Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by Saitch

Is that fonetik?

Wot da U fink?

Originally Posted by Tins

They may have been if they did indeed use Mills bombs.....

I suspect it would have been whatever was handy. No rods, lines & hooks just a couple of 'nades in the pouches. Some one posted a pic on here recently of a Grenade found near a dam somewhere in Oz(?). No Germans or Japanese around that I could see in the pic but a well rusted & complete Grenade that some one mislaid while fishing.

I suppose they could have been cammoed though.

Hi,
Expanding bait or long tailed jumping prawns perhaps?
Cheers

Most of us have done it or tried it

Vale Dick. Greater heights by going backwards . Inspiring

"Dick Fosbury: The athlete who developed the 'Fosbury Flop' dies aged 76

" Link BBC

Other trivia is "Fosbury set a then record of 2.24 metres using his method." at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. It is only 21 cm more now!

I could clear 1.92 when aged 14. No way I am trying it now

Last Friday was the anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell, being granted a patent for the telephone, in 1876.
Surely he invented two, one's not much use, alone.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Surely he invented two, one's not much use, alone.

Oh, I dunno.. when mobiles first appeared there were many folk talking to themselves, desperate to seem important.

they still are desperate to seem important.

I still havent gelled to mobile phones.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

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I still havent gelled to mobile phones.

Neither have I.

I've called to them, emailed to them, sent pictures and vids to them, messages, web links, etc as well.

DL