Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by 4bee

It appears as though you may have been ****ed at that angle, before you fell out.

Retrieving the ball after it had been hit for a six. No wonder he doesn't like cricket.

So much for German engineering. It was -6 deg here this morning and the RangeRover did not have any problems

Took a picture of the temperature readout on the dash but placing pictures here is always a hit or miss affair as most times it goes straight to recent and does not offer option of a new image. You will just have to ‘trust me’

"So long, and thanks for all the fish".

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.



The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 tropical fish - is 14m high (46 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.

This might take the cake for the engineer explaining it? Berlin'''s giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes - BBC News


Hope its not the same builder for the Melbourne Royal Children's hospital fish tank!

Indeed, as you would need more than Galoshes to go to work. Waders more than likely. Probably a Dab net as well.


IMHO, all it needed were a couple of cast in place same material reinforcing rings around the internal/external perimeter along it's length but especially low down where the pressure was greatest. Not hard to see why it blew it's stack. Says Blind Freddy.

I think this guy may need a new job? Not really the prefect example of what to do with firearms or what gifts to accept period

Poland's highest ranking police officer has confirmed to local media that he accidentally set off a grenade launcher given to him as a gift by Ukraine.


Jaroslaw Szymczyk suffered minor injuries on Wednesday after opening the present at his Warsaw offices.


A civilian member of staff was also hurt.


General Szymczyk has now spoken to a Polish broadcaster about the unusual incident - the first time specific details have been given.


He told RMF FM radio he received the present during his recent visit to Ukraine.
Poland grenade incident: Police chief confirms unusual Ukrainian gift - BBC News

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I think this guy may need a new job? Not really the prefect example of what to do with firearms or what gifts to accept period

Poland's highest ranking police officer has confirmed to local media that he accidentally set off a grenade launcher given to him as a gift by Ukraine.


Jaroslaw Szymczyk suffered minor injuries on Wednesday after opening the present at his Warsaw offices.


A civilian member of staff was also hurt.


General Szymczyk has now spoken to a Polish broadcaster about the unusual incident - the first time specific details have been given.


He told RMF FM radio he received the present during his recent visit to Ukraine.
Poland grenade incident: Police chief confirms unusual Ukrainian gift - BBC News

Maybe he should have taken his Bomb Squad with him?

Originally Posted by 3toes

placing pictures here is always a hit or miss affair as most times it goes straight to recent and does not offer option of a new image.

I never have that problem. Posting pix on the forum is dead easy.

WW2 relic - Lost then found then lost again .

Army hording it in Freo- Have to see this next time I am lucky enough to be visiting Broome





WWII machine gun found by Broome teenagers, lost and found again set to return to local museum - ABC News