Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Chris S]

The Muppet Show was originally produced in the UK and then exported to the US.

 

[presta]

What happens to an extension lead in the Yukon if you try to uncoil it at -50C:

 

[ColinJ]

What happens to an extension lead in the Yukon if you try to uncoil it at -50C:

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Note to self: Cancel Yukon winter holiday!!

 

[ColinJ]

D'oh!!

I thought that there was a network connection problem between my home wifi and my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt. I was looking back on my ride history for the year and all was well until 26th November. Then there was a gaping void with only 1 ride logged until today. I spent 15 minutes trying to work out what technical issues could have caused this dropout. Then I remembered that I had been ill and only actually done that 1 ride!

 

[albion]

Apparantly, the average streaming subscriber pays £832 per year for their package/s.
And the £174.50 TV license makes up two thirds of BBC income.

 

[Chris S]

Sir james Dyson looks like Paul O' Grady

 

[ColinJ]

Sir james Dyson looks like Paul O' Grady

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And Tim Cook, boss of Apple!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sir james Dyson looks like Paul O' Grady

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And Tim Cook, boss of Apple!

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Somewhere, probably in a bunker under Denver International Airport, a lizard is saying: "Cursssses, operative 2845632 and operative 00219484 are using the sssssame disguisssse..."

 

[albion]

Whilst Tesla Robots were shown to likely fake via VR remote control, China now has well over 2 million industrial robots.
Megacompany jd.com is the most prolific with its mature Moz1 humanoid looking industrial assistant.
CATL has started using them to make/assemble Tesla batteries.

Jd.com also now owns that old Sony TV factory at Bridgend so I wonder if the TV production in Wales is robot aided.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Anthony Perkins spoke French fluently.

He starred alongside Brigitte Bardot in a spy/romantic comedy called Une Ravissante Idote in 1964.

As he was fluent in French, this is one of several French-language roles that Perkins took on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ravishing_Idiot

 

[Chris S]

There was a stick from a rocket in my garden this morning. I suppose they've got to come down somewhere.

 

[biggs682]

Our old 15+ year old TV packed up a couple of weeks ago and we replaced it with a Toshiba smart TV but new TV doesn't have any scart plugs for the dvd, video and Wii so I thought a https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285369555841 would do the job but no it didn't so asked a neighbour to see what they used and he said they gave in and bought all new accessories with hdmi inputs on and I wasn't going to do that unless I had to do asked an eBay seller that we have used before for cables etc etc and he suggested one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366075890512 so duly ordered one and after plugging it in with a power supply we are up and running next job is to disable the built in freely option

 

[Chris S]

I wear a yoga band under my helmet to keep my forehead warm. I've just realized that it's a lot more comfortable with the elasticated part at the top where my head is narrower.

 

[matticus]

Anthony Perkins spoke French fluently.

You think that's a shock - I just found out Eva Green IS French! :O

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Apparantly, the average streaming subscriber pays £832 per year for their package/s.
And the £174.50 TV license makes up two thirds of BBC income.

and people moan like crazy about the Licence fee
and then go off and pay loads more for several subscription "services"
some of which are rubbish and they never watch but wonder what that DD was several years later

OK - there are problems with the licence fee for a variety of reasons
but the way people moan about it often makes little sense