Trivia and other useless but interesting items

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The TTX that a blue-ringed octopus injects is so deadly that 1 milligram of it can kill a human. It's one of the most potent toxins on earth, and there is no antidote.

Credits: Wikipedia.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Yep. A pair of shorts was the PPE and a sandy coloured, two gallon, plastic bucket was the equipment.

My dear, old Mum wasn't too impressed one morning, when she went to get breakfast started and found that one of my captives had escaped from the bucket and adhered itself to the 'fridge door. [biggrin]

p.s. this was on the Redcliffe Peninsula and I don't think that the Blue Ring had been reported that far South, at the time. I think it was when a soldier put one on his wrist, as a 'Watch' and paid the price, that people sat up and took notice. Don't quote me on this, as my memory isn't what it used to be.

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Cool Sir.

I did grab a decent size non poisons 1 metre tentacled one. Tossed it in the boat in a bucket and was heading back to the ramp. It tried your ones trick and was making its way out of the bucket and over to the side of the tinny. I held it while on the tiller at the back. The tentacles of course wrapped around my arm ( in a wetsuite still) A kids in the edge of the river near the boat ramp was clearly heard crying "Mum an octopus is eating that man!"

I was laughing that hard I could barely tell him the man was going to eat the Octopus[biggrin] His eyes almost went wider when told that!

It was very tasty [bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Cool Sir.

I did grab a decent size non poisons 1 metre tentacled one. Tossed it in the boat in a bucket and was heading back to the ramp. It tried your ones trick and was making its way out of the bucket and over to the side of the tinny. I held it while on the tiller at the back. The tentacles of course wrapped around my arm ( in a wetsuite still) A kids in the edge of the river near the boat ramp was clearly heard crying "Mum an octopus is eating that man!"

I was laughing that hard I could barely tell him the man was going to eat the Octopus[biggrin] His eyes almost went wider when told that!

It was very tasty [bigrolf]

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[kenneth williams on] Oo, you are a tease[/.kenneth williams OFF][biggrin]

The Jeep Wagoneer was the 1st vehicle with 4wd mated to an automatic transmission in 1963, although it did still have leaf springs all round.

Jeep Wagoneer (SJ) - Wikipedia

Seems that Jeep also had an impact on the Rally world

How a Jeep Wagoneer Broke FIA Rallying, and Caused the 4WD Ban

So when did the Audi Quattro come onto the scene? I thought it was them that instigated the four wheel drive ban.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

So when did the Audi Quattro come onto the scene? I thought it was them that instigated the four wheel drive ban.

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1882. It was Audi that got around the 4WD ban thing in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Tins

1882. It was Audi that got around the 4WD ban thing in the first place.

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Far earlier than I thought.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Far earlier than I thought.

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Lancia's O37 would have beaten that as well....