What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?
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Oct 2022
3:51pm, 24 Oct 2022
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Fizz :-)
[I like the ten payments. Makes Jan and Feb feel much better]
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Oct 2022
4:03pm, 24 Oct 2022
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swittle
As well as setting the boundary between Pennsylvania & Maryland in 1763, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon made observations of the Transit of Venus two years earlier. A naval attack prevented them reaching their intended destination, Sumatr in time, so they took readings at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Oct 2022
10:19pm, 24 Oct 2022
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macca 53
Local hero (my kids primary school headmaster was a descendant of Jeremiah Dixon). |
Oct 2022
12:00am, 25 Oct 2022
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swittle
Local hero (my kids primary school headmaster was a descendant of Jeremiah Dixon). That's a belting connection, macca 53 ![]() |
Oct 2022
5:36pm, 26 Oct 2022
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ChrisHB
On the Edinburgh ring road there is a junction called Straiton. Its name rather negates the whole idea of a junction.
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Oct 2022
6:55pm, 26 Oct 2022
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DoricQuine
That I'd be spending my second night in hospital
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Oct 2022
6:56pm, 26 Oct 2022
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Lip Gloss
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Oct 2022
9:48pm, 26 Oct 2022
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GlennR
That sucks.
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Oct 2022
10:27pm, 26 Oct 2022
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Groundhog
That, according to the Pope, even nuns watch porn. bbc.co.uk |
Oct 2022
12:20am, 27 Oct 2022
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swittle
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