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and we can solve each other queries.........
How fast does the underground go in London at its peak speed?
How fast does the underground go in London at its peak speed?
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At what age was the oldest racehorse ever to win a race under rules and what was it called?
number your questions so we can refer back when answers are given
Howdi
19 Sep 14 18:24
and we can solve each other queries.........
How fast does the underground go in London at its peak speed?
Fast enough for your ears to pop on the Central Line.
19 Sep 14 18:24
and we can solve each other queries.........
How fast does the underground go in London at its peak speed?
Fast enough for your ears to pop on the Central Line.
SlippyBlue
19 Sep 14 18:31
At what age was the oldest racehorse ever to win a race under rules and what was it called?
17, I think it was Sonny Somers.
19 Sep 14 18:31
At what age was the oldest racehorse ever to win a race under rules and what was it called?
17, I think it was Sonny Somers.
3. Roman numerals: why I,V,X,L,C,D and M (and modifiers) to the exclusion of other letters?
5. Why has Cobblaz numbered his question as 3.
7 Were the Stone Roses millionaires before their comeback tour?
How does Lorraine Kelly retain a job on telly for 30 years?
I suppose I'm asking is is it the editor or the owner of the station she's sleeping with?
Please don't anybody tell me its because of her talent because that would be utterly ridiculous.
I suppose I'm asking is is it the editor or the owner of the station she's sleeping with?
Please don't anybody tell me its because of her talent because that would be utterly ridiculous.
number your question no moves please.
8. Answer: Lorraine makes all over overweight woman of a certain age feel good about themselves
8. Answer: Lorraine makes all over overweight woman of a certain age feel good about themselves
why do rejected coins have a greater chance of acceptance, when scraped on a surface, before inserting into a vending machine.
possibly 9 i'm struggling to read let alone count
11. why is it that when I try to cross the most deserted road where there have been no cars passing for 7 hours, does one turn up at the exact moment I put my front foot onto the road? AND!when I have then waited and finally crossed, are there no further vehicles for another 7 hours?
Why does Tony Broke, having successfully crossed the most deserted road, then hang around for a further 7 hours just to observe the next vehicle to come by?
Roman Numerals...
Thus, I descends not from the letter I but from a notch scored across the stick. Every fifth notch was double cut i.e. ⋀, ⋁, ⋋, ⋌, etc.), and every tenth was cross cut (X), IIIIΛIIIIXIIIIΛIIIIXII..., much like European tally marks today. This produced a positional system: Eight on a counting stick was eight tallies, IIIIΛIII, or the eighth of a longer series of tallies; either way, it could be abbreviated ΛIII (or VIII), as the existence of a Λ implies four prior notches. By extension, eighteen was the eighth tally after the first ten, which could be abbreviated X, and so was XΛIII. Likewise, number four on the stick was the I-notch that could be felt just before the cut of the Λ (V), so it could be written as either IIII or IΛ (IV). Thus the system was neither additive nor subtractive in its conception, but ordinal. When the tallies were transferred to writing, the marks were easily identified with the existing Roman letters I, V and X. The tenth V or X along the stick received an extra stroke. Thus 50 was written variously as N, И, K, Ψ, ⋔, etc., but perhaps most often as a chicken-track shape like a superimposed V and I: ᗐ. This had flattened to ⊥ (an inverted T) by the time of Augustus, and soon thereafter became identified with the graphically similar letter L. Likewise, 100 was variously Ж, ⋉, ⋈, H, or as any of the symbols for 50 above plus an extra stroke. The form Ж (that is, a superimposed X and I) came to predominate. It was written variously as >I< or ƆIC, was then abbreviated to Ɔ or C, with C variant finally winning out because, as a letter, it stood for centum, Latin for "hundred".
The hundredth V or X was marked with a box or circle. Thus 500 was like a Ɔ superimposed on a ⋌ or ⊢ — that is, like a 〈Þ〉 with a cross bar,— becoming D or Ð by the time of Augustus, under the graphic influence of the letter 〈D〉. It was later identified as the letter D; an alternative symbol for "thousand" was (I) (or CIƆor CꟾƆ), and half of a thousand or "five hundred" is the right half of the symbol, I) (or IƆor ꟾƆ), and this may have been converted into 〈D〉.[15] This at least was the etymology given to it later on.
Meanwhile, 1000 was a circled or boxed X: Ⓧ, ⊗, ⊕, and by Augustinian times was partially identified with the Greek letter Φ phi. Over time, the symbol changed to Ψ and ↀ. The latter symbol further evolved into ∞, then ⋈, and eventually changed to M under the influence of the Latin word mille "thousand".
That'll be L guineas please.
Thus, I descends not from the letter I but from a notch scored across the stick. Every fifth notch was double cut i.e. ⋀, ⋁, ⋋, ⋌, etc.), and every tenth was cross cut (X), IIIIΛIIIIXIIIIΛIIIIXII..., much like European tally marks today. This produced a positional system: Eight on a counting stick was eight tallies, IIIIΛIII, or the eighth of a longer series of tallies; either way, it could be abbreviated ΛIII (or VIII), as the existence of a Λ implies four prior notches. By extension, eighteen was the eighth tally after the first ten, which could be abbreviated X, and so was XΛIII. Likewise, number four on the stick was the I-notch that could be felt just before the cut of the Λ (V), so it could be written as either IIII or IΛ (IV). Thus the system was neither additive nor subtractive in its conception, but ordinal. When the tallies were transferred to writing, the marks were easily identified with the existing Roman letters I, V and X. The tenth V or X along the stick received an extra stroke. Thus 50 was written variously as N, И, K, Ψ, ⋔, etc., but perhaps most often as a chicken-track shape like a superimposed V and I: ᗐ. This had flattened to ⊥ (an inverted T) by the time of Augustus, and soon thereafter became identified with the graphically similar letter L. Likewise, 100 was variously Ж, ⋉, ⋈, H, or as any of the symbols for 50 above plus an extra stroke. The form Ж (that is, a superimposed X and I) came to predominate. It was written variously as >I< or ƆIC, was then abbreviated to Ɔ or C, with C variant finally winning out because, as a letter, it stood for centum, Latin for "hundred".
The hundredth V or X was marked with a box or circle. Thus 500 was like a Ɔ superimposed on a ⋌ or ⊢ — that is, like a 〈Þ〉 with a cross bar,— becoming D or Ð by the time of Augustus, under the graphic influence of the letter 〈D〉. It was later identified as the letter D; an alternative symbol for "thousand" was (I) (or CIƆor CꟾƆ), and half of a thousand or "five hundred" is the right half of the symbol, I) (or IƆor ꟾƆ), and this may have been converted into 〈D〉.[15] This at least was the etymology given to it later on.
Meanwhile, 1000 was a circled or boxed X: Ⓧ, ⊗, ⊕, and by Augustinian times was partially identified with the Greek letter Φ phi. Over time, the symbol changed to Ψ and ↀ. The latter symbol further evolved into ∞, then ⋈, and eventually changed to M under the influence of the Latin word mille "thousand".
That'll be L guineas please.
That was the first advert on TV, brassneck - as you well know 
Was it? Did they get the idea from the TV advert? And who posted it?
Bert kept that quiet. How many others know this do you think?
HE will be ringing me later and i will ask him,i just can not remember.
here is a question that i can not answer."what time does afternoon end and evening start."?
I don't know,in the summer time you might greet someone by saying "good afternoon"and it could be 4.30pm,but if you said good afternoon at 4.30 in the middle of winter and its nearly dark, they would think you are gone crazy.
last night I dreamt I was a butterfly.
Am I a man dreaming I'm a butterfly or
a butterfly dreaming I'm a man?
Am I a man dreaming I'm a butterfly or
a butterfly dreaming I'm a man?
23. If every country in the world is in debt, who has got all the facking money?
24 - I know people have visited every London Underground station during a working (Underground)day, but what is the optimum way of doing this? Is there any published 'best way to....' advice on achieving this feat?
why were the terms birdie, eagle, albatross used to describe under par scores on a golf hole.. also who decided what colours the balls are in snooker..another final one, why is it 15, 30, 40 in a tennis game and not 1, 2, 3.. you only need to win 4 points to win a tennis game.
You forgot that very rare golfing bird 'condor' conductor. A hole in one on a par five.
slippyblue. I did not even know about the condor in golf. the only condor I knew about was the tobacco my dad used to put in his pipe...
why is it 15, 30, 40 in a tennis game and not 1, 2, 3.. you only need to win 4 points to win a tennis game.
My understanding of that is that the point scores were originally shown using the minute hand on a clock face so they show 15mins/30mins/40mins. It's 40 instead of 45 because "advantage" would have been shown by putting the minute hand to 50 mins.
Game scoreswould presumably have been indicated by the hour hand.
My understanding of that is that the point scores were originally shown using the minute hand on a clock face so they show 15mins/30mins/40mins. It's 40 instead of 45 because "advantage" would have been shown by putting the minute hand to 50 mins.
Game scoreswould presumably have been indicated by the hour hand.
Deuce is 40/40 don't forget. And it is spelt like that and not juice as some think
Ask the question "If you were running a marathon and you just passed the person in second place, what position are you now in?" Allowing five seconds for an answer and 90% will get it wrong.
If you'd asked me face to face I would have answered in a second
Ok Crags try this one, a man while looking at a a photograph said "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that mans father is my fathers son" Who is he looking at in the photograph?
Slips
was I right about Sonny Somers on page 1?
was I right about Sonny Somers on page 1?
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Ok Crags try this one, a man while looking at a a photograph said "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that mans father is my fathers son" Who is he looking at in the photograph?
His son.
Ok Crags try this one, a man while looking at a a photograph said "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that mans father is my fathers son" Who is he looking at in the photograph?
His son.
Indeed, Liam.
It's amazing how everyone replies "himself." In fact, on many occasions that is actually given as the correct answer.
It's amazing how everyone replies "himself." In fact, on many occasions that is actually given as the correct answer.
Slight tangent to the Underground question but did you see the guy beat the train by running from station to station?
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-commuter-races-circle-line-tube-train--and-wins-9735171.html
Well impressed.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-commuter-races-circle-line-tube-train--and-wins-9735171.html
Well impressed.
Sonny Somers was, I believe, 18 when he won his last race (not 17).
23) The richest 66 people in the world have the same amount of money as the poorest half of the World's population (about 3.5 Billion people).
Less than 1% of the world's population have most of the world's facking money.
My question. No idea what number it is:
If one farts, even a really bad smelly one, the smell will dissipate after a minute or 2. But... if you go to the toilet and do a smelly plop, even if flushing immediately, the room can still smell half an hour later. Why?
23) The richest 66 people in the world have the same amount of money as the poorest half of the World's population (about 3.5 Billion people).
Less than 1% of the world's population have most of the world's facking money.
My question. No idea what number it is:
If one farts, even a really bad smelly one, the smell will dissipate after a minute or 2. But... if you go to the toilet and do a smelly plop, even if flushing immediately, the room can still smell half an hour later. Why?
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