Newbornbairn Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said: If you visit the Vatican, there's a wee outdoors bar down some stairs to the left just before the Sistine Chapel. I can confirm that my Tuborg was served in a 500 ml glass. Do they still serve the creme de menthe in pints? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Do they still serve the creme de menthe in pints? If only. The Sistine Chapel was sh*te. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 If you visit the Vatican, there's a wee outdoors bar down some stairs to the left just before the Sistine Chapel. I can confirm that my Tuborg was served in a 500 ml glass.Well I hope they’d cleaned the glass thoroughly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 The Empire State Building was going to be an airport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Gates McFadden (Dr Crusher in Star Trek The Next Generation) choreographed the ballroom dance scene in Labyrinth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Italian middle school mathematics used decimetres as a unit of measurement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Owls are weird lanky skinny things when you see them without their feather cover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 25 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Owls are weird lanky skinny things when you see them without their feather cover. Makes me wonder whether T rex might have looked something like a furby in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 The Voyager 1 space probe was launched on the 5th of September 1977 and after visiting the planets in sequence reached interstellar space on August 1 2012 (taking a little under 35 years to do so) It is currently travelling at 38,000 mph ( 61,000 kph) or 17 km / second If it was travelling in the direction of our nearest neighbouring star ( other than the sun), Proxima Centauri, it would take approximately 73,000 years to get there . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Merkie84 said: The Voyager 1 space probe was launched on the 5th of September 1977 and after visiting the planets in sequence reached interstellar space on August 1 2012 (taking a little under 35 years to do so) It is currently travelling at 38,000 mph ( 61,000 kph) or 17 km / second If it was travelling in the direction of our nearest neighbouring star ( other than the sun), Proxima Centauri, it would take approximately 73,000 years to get there . It is still less than 1 light day away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Merkie84 said: The Voyager 1 space probe was launched on the 5th of September 1977 and after visiting the planets in sequence reached interstellar space on August 1 2012 (taking a little under 35 years to do so) It is currently travelling at 38,000 mph ( 61,000 kph) or 17 km / second If it was travelling in the direction of our nearest neighbouring star ( other than the sun), Proxima Centauri, it would take approximately 73,000 years to get there . Now, I'm not the brightest spark, but, how does it still fly/travel, shirley they fuel tank is not that big? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Newton’s first law of motion: An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. As it is travelling through the vacuum of space , there are no significant unbalanced forces acting on it ( such as air resistance or friction which act on vehicles on earth in opposition to motion. If you stop pedalling your bike you will coast to a standstill for example) It therefore maintains its speed and direction indefinitely. No fuel required. It actually increased its speed when travelling through the solar system with negotiable fuel use by doing a series of “gravity assist” manoeuvres round the planets it visited. Essentially it used the gravity of each planet to “slingshot” it to the next one and finally out of the solar system. Edited April 4, 2022 by Merkie84 Added attachment 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Conservation of energy means each gravity assist is a gain for the satellite and a loss for the planet. For example, Voyager slowed down Jupiter! Seriously it did! By about a foot every trillion years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 The singer Roberta Flack's middle name is Cleopatra. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 When Montenegro became an independent country, its Internet domain switched from ".yu" to ".me" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Now, I'm not the brightest spark, but, how does it still fly/travel, shirley they fuel tank is not that big?Carlsberg Special Brew 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Bartender Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 23 hours ago, Fullerene said: When Montenegro became an independent country, its Internet domain switched from ".yu" to ".me" The home of the Chuckle Brothers Web Site. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Actress Patti D'Arbanville, who played Lorraine Calluzzo in The Sopranos, began her career as a bit of a free-love, druggie hippy chick with Andy Warhol's Factory in New York in the 60's. She came to Britain in late 60's and had a relationship with Cat Stevens for a while but he was devastated when she broke up with him and returned to the US. He wrote 'Lady D'Arbanville' about, and for, her. Edited April 11, 2022 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 38 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Actress Patti D'Arbanville, who played Lorraine Calluzzo in The Sopranos, began her career as a bit of a free-love, druggie hippy chick with Andy Warhol's Factory in New York in the 60's. She came to Britain in late 60's and had a relationship with Cat Stevens for a while but he was devastated when she broke up with him and returned to the US. He wrote 'Lady D'Arbanville' about, and for, her. She also had a son with Don Johnson (of Miami Vice fame) and 3 daughters with a New York fireman, before they got fashionable after 9/11. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 The entire point of golf is to play as little golf as possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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