The thread of learning something new every day

[antipodean]

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

Civilisational decline

I've been a fan of urban/ industrial decline ever since I saw the unfinished Sheraton in the Cook Islands.

[dogmeat]

@antipodean You'll be disappointed to learn then that it is due to open later this month following a refurb

[antipodean]

@dogmeat actually that's great news. Gives me a reason to go back and see what else has changed.

[booboo]

I did not know this ...

[booboo]

[taniwharugby]

I learnt of Point Nemo Island, apparently the most remote spot on the planet.

Situated in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America it is closer to the astronauts on the International Space Station than it is to any other human beings.

I assume that is only while the ISS is overhead...

Maia Mulko  /  Jun 18, 2022  /  Lists

Point Nemo: facts about the Earth’s farthest point from land

Have you ever wondered where our space junk go?

[booboo]

'Damn the Dam' was originally an advertising jingle for Pink Batts.

NZ Folksong * Damn the Dam

[Bones]

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

I did not know this ...

I don't get the use of the word precise here. From the diagram it appears to indicate a speed range?

[booboo]

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

I did not know this ...

I don't get the use of the word precise here. From the diagram it appears to indicate a speed range?

Yeah, well, pretty certain English is not his first language. I just took it as 'indicative'.

[Bones]

The fuck

[Machpants]

Just a fallen tree and roots next to another tree

[Bones]

@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:

Just a fallen tree and roots next to another tree

Oh shit thanks I had no idea, thought it was a mythical beast

[Machpants]

So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?

[Bones]

@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:

So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?

You're a bundle of joy huh.

Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.

[MN5]

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:

So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?

You're a bundle of joy huh.

Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.

The Grumpy old man thread is that way

( points )

Go and vent over there.

[Bones]

@MN5 said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:

So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?

You're a bundle of joy huh.

Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.

The Grumpy old man thread is that way

( points )

Go and vent over there.

I have no idea how you take out of that, that I was the grumpy one.

Duh it's just wood.

[Bones]

If Bon Scott hadn't removed himself with drink and drugs we probably wouldn't have known Brian Johnson

[MN5]

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

If Bon Scott hadn't removed himself with drink and drugs we probably wouldn't have known Brian Johnson

Sounds like someone needs more Geordie in their life….

[Tim]

[booboo]

They loved a centring kick.