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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    That's the one - my local paper. The Beatles crashed their van in Banff en route to Keith for their next gig and were treated at the local hospital. The paper's report was apparently the first press mention they received.

    Over to you.
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

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    Good one <ok>
     
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  3. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers BB. Continuing with a Beatles theme - why did Paul McCartney visit the Gretel & Alfons Pub in 1989 ?
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    A pub in Hamburg where The Beatles found regular sanctuary from the myriad sex shops and strip clubs, and where McCartney ran up a huge bar tab only to return in 1989 to pay it off, with interest.
     
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  5. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Didn't last long. He went back to settle a 27 year old debt. Over to you Yorkie.
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    sorry.... mr google had it...

    Who hasn't got sole rights? on Massachusetts ave
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

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    Clue: A board game
     
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  8. yorkshirehornet

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    Clue: This Street can't be built on
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

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    Clue: Houses and hotels
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    It's obviously something to do with Monopoly - but I'm buggered if I know what...
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes you can have it... the street is not on the US Monopoly board ...
     
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  12. Bolton's Boots

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    Well there you go - I thought it was, but admittedly have never played the American version...

    The discovery in 1940 of the radioactive carbon isotope carbon-14 led nine years later to the carbon dating method of accurately dating archaeological and geological samples, but it also helped revolutionise the banking industry. How?
     
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  13. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Is this to do with cash machines and the carbon stripe on bank cards and vouchers ?
     
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  14. Bolton's Boots

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    Whoops - just remembered this.

    Yes. Last week was the 50th anniversary of the first ATM - which used a totally different system from that used today. Instead of plastic cards, it used cheques that were impregnated with carbon14.

    Over to you...
     
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  15. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers BB. Which game was invented in Buenos Aires in 1996 ? The most important tournament in this is held in a twin town of Watford.
     
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    Is this Bobby Fischer's Random Chess?
     
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  17. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    <applause> Over to you NZ. Random chess, or 960 Chess is what I was looking for - the most important international championships are in Mainz.
     
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    Which nineteenth century artist, born in Kings Lynn, has places named after him in Australia and South Africa?
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    Have no idea about the South African side of this, but there is a County of Villiers in Victoria.

    And I've no idea if there's a connection, but there was an 18th century artist from Kings Lynn named Edward Villiers Rippingille?
     
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  20. NZHorn

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    That's not the one I have in mind BB. I didn't realise that Kings Lynn was such a hot bed of artistic expression. Must be the winds from the Urals. (That is not a clue!)
     
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