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IccyV2 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:42 am
Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:06 pm
IccyV2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 12:17 pm

No the Cybertruck totally dwarfs a Ford Raptor or the equivalent Chevy, you really have to be up close to appreciate just how big it is, it's genuinely a LWB vehicle, like a small lorry.
It's ridiculous and unless you're in a place with just massive long straight roads and coach parking spaces then you'll struggle in one, absolutely no way you'd get one in a normal American sized car park space and not a hope in hell in a British one.
I think you'll find that the "Raptor" is a dinky little thing for the European market.....
We only get the big American stuff and a Raptor definitely isn't a dinky little thing, I had a Nissan Patrol and the Raptor dwarfs that and my Patrol would dwarf a lot of UK cars, so it must be a Euro truck just called the Raptor, not a proper one.
The Raptor is a bling version of the standard truck, in the US you get the F150 Raptor, Europe gets the Ranger Raptor. They look nice but with a reduced payload and towing capacity over the standard truck they make a fairly useless vehicle even worse. Stick a wet belt engine into the mix and I'm surprised they sell any at all. A van is a much better choice.
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Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run. 🤷🏻‍♂️
How do you know this?

:wtf: :roll:
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The man that invented the door knocker won a Nobel prize. :thumbup:
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Taipan wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:27 pm The man that invented the door knocker won a Nobel prize. :thumbup:
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Knockers :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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You can say "saucy jizz" instead of sausages & no one will ever notice..
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The production of a single pair of denim jeans uses approximately 7,500 litres of water - from cotton plantation to the wearer. :shock:
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Count Steer wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:11 am The production of a single pair of denim jeans uses approximately 7,500 litres of water - from cotton plantation to the wearer. :shock:
Does that include the rain that falls down upon the old plantation?
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Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run. 🤷🏻‍♂️
How do you know this?

:wtf: :roll:
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963. :P
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Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run. 🤷🏻‍♂️
How do you know this?

:wtf: :roll:
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963. :P
lol i was 2 then :P
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Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run. 🤷🏻‍♂️
How do you know this?

:wtf: :roll:
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963. :P
They kept swinging the camera over to the very offputting Christopher Trace.

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JackyJoll wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 4:34 pm
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm

How do you know this?

:wtf: :roll:
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963. :P
They kept swinging the camera over to the very offputting Christopher Trace.

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You posh people had two channels.
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At the very end of Mr Blue Sky there's a funny sounding voice.

The lyric often misheard as "Mr. Blue Sky" at the song's end is actually "Please turn me over," a prompt for vinyl listeners. Jeff Lynne confirmed this, saying it was meant to tell listeners to flip the record to side B. 

I just played it and I was wrong all these years :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. In January, a Swiss driver was fined $290,000 - the current world record.

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I read that modern toilet paper was invented in 1857. However, it wasn't until the 1930s that "Splinter-Free" paper was developed. Until then the manufacturing process often included wood splinters in the paper. So I've discovered my personal cut-off for time travel...
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November 2nd, 2000 was the last time all humans were on the planet together. Since then at least one person has remained on the international space station.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 10:12 pm November 2nd, 2000 was the last time all humans were on the planet together. Since then at least one person has remained on the international space station.
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Plausible deniability is one of the most underrated strengths in the history of jurisprudence. This means keep a glove & ball in your vehicle as well as a baseball bat, your lawyer will thank you. :shhh: ;)
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ZRX61 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:41 pm Plausible deniability is one of the most underrated strengths in the history of jurisprudence. This means keep a glove & ball in your vehicle as well as a baseball bat, your lawyer will thank you. :shhh: ;)
I bought a baseball bat 30 years ago and when I did the chap in the sports shop looked at me and said 'Home security? May I recommend 'The Slugger?' :lol:

It's an old school wooden one. Not the easiest thing to use with vigour indoors.

(Yeah, I bought a ball and glove....). :thumbup:
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