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[Hoagy]

They have what they call, "bottles" of magnetism, I think.


EDIT: Oh yeah, sorry AHAHAHA, Lee. 

[Peter Wolf]

I was dreading clicking on this thread for the backlash thinking that i had started an argument and then thinking that it may have been easier to not say anything at all.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

I wouldn't worry Peter, as you well know, scientists never make any mistakes that harm people!

[Jim_Campbell]

I wouldn't worry Peter, as you well know, scientists never make any mistakes that harm people!

Not like soldiers, eh?

Cheers

Jim

[Hoagy]

I thought I closed the door on this discussion with my hydrogen/anti-hydrogen joke. It's supposed to be a but of intellectual fun. You have to keep going at it PW. I wouldn't mind but it makes me look like I've served up internet mayhem on purpose. Apply the overtly serious brakes will you? 

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Yes Jim soldiers do make mistakes and these usually have a fatal outcome! It comes with the job, mainly in the heat of battle when their lives are on the line. After all, a soldiers job no matter what their secondary trade me be, is to kill the enemy and that's putting it bluntly.

During the troubles we had to carry a white card that said that you could not fire upon a paramilitary person unless you had been fired upon first. Rules are rules and no matter how daft that one was, we still had to obey it, otherwise we'd probably go down the old court marshall route and then be out of a job!

A scientist on the other hand is supposed to do many checks before whatever they have been working on is safe for the public but that never truly happens now does it! I suppose they may want to get their findings published and so take liberties, after all it ain't gonna get them killed now is it.

Fancy comparing the mistakes that a soldier might make to that of what a scientist might make. You might as well compare a lollipop persons mistakes to that of a letterer! After all they have to deal with numerous hazards in their work including traffic, people, weather, etc.. while a letterer will be sat in a room with a deadline. It hardly compares now does it!

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

Mmm. All too serious, chaps.

Hivemind:

Why is it easier to use a towel on two wet hands, rather than just the one wet hand?

[Dandontdare]

During the troubles we had to carry a white card that said that you could not fire upon a paramilitary person unless you had been fired upon first.

I love the fact that this is so complicated they had to give you a card! Did your gun come with a card that said "point hole at enemy"?

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Which hole DDD, see how complicated weapons are 

[Peter Wolf]

Why were sharks bigger in prehistoric times than now ?


I have just seen a fossilised sharks tooth that must have been 3" inches long.

[Zarjazzer]

@Peter Wolf -not all sharks were huge even in the dinosaur age when they were prey of truly monstrous marine reptiles. The large shark tooth may be from a Megalodon a huge 60 foot shark that swam only two million years ago in the oceans but it was out competed by new evolving species such as Orcas (killer whales), and is thankfully (for those who like a ocean swim), no longer around, at least no one 's seen one lately...

[I, Cosh]

Giant squids ate the lot.

[vzzbux]

The Hammerhead shark is the newest in the evolution of the shark (according to The National Geographic Channel) Only a measly 30 million years old.






V

[Zarjazzer]

Here's some of the weirdy sharks I like the whorl shark though the position of it's teeth is just speculation.

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/04/the-ten-weirdest-sharks-ever/

[TordelBack]

Hivemind, why do you sometimes get a single bolt and washer threaded into a pavement?

Lacking as I do a sense of humour (or noticable refractory period, yeah baby), I'll offer an answer to this one:  It's probably a temporary survey point, either for a traverse or a total station resection or (more likely in these days of differential GPS) as a fixed point for periodic measurement of shifting levels/positions.  And they say I've no transferrable skills, pah.