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zaphod79
 Post subject: Re: Bits N Bobs 42
PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 21:36 
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Amateurs;

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May 4th, 1926:

The General Strike of 1926 begins
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July 3rd, 1928:
John Logie Baird demonstrates the first colour television transmission
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lasermink
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http://you.regettingold.com/

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German attempt to capture Moscow fails

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:'(

I shall not visit that page.
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TheVision
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Pac-Man, an arcade game developed by Namco is first released in Japan (you were 7 months old)


It's almost as if that site knows!
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KovacsC
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December 15th, 1933:

Prohibition ends in the United States
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Malc
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 22:48 
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Isn't that lovely?

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I was apparently 1 month old when Micrososft was formed!

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Satsuma
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TheVision wrote:
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22nd May 1980
Pac-Man, an arcade game developed by Namco is first released in Japan (you were 7 months old)


It's almost as if that site knows!


When I was seven months old:

31st Dec 1978 Space Invaders, an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado is released in North America
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Curiosity
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Christ, that site is depressing!

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ApplePieOfDestiny
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MaliA
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I have used a "Blackberry" to create a "mobile hotspot" so I can communicate wiht you from a moving train. Truly this is the future.

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I have used a "Blackberry" to create a "mobile hotspot" so I can communicate wiht you from a moving train. Truly this is the future.

Welcome to 2009.

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MaliA
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American Nervoso wrote:
MaliA wrote:
I have used a "Blackberry" to create a "mobile hotspot" so I can communicate wiht you from a moving train. Truly this is the future.


Welcome to 2009.


Time. Runs strangely up here. Off to. Brum today. Hopped in the shower at half five to discover the wife had turned the hot water off. But I did discover there is a Shipley to London train that only takes two and a half hours.

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MaliA
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Ah. Sheffield. How I liked the life here.

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TheVision
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Malia wrote:

Time. Runs strangely up here. Off to. Brum today. Hopped in the shower at half five to discover the wife had turned the hot water off. But I did discover there is a Shipley to London train that only takes two and a half hours.


I read that first bit in William Shatners voice.
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Morte
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Ah. Sheffield. How I liked the life here.


I miss Sheffield >:|

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MaliA
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Crikey, the two women next to me really dislike most of their colleagues.they have spent the entire journey so far grumbling.

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GazChap
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Curious that it's picked this given that I've always had a keen interest in this particular case of injustice:

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Derek Bentley is executed for murder at Wandsworth Prison in London.
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Kern
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I'd hold a '12,000th day' party on Saturday, but I'm not sure I have enough candles.
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zaphod79
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Curiosity wrote:
Christ, that site is depressing!


However I assume we're making it better since the average age on there is going up (yesterday it was 30 - today its 31)
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Kern
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zaphod79 wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Christ, that site is depressing!


However I assume we're making it better since the average age on there is going up (yesterday it was 30 - today its 31)


I ran Beex through it (using 26 March 2008). Apparently the Royal Wedding was almost half-way between then and now. Oh, and it prasied mefor my advanced internet skills at such a young age. Nice touch that.
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Curiosity
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So near page 100 and no spam!

(Until now)

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DavPaz
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