Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Excellent news today, that Jodrell Bank is to be considered for World Heritage Site status.

As youngsters, we were in awe of Jodrell Bank, it was the world leader in what we called space telescopes, now known, I think, as Astro Physics.

It was set up just after WW11 by Bernard Lovell (later Sir), but was renamed the Nuffield something or other in the Sixties, only to revert to Jodrell Bank subsequently. It remains a leader in the field of Radio Astronomy, & has one of the World's largest Radio Telecopes. Bernard Lovell was a WW11 Radar boffin.

It has a Visitor Centre, & is well worth a visit. It's part of the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST), & is just off the M6, J18, near Holmes Chapel. If you look to your right as you head North on the M6 near J18, you can just about see the facility. (Just before you hit the car in front).

[barhell]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

Donated to the Kneedy.

You haven't got a leg to stand on with jokes like that.

[booder]

Jodrell Bank is also used as rhyming slang.     

[tikay]

Jodrell Bank is also used as rhyming slang.     

So is UMIST.......

Now, behave.

[Ironside]

man this thread is dying with its need for puns in every other post so hop along now nothing to see here

[Card_Shark]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

That collection must have cost him an arm and a leg.

[Delboy]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

That collection must have cost him an arm and a leg.

Nah.. he bought them in bulk, but it waas a false economy!

[RichEO]

There is a pretty impressive staw sculpture next to the A51 of the Lovell telescope:



More straw scultptures: http://www.snugburys.co.uk/sculpture.htm

[thetank]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

It wasn't their main present, just a stocking filler.

[relaedgc]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

It wasn't their main present, just a stocking filler.

That one made me laugh. So very wrong. =P

[Card_Shark]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

It wasn't their main present, just a stocking filler.

LOL...the best by a long way so far.

[Card_Shark]

The Times, Saturday January 26th, 2008.

"A hoard of more than a hundred false legs found in the cellar of a retired taxi driver in Dorset last August has been donated to victims of the earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005......"

It wasn't their main present, just a stocking filler.

LOL...the best by a long way so far.

Personally, i think all these false linb jokes are prosthetic.

[hans47]

you guys are going in circles with all these one leg jokes!

[Rod Paradise]

These false leg jokes are getting Bader and Bader.

[taximan007]

These false leg jokes are getting Bader and Bader.