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Did you realize that this is the ONLY day in history that is 12-12-13?Aren't you about one year early?
And did you realize that I created this thread EXCLUSIVELY for Tuxman?-Renegade (December 12, 2012, 08:45 AM)-Tinman57 (December 12, 2012, 06:03 PM)
-Stephen66515 (December 10, 2012, 07:53 PM)
Hey who sent you my holiday video?-Carol Haynes (December 11, 2012, 08:47 AM)
sampela tok istap, tasol, tinktink bilong mi istap long narapela samting. i kamup bikpela samting tumas-Perry Mowbray (December 10, 2012, 08:43 PM)
Forget keyboards. I often wonder why it doesn't occur to some people it's possible to wash their hands in water. Y'know, like maybe once or twice a year - whether they need it or not?
I was at a client site last week that had a collection of the grungiest, dirtiest (and any other "est" you can think of) keyboards imaginable. And this was a...well let's just say they were in as "white collar" a profession as they come.
I was tempted to put biohazard warning stickers on these things - assuming I could get them to stick.-40hz (December 10, 2012, 07:49 PM)
Nice to make a couple of people happy but for future reference I think I will restrict any future titles I give away to people who are forum members with some period of involvement (say over 100 posts) rather than people who may have just signed up for a free game.-Carol Haynes (December 10, 2012, 05:05 AM)
British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89, his friends and colleagues have said.
He "passed away peacefully at 12:25 this afternoon" at his home in Selsey, West Sussex, they said in a statement.
Sir Patrick presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever.
He wrote dozens of books on astronomy and his research was used by the US and the Russians in their space programmes.
Described by one of his close friends as "fearlessly eccentric", Sir Patrick was notable for his habit of wearing a monocle on screen and his idiosyncratic style.
Sir Patrick presented the first edition of The Sky at Night on 24 April 1957. He last appeared in an episode broadcast on Monday.
A statement by his friends and staff said: "After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home, Farthings, where he today passed on, in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy.
"Over the past few years, Patrick, an inspiration to generations of astronomers, fought his way back from many serious spells of illness and continued to work and write at a great rate, but this time his body was too weak to overcome the infection which set in, a few weeks ago.
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Through his regular monthly programmes he was telling us what to look for and what was out there and that was a real inspiration”
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space scientist
Sky At Night profile of Sir Patrick
"He was able to perform on his world record-holding TV programme The Sky at Night right up until the most recent episode .
British authorities have insisted they are prepared for the looming apocalypse and have issued advice on how to cope.
In the event that the world ends on December 21, the public should check the car, fit a smoke alarm and learn to make a fire.
Cessna 152/172-Stephen66515 (December 07, 2012, 01:56 PM)
Can't knock a good Cessna, they're probably the most tried and proven plane out there. Couldn't hurt you if you tried
I prefer the smaller ones that have nasty habits if you don't watch them. Just makes life interesting.-Fred Nerd (December 08, 2012, 07:23 AM)
Not a fan of jets at all.
