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withnallstoke · 26-01-2013, 10:09 AM

Just looked at these rather good photos, whilst sitting here in my Y fronts with the fan trained on my bollocks.

Normally, i don't read the Daily Mail, but a mate sent me the link.

Some great photography.

Chicago warehouse: The factory turned into a block of ice that's still BURNING inside | Mail Online

Click the link for some more piccies.

Necron99 · 26-01-2013, 10:22 AM

looks pretty chilly.
Their own fault for using that stupid Fahrenheit system.

Koojo · 26-01-2013, 10:54 AM

Bloody hell

Koojo · 26-01-2013, 11:12 AM

Some amazing pics coming out of there.

Submaniac · 26-01-2013, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Necron99

looks pretty chilly.
Their own fault for using that stupid Fahrenheit system.

Blame squarely is on the British for originally adopting the farenheit scale and then sticking the united states with it. Not to mention the entire British imperial measurement system.

withnallstoke · 26-01-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Submaniac

Blame squarely is on the British for originally adopting the farenheit scale and then sticking the united states with it. Not to mention the entire British imperial measurement system.

Give them an inch and they'll take a yard.

withnallstoke · 26-01-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Koojo

Some amazing pics coming out of there.

Some of the pics make my scrotum clench.

Submaniac · 26-01-2013, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Submaniac

Blame squarely is on the British for originally adopting the farenheit scale and then sticking the united states with it. Not to mention the entire British imperial measurement system.

Give them an inch and they'll take a yard.

yeah. How many feet in a mile: 5280. How many inches in a mile: 63369. How many inches in a yard: 36. How many yards in a mile: 1760.

Makes perfect sense. Thank you, Great Britain.

withnallstoke · 26-01-2013, 11:48 AM

^ You're welcome dude.

Would you like tea?

Boon Mee · 26-01-2013, 12:00 PM

^
A nice cuppa and a slice of Spotted Dick sounds like a good idea!

Submaniac · 26-01-2013, 12:04 PM

no tea for me, thank you. Tea has the tendency to make my scrotum clench...

withnallstoke · 26-01-2013, 12:29 PM

Let's share a pot of tea whilst we discuss how Merkins should also have adopted a monetary system where twelve pennies made a shilling, thirty pennies made a half crown, twenty shillings (or 240 pennies/8 half-crowns/4 crowns) made a pound.

And then there was the thrupenny bit (8 of them in a florin, or a pair in a tanner, with 2 tanners in a bob) which could be exchanged for 6 halfpennies or 12 farthings.

If you had 4 farthings, you could exchange them for a half-groat, whilst 61 groats would get you a guinea and two halfpenny bits.

And there were also notes as well.

BaitongBoy · 26-01-2013, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Submaniac

How many inches in a mile: 63369.

Are you sure?...

joepaai · 26-01-2013, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Let's share a pot of tea whilst we discuss how Merkins should also have adopted a monetary system where twelve pennies made a shilling, thirty pennies made a half crown, twenty shillings (or 240 pennies/8 half-crowns/4 crowns) made a pound.

And then there was the thrupenny bit (8 of them in a florin, or a pair in a tanner, with 2 tanners in a bob) which could be exchanged for 6 halfpennies or 12 farthings.

If you had 4 farthings, you could exchange them for a half-groat, whilst 61 groats would get you a guinea and two halfpenny bits.

And there were also notes as well.

But there again if you took 21 of your shillings you could exchange for a guinea

Koojo · 26-01-2013, 03:55 PM

not the first by the look of it.

Koojo · 26-01-2013, 03:56 PM

klong toey · 26-01-2013, 04:14 PM

Kinder Downfall Peak District.

taxexile · 26-01-2013, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Let's share a pot of tea whilst we discuss how Merkins should also have adopted a monetary system where twelve pennies made a shilling, thirty pennies made a half crown, twenty shillings (or 240 pennies/8 half-crowns/4 crowns) made a pound.

And then there was the thrupenny bit (8 of them in a florin, or a pair in a tanner, with 2 tanners in a bob) which could be exchanged for 6 halfpennies or 12 farthings.

If you had 4 farthings, you could exchange them for a half-groat, whilst 61 groats would get you a guinea and two halfpenny bits.

And there were also notes as well.

Thirty pennies made a tusheroon, a pound was always eight tush. Quality items were always priced in guineas for some strange reason.

Rural Surin · 26-01-2013, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Submaniac

Blame squarely is on the British for originally adopting the farenheit scale and then sticking the united states with it. Not to mention the entire British imperial measurement system.

Give them an inch and they'll take a yard.

....or not even that.

nevets · 27-01-2013, 12:45 PM

I wish we had had mulltpuls of ten when i was at school instead of 12 would have been alot better.

26-01-2013, 10:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
withnallstoke Wankered on WWJ Last Online: Yesterday 11:41 PM Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Felcher Memorial Home. Posts: 9,012	Feeling a little warm? Just looked at these rather good photos, whilst sitting here in my Y fronts with the fan trained on my bollocks. Normally, i don't read the Daily Mail, but a mate sent me the link. Some great photography. Chicago warehouse: The factory turned into a block of ice that's still BURNING inside \| Mail Online Click the link for some more piccies.

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26-01-2013, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Necron99 Less Interested Last Online: Yesterday 09:24 PM Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Nahkon Sawon Posts: 3,921	looks pretty chilly. Their own fault for using that stupid Fahrenheit system.

26-01-2013, 10:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Koojo I am in Jail Last Online: Yesterday 11:43 PM Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 9,459	Bloody hell

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Koojo I am in Jail Last Online: Yesterday 11:43 PM Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 9,459	Some amazing pics coming out of there.

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withnallstoke Wankered on WWJ Last Online: Yesterday 11:41 PM Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Felcher Memorial Home. Posts: 9,012	^ You're welcome dude. Would you like tea?

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Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Yesterday 11:50 AM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,133	^ A nice cuppa and a slice of Spotted Dick sounds like a good idea!

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Submaniac Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Orange County/Bangkok Posts: 259	no tea for me, thank you. Tea has the tendency to make my scrotum clench...

26-01-2013, 12:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
withnallstoke Wankered on WWJ Last Online: Yesterday 11:41 PM Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Felcher Memorial Home. Posts: 9,012	Let's share a pot of tea whilst we discuss how Merkins should also have adopted a monetary system where twelve pennies made a shilling, thirty pennies made a half crown, twenty shillings (or 240 pennies/8 half-crowns/4 crowns) made a pound. And then there was the thrupenny bit (8 of them in a florin, or a pair in a tanner, with 2 tanners in a bob) which could be exchanged for 6 halfpennies or 12 farthings. If you had 4 farthings, you could exchange them for a half-groat, whilst 61 groats would get you a guinea and two halfpenny bits. And there were also notes as well.

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Koojo I am in Jail Last Online: Yesterday 11:43 PM Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 9,459	not the first by the look of it.

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Koojo I am in Jail Last Online: Yesterday 11:43 PM Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 9,459

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klong toey Thailand Expat Last Online: 14-05-2013 06:48 AM Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,059	Kinder Downfall Peak District.

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nevets Thailand Expat Last Online: 05-05-2013 01:56 PM Join Date: May 2008 Location: PHETCHABURI Posts: 1,467	I wish we had had mulltpuls of ten when i was at school instead of 12 would have been alot better.

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