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by **RayMondo** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:26 pm

Couldn't find the previous issue:

Okay, here's a good one. A UK Pub has won a ruling to keep a UK Premier League Soccer satellite subcription (via Greece), at 25% cost of the UK based subscription.

Mud in the eye for the League and Broadcaster - especially in light of soccer players' crazy salary levels. :cry:

by **RayMondo** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:09 am

Internal combustion engines are less than 30% efficient - of each 10 gallons, only 3 move you forward. The other 7 gallons warm up the coolant, grind gears and bearings against each other, or exhausted. :shock:

I don't agree. 5 gallons move me forward because I drive intelligently, with planning. The other 5 gallons enable me to kick ass ! :roll:

by **RayMondo** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:11 am

YIPES A LOOSE TORPEDO !! :shock:

A 20ft-long torpedo has been discovered floating close to a busy cross-Channel shipping lane.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110209/tu ... 23e80.html

by **RayMondo** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:28 pm

Sure does look like a hand !

by **RayMondo** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:32 pm

Recently overheard: A person (ahem, no I didn't say a woman) goes into a car dealership. The sales guy says, how about an electric car, you'd save a lot of money on fuel. Replies, my, that's sounds good - how many miles to the gallon does it do :roll:

by **RayMondo** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:12 pm

The Almightyest Blunder: :shock:

Olympic Training Pool made 2 inches short - exuses, excuses, sack the lot :evil:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/wor ... cle/36686/

by **RayMondo** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:58 pm

European equility law forces no gender-related car insurance premiums. How stupid is that. :roll:

by **Visentin** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:21 pm

http://www.ktrak.pl/

by **RayMondo** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:30 pm

Mobile Phone Manners: Recent surveys revealed the most unpopular use of mobile phones:

My intense dislikes are:

Use of when at the table eating :evil:

Using in confined public places and public transport :evil:

When driving (illegal in many countries) :evil:

Taking a call when you are already having a conversation with someone else. :evil:

What do you dislike?

by **RayMondo** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:07 am

"Average-speed cameras".
Under the law of "double jeopardy" (procedural defence that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges following an acquittal or conviction one may be able to claim innocence), if stopped in an "average zone", then one might claim that since the "average speed" was maintained, that any "overspeed" is therefore not applicable under the term of double jeopardy, especially as "average speed" infers that some overspeed is permissible.

Secondly: As a driver's (or biker's) instruments display average speed, then one can argue that this is as equal a system to control speed than the monitoring system itself, and thus it may be argued that any overspeed is irrelevant (remembering of course that in order to comply, one must average out the driving (or biking) speed).

Nationally, average speed systems are growing in number (a form of plague :shock:

) and being linked between regions. Thus, the true zone should be displayed (entry and exit) in order for the person to be made aware of the regulation. Any good lawyer (such as those used by footballers, celebrities etc :wink:

) would easily be able to argue these points.

Thus, for instance, raiders leaving a bank after a gold heist may only be done for the raid and not the fast getaway. :twisted:

by **RayMondo** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:57 pm

Touch-Phones & Tablets. Germ-laden enough to spread the plague :shock:

. That smeary guck holds 18 x more germs and viruses than a toilet flush :shock:

- so much for washing your hands - keep that screen and case clean and away at mealtimes.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews ... erms/18938

by **RayMondo** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:57 pm

Cash Machine Bandits :shock:

Australian ATMs in Sydney dished out extra cash as queues formed all over town. The banks now claim innocence of the software program error which enabled punters to run up huge overdrafts and then the banks reclaimed the cash, with interest. :evil:

So who are the Bandits here !

by **AnimalFromSpace** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:23 pm

in case you havn't seen this yet This Vid Rulz!!!111

http://vimeo.com/20601448

by **RayMondo** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:21 pm

Global Economy: Stocks across the board slide with China in deficit, US jobless figures climb, Mid East oil woes.

On the other hand, McDonald's rose by 1.2 percent :roll:

. Gees people are desperate !

by **RayMondo** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:27 pm

FORGET GOLD !! :shock:

Go search for Tanzanite !!

TanzaniteOne Ltd. has recovered a 12,100 carat tanzanite, one of the largest tanzanite gemstones ever found, it announced March 1.

The 12,100 carat. rough stone was discovered at the company's flagship tanzanite project in the Simanjiro district of Tanzania. Initial examinations have indicated that it is the third largest tanzanite recovered by the company and could be the third largest tanzanite stone ever found. Value ~$1.9 million.

Clue: blue translucent colour.

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