Things you've always wanted to know......

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Why are young cats called kittens, yet the jungle cat variety are called cubs?
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westham,eggyandchips wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:17 pm Why are young cats called kittens, yet the jungle cat variety are called cubs?
Good question. I think that there are quite a number of animals (probably mammals) that have young referred to a 'kits' - an otter for instance - but don't know the hard and fast rule (there may not be one, in fact).
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jastons wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:44 am Match of the Day.

Do they have commentators working on the games 'live' or do they have people watching the games, putting together a highlights package and then add commentary afterwards?
Commentators at the games.
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Will we ever hear from DL again?
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westham,eggyandchips wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:17 pm Why are young cats called kittens, yet the jungle cat variety are called cubs?
Cubs are 'arder than kittens...
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Samba wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:27 pm Will we ever hear from DL again?
If we do he'll be known as schlimm bien.
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sendô wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:22 pm https://www.southernliving.com/healthy- ... -9-minutes

It turns out that the seemingly arbitrary allotment actually pays homage to clockmakers of a bygone era. According to Mental Floss, before digital clocks, engineers were restricted to nine minute snooze periods by the gears in a standard clock. They could either set the snooze for a little more than nine minutes, or a little more than 10 minutes. And because the consensus was that 10 minutes was too long, and could allow people to fall back into a "deep" sleep, clock makers decided on the nine-minute gear.
Thank you for the one sensible and helpful reply Sendo!
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Anyone ever taken Viagra? Asking for a friend :muscle:
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Samba wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:27 pm Will we ever hear from DL again?

If I open my front door I can just about hear him .

Which ain't bad considering the patio is just a few days old .
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The Old Man of Storr wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:24 am If I open my front door I can just about hear him .

Which ain't bad considering the patio is just a few days old .
What's he shouting "plenty of room up top" or "fares please"
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kenthammer wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:05 pm What's he shouting "plenty of room up top" or "fares please"
More like "if you're not wearing a mask, you're not coming in...."
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Is it possible/legal to invoice the estate of someone (still alive atm)?
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jevs wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:42 am Anyone ever taken Viagra? Asking for a friend :muscle:
I took it for a stiff neck once.
Had a most surprising side effect..
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Xander wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:24 pm Is it possible/legal to invoice the estate of someone (still alive atm)?
Why their estate, rather than them, Xander?
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without going into a truckload of details, essentially my girlfriend's twin brother does barely a thing to look after their Nan leaving me and the Mrs to do everything 6days a week and sometimes 7 when he CBA on a Sunday. I basically have to sort all her appointments, take her places during the week so I have essentially lost a chunk of earnings as a self-employed person. It's not the Old Dear's fault so I want to invoice the estate with the proviso anything I claim is made up of 85% of his inheritance because his laziness has caused this.
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jevs wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:42 am Anyone ever taken Viagra? Asking for a friend :muscle:
Yep, don't really have much choice after the battering my nethers have taken over the past few years with radiation and surgery. It does the job it's meant to do, but has this horrid side effect of giving me a rotten headache the next day.
Samba wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:27 pm Will we ever hear from DL again?
Probably not.
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-DL- wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:20 am Yep, don't really have much choice after the battering my nethers have taken over the past few years with radiation and surgery. It does the job it's meant to do, but has this horrid side effect of giving me a rotten headache the next day.
Oh yeah DL, that old chestnut, not tonight dear, I've got a headache.
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:15 am Oh yeah DL, that old chestnut, not tonight dear, I've got a headache.
I crushed up some paracetamol in his drink when he wasn't looking whispering ' Always Be Prepared ' .

The Boy Scout Uniform was mere coincidence , it was all I could find to wear .
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The Old Man of Storr wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:00 am I crushed up some paracetamol in his drink when he wasn't looking whispering ' Always Be Prepared ' .

The Boy Scout Uniform was mere coincidence , it was all I could find to wear .
You sure it was a boy scout uniform and not your old Hitler youth one?
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:03 am You sure it was a boy scout uniform and not your old Hitler youth one?
Splitting hairs there, mate.
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