Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Pretty sure the Ethics committee will not allow the test of fake oxygen in ICU's BOC is safe

Interesting thought that Divs, since you mention it. "Who wants to be a Volunteer?" "Me me me me me me"

Bloke at back of the room standing well back. "Not me, don't these silly buggers realise its all bull****?"

Originally Posted by 4bee

Interesting thought that Divs, since you mention it. "Who wants to be a Volunteer?" "Me me me me me me"

Bloke at back of the room standing well back. "Not me, don't these silly buggers realise its all bull****?"

Who can ride a motorbike? Cheif Petty Office asked 60 15-16 year old lads. Me me me me me me" was the response from at least 90%.

Sweeping the parade ground was the volunteers job

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Pretty sure the Ethics committee will not allow the test of fake oxygen in ICU's BOC is safe

Interesting thought that Divs, since you mention it. "Who wants to be a Volunteer?" "Me me me me me me"

Bloke at back of the room standing well back. "Not me, don't these silly buggers realise its all bull****?"

BOC is now part of the German Linde Group.
Has been for about ten years

More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation sent $170 from Oklahoma to starving Irish families during the potato famine. A sculpture in County Cork commemorates the generosity of the tribe, itself poor.


Now hundreds of Irish people are repaying that old kindness, giving to a charity drive for two tribes suffering in the Covid-19 pandemic. As of Tuesday, the fund-raiser has raised nearly $1.8 million to help supply clean water, food and health supplies to people in the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation in the Southwest, according to the organizers.

its a syzergy isn't it

Jail time in Current affairs is possibly a little grumpy. Pretty sure our valient mods will not mind this This Jail time in General chat

Biggest car theft in NZ
New Zealand coronavirus: Massive car heist under cover of lockdown

It must have looked like the heist of their dreams. A whole yard full of well-maintained rental vehicles, all lined up, unlocked and ready to go - with the keys inside.
So, under cover of New Zealand's exceptionally strict virus lockdown, a group of thieves went to work.
They cut through the fence of local rental company Jucy in Auckland, lifted the gate from its hinges and began driving out the cars.
New Zealand was at a virtual standstill under the coronavirus lockdown making the theft easy. In fact, so easy it was a temptation too far - and the thieves came back for a second helping. And another.
A total of 97 vehicles were spirited away.
Over several days on a long weekend, they drove the cars in batches from the site and down the deserted roads of Auckland.

The the kicker we know thieves are generally not the smartest people

_112162142_033c1f9c-042b-4720-bf12-17bf9ff7fccc.jpgNon discreet vehicle theft


In the end, the lockdown which made the whole theft possible in the first place also became its undoing. The police say the country's standstill actually made it easier to track down the cars and those who stole them.

One by one, most of the cars were tracked down and returned to Jucy. So far, 85 of the missing vehicles have been recovered and 29 people have been arrested in connection with the heist.

While many of them have links with local gangs, the police say, it doesn't seem to have been a well co-ordinated effort, let alone one where the thieves had thought their plans through to the end.

It is obvious why he stopped there. His plug pulled out of his electric Van. PMSL


Nice to see they had good judgment & nicked nothing that was too conspicuous.