Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

And this USS Canberra is built (in Alabama I think) by an Australian company, Austal.

Originally Posted by Saitch

I might have to dust off my hunting gear!

On the way to town today, there were a couple of signs stating that it was 'Koala Season'!

In the same vein as "BUSH FIRE SEASON. Yippee.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Not the first USS Canberra, either. The original was also named after HMAS Canberra.

USS Canberra (CA-70) - Wikipedia

Also, there was another USN ship with an Australian link. I found out about this when I looked through the window of a ships' chandler in the USA some years ago and saw the model of the ship - USS Harold E Holt.

USS Harold E. Holt - Wikipedia

The current one is a weird, looking thing though, no 16" guns, no wooden Lifeboats et al.

I've just been made aware of the fact that Heckle and Jeckle are not crows, but are, in truth, magpies!

Originally Posted by Saitch

I've just been made aware of the fact that Heckle and Jeckle are not crows, but are, in truth, magpies!

However, José and Manuel were crows.... Strange world.

"On Thursday evening, police told a local resident that they had "just seen" the lioness and that the search for the animal had entered a "hot phase", German outlet Bild reported, adding that officers shouted at joggers to "get out of the woods quickly".However, the animal remained elusive after nightfall on Thursday as police hunted with night vision and thermal imaging equipment.



While the number of officers has been reduced, Beate Ostertag of Berlin police told public broadcaster RBB that police would "be in action until the animal is found".


Kleinmachnow Mayor Michael Grubert earlier said authorities had not been able to verify the initial reports of the animal sighting.


A video shared on Twitter - which police believe is real - also appeared to show a lioness in a heavily forested residential area of Kleinmachnow.


However, it is unclear where the animal came from. Local zoos, animal sanctuaries and circuses said no lions have escaped from their facilities"

"Police spokesperson Daniel Keip told RBB that "in the summer you often hear reports of crocodiles in swimming lakes and then it turns out all it was, was a big duck. In this case it's obviously totally real. We're dealing with a lioness that's roaming freely through Teltow, Stahnsdorf and Kleinmachnow."But Michel Rogall, a circus director in Teltow who was woken by police at 02:00 local time, is not so sure.



"If it's a lion, I'll eat my hat," he told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. In addition, he told Reuters that there was no circus with wild animals on the road in eastern Germany, "and they wouldn't escape either [if there was]"."

Berlin search for suspected lioness continues as night falls - BBC News


I wonder if salt and pepper would make Mr Rogall's hat taste better if a lion is found Chili perhaps?

"Japan's Self Defense Force (JSDF) is preparing to soon conduct a live fire demonstration of its Type 12 Surface-to-Ship missile (SSM) at a weapons range in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney"

The post above suggests a person might eat their hat if a lion is found. IF a missile with a range of 400km is fired "IN " Jervis Bay I might join him

The Navy weapons range is outside in the Ocean not inside the beautiful JB

When I say outside its got about 2000 odd km of distance to the top end on NZ to play with

Journalists excused for not check a map perhaps?

Originally Posted by NavyDiver;[URL="tel:3198688"

3198688[/URL]]"Japan's Self Defense Force (JSDF) is preparing to soon conduct a live fire demonstration of its Type 12 Surface-to-Ship missile (SSM) at a weapons range in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney"

The post above suggests a person might eat their hat if a lion is found. IF a missile with a range of 400km is fired "IN " Jervis Bay I might join him

The Navy weapons range is outside in the Ocean not inside the beautiful JB

When I say outside its got about 2000 odd km of distance to the top end on NZ to play with

Journalists excused for not check a map perhaps?

Not sure I’d be comfortable testing a SLR in Jervis. Pretty sure the authorities would have something to say.