebigeye]

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Does 16 m/s sound better than 60 km/h?

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1,000 m/minute sounds pretty quick though. [biggrin][bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

From memory, the sizes go yellow, blue then red being the smallest.
All this is 12V DC, it may not apply to the voltages you play with, Paul.
I leaned this at Jaycar.

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While you were learning on the counter no less? [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by Saitch

I'm more concerned with the second last one! [smilebigeye]

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Sounds like a normal day at Chez Bee.

$AUD2.5 billion is about $USD1.6 billion [bigrolf]

Odds of winning ? A few million against you !

I do not buy lottery tickets. My Dad did. He once one $800ish and rang to tell me. I asked how much the ticket cost he brought every week. Doing a quick calculation I pointed out he was $1000 in the red not $800 in front. A lady I worked with scolded me as it was my dads "Hopes and Dreams"

I just brought my dad a ticket in a draw that no one will win drawn in less than 2 hours and 56 minutes from now! [biggrin]

my kids are hoping grandpa might buy them a ..............[bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]


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Doesn't Uncle Sam get something like 38% of prize in tax? Still, I wouldn't complain.

Hi,
Shhhhhh! Don't tell any one.
It is actually a secret tax on the mathematically inept.
Cheers

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Originally Posted by scarry

Really,I didn’t know that either.

They are 9.5mm?
The normal standard ones are generally 6.5mm,from memory.

The ones we use at work have no insulation on them.[bighmmm]

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A yellow lug will not take any cable larger than 6 mm2, I think the 9.5 mm refers to the largest cross section of the lug, confusingly.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Doesn't Uncle Sam get something like 38% of prize in tax? Still, I wouldn't complain.

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I did it- Or my dad did- we win- NOT paying 38% US tax [biggrin]

Nothing like our numbers came up[biggrin]

Winning Numbers - Nov 05, 2022

• 28
  
• 45
  
• 53
  
• 56
  
• 69
  
• 20
  

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I did it- Or my dad did- we win- NOT paying 38% US tax [biggrin]

Nothing like our numbers came up[biggrin]

Winning Numbers - Nov 05, 2022

• 28
• 45
• 53
• 56
• 69
• 20
  

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Where is that ****ing dog that ate my ticket with those Nos on?


I'll kill the little **** when I get my hands on it.[bigrolf]:bat: