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Thought For The Day  
 Thursday 25 April 2013
  
A creative man is motivated by the
desire to achieve, not by the
desire to beat others.
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       Week Ending 26 Apr
 2013

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We Didn't Own an iPad 

 

No matter this Golden Oldie is sentimental about the 70's and 80', YouTube mastery is still evident.

 

Suggesting that' despite the old saying' you can still teach and old dog new tricks - Who says Golden Oldies are not adaptable?

 

Of course Golden Oldies originally referred to music from the 1950's and 60's, but now we are in age iPad they have relocated to the 1970's and 80's and are now sometimes titled Classic Hits.

 

For those who need a memory jolt the 1970's saw the rise of disco, which became one of the biggest genres of the decade, especially towards the end of the decade, but it also included funk, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, soul and hard, aggressive rock.

 

The 1980s saw the emergence of pop, dance music, new wave, soft rock and adult contemporary. It is commonly associated with the usage of synthesizers and other electronic genres featuring non-traditional instruments.

 

Seemed state of the art for the time - seems cause for nostalgia now.

 

Want to dip a toe in some old 70's and 80's music? Click Here

 

Quirky Quips by David Cummings

 

Do cannibals think clowns taste funny?

 
 

My Blackberry Is Not Working 

My Blackberry Is Not Working - The Two Ronnies

My Blackberry Is Not Working

The Two Ronnies

 

It seems the British public can be merciless.

 

Following on the heels of the Two Ronnies Four Candles (Fork Handles) sketch we promptly received emails telling us about Ronnie Corbett's frozen blackberry.

 

As if Blackberry weren't having enough problems since the launch of the iPhone, here is a sketch that takes their name in vain and has the audience "laughing in the aisles". (Isles?)

 

Here is a comment posted about this video about 3 months ago "I lived in England when these comedians were so active, the world was a better place with them around . May I also include Harry Secombe. I loved them all especially " the cleaning ladies song" by the two Ronnies Brilliant in every way."

 

To see what the writer means Click Here

 

 Goldwynisms Galore  

Samuel Goldwyn Strikes Again
Today's quote was just one of Sam Goldwyn's "Goldwynisms" - Like Thatcher, his larger than life presence let his sayings become 'isms', only in Sam's case they most often made people chuckle.

 

Here are a few to dwell on; though it may be that like Robin Hood he was finally given credit for deeds that were not actually his (on the basis that they well could have been):- 

  • Keep a stiff upper chin.
  • Gentlemen, include me out.
  • They stayed away in droves.
  • Let's have some new clich�s.
  • Tell them to stand closer apart.
  • Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.
  • Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
  • A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
  • You've got to take the bull between your teeth.
  • I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.
  • An oral contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
  • The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself.

If you can cope with more Click Here

 

Baby CHICKS make people GULLible

  

Ok, so it's not Easter, but we can't wait a year to let you see just how gullible people can be.

 

Plus it's a feel good video that will bring a smile to your face.

 

The clip featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and featured Michael Carbonaro as the magic clerk.

 

 

To get your giggle for the day Click Here

 

Qantas First Overseas Passenger Flight

 

Avro 504K
Avro 504K - Replica

Qantas first overseas passenger flight took place on 17 April 1935 and marked the start of an illustrious journey that has lasted right up till today.

 

The airline was formed and commenced operations in December 1934 flying between Brisbane and Darwin using obsolescent DH.50 and de Havilland DH.61 biplanes.

 

Regular international flight commenced in May 1935, when the service from Darwin was extended to Singapore using newer de Havilland DH.86s.

 

Imperial Airways operated the rest of the service through to London. In July 1938 this operation was replaced by a thrice weekly flying boat service using Shorts S.23 Empire flying boats.

 

The Sydney to Southampton service took nine days, with passengers staying in hotels overnight. For the single year of peace that the service operated, it was profitable and 94% of services were on time.

 

The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K (pictured above) purchased for �1425. It had a cruising speed of 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) and carried one pilot and two passengers.

 

Curiosity aroused? To read more Click Here

 

  Well Fancy That
 

Kola BoreholeOne of the deepest holes ever drilled by man is the Kola Super deep Borehole, in Russia.

 

It reached a depth of 12,261 metres. That's about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles.

 

It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen so massive that the mud coming from the hole was boiling with it.

 

The deep core-drilled Kola borehole cannot be directly compared with any other borehole in the world.

 

In a deep core borehole, a section of the rock drilled through is recovered from within the hole.

 

It is this recovered drill core, and the information it represents about the rock that it was retrieved from, that is the most important feature of the borehole.

 

At the depth of about 7 km the rock at that was found to be fractured and saturated with water.

 

The project was finally abandoned in 2005 for lack of further funding.

 

For more info Click Here

 

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