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  1. spesupersydera

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    Have you ever moaned about a long journey back from an away game? Plymouth to Carlisle maybe? Brighton to Newcastle?

    Well spare a thought for 10-time champions of Tahiti AS Venus, whose 20,000-mile round trip for a cup game on Saturday means they must now embark on a gruelling journey to get home.


    And they lost 2-0.

    The side from French Polynesia - a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean - have enjoyed domestic success recently and that meant they qualified for the French Cup, which features teams from a variety of France's overseas territories.

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59277738
     
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  12. Stockholm Tiger

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    Yep, first email was sent in 1971.
     
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  13. Ernie Shackleton

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    Wtf?

    T'internet wasn't a thing until the 90s.
     
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  14. DMD

    DMD Eh?
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    Arpanet went live in 1966. :emoticon-0147-emo:
     
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    Does South Shields have it now?
     
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    A Ticket to the Moon
    In the 1960s, US airline Pan Am sold spots on a waiting list for a trip to the moon. With the Cold War raging, nearly 100,000 customers on both sides of the Iron Curtain reserved their tickets.

    A Ticket to the Moon | Highlights | DW | 10.11.2021


    Worth a watch,
    A letter to Pan Am, I booked 2 return tickets for me and my wife. If it's possible could I amend that to 1 return and 1 single?

    Phone call to Pan Am, could I book two tickets to the moon please for me and my wife, Certainly Mr Giles what's your wifes name? I don't know I'm not married yet, Oh I can't make a booking without a name, well just Mrs Giles then.
     
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    It's an age thing I suppose, but the MetLife Building in Manhattan will always be the Pan Am Building to me. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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    Didn't a helicopter nearly come off the roof a few years ago?
     
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    Not suggesting F1's a doddle but I had to smile when I saw this. If that's as hard as life gets Lewis you're not doing too badly!

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  20. TwoWrights

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    From memory it crashed on the roof and the rotor blades fell to the floor. I'm sure some were killed.
     
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