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

  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Munich Air disaster.?
     
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  2. andytoprankin

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    I think you’re right, yorkie. James Thain was the pilot, born in 1921, so would have been 37 in 1958.
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    Yes, James Thain it was. Rather heartlessly, he was dismissed from his job with BEA on Christmas Day and fought to clear his name of blame for eight years - finally being cleared by a British inquiry, but the result was never recognised by German authorities.

    Over to one of you - Yorkie?
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    I will take the offer on this occasion... . I have time on my hands ;)

    Be back in half a lyme's disease....
     
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    Interesting. <ok>
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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    Ok.. For bird lovers. Can you identify this one. Quite rare..
     
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    Is it a banana? <confused>
     
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    Looks like the lesser spotted banana bird - so rare that its only known habitat is Fyffe in Scotland...
     
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  10. andytoprankin

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    I think it’s a little bird, a.k.a. Chiquita.
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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    Thanks, yorkie.

    What do John Hollis, Alfred Molina and Telly Savalas all have in common?
     
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    Yes, Fez. Hollis (mainly known for his work on the radio) played Blofeld in ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (didn’t he get killed in the opening credits?), Molina on the radio in the excellent BBC Toby Stephens’ Bond plays, and Savalas in ‘OHMSS’.

    Over to you. <ok>
     
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    Well I knew about Savalas and Hollis bot not Molina... so a lucky guess!

    New question in the morning!
     
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    Is the answer ‘world’?

     
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    What name is given to a biological process that sets itself naturally to a 24 hours cycle?
     
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    If my body is anything to go by, defecation...

    Regular as clockwork, same time every morning...<laugh>
     
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    <laugh>...:emoticon-0138-think.... nope.
     
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    Is it the circadian rhythm?
     
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