Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

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Today's top searches, according to yahoo. Please say it ain't so.

Christmas gift

Kate Moss

Katie Price

Cheryl Cole

X Factor

Film reviews

Outdoor ice rinks

Cheap recipes

Strictly Come Dancing

Christmas Markets

[GreekStein]

Today's top searches, according to yahoo. Please say it ain't so.

Christmas gift

Kate Moss

Katie Price

Cheryl Cole

X Factor

Film reviews

Outdoor ice rinks

Cheap recipes

Strictly Come Dancing

Christmas Markets

Yeah it surprises me that so many have quickly adapted to calling her Katie Price instead of Jordan too.

Imagine if Cheryl Cole became the next Sky Poker Presenter though. Would be incred!

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OMG OMG OMG, you could not make it up.

The Office of National Statistics said this today......

HOUSEHOLD debt was a massive problem even before the recession

I wonder if the penny will ever drop & they'll face the fact that it was excess debt that CAUSED the recession?

PS - Correction. It was the Banks fault, I just remembered. The Sun said so.

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Text from Grosvenor yesterday.

Grosvenor Casino Stoke Boxing Day Comp £15 NLH 1 Rebuy & Addon 3500 added prize money.

Well now, that's serious value, that room barely holds 60 players at a push.

Text from Grosvenor today.

"Apologies there was an error in yesterday's text. Our Boxing Day Comp has £500 added prize money, not 3500."

[Claw75]

Text from Grosvenor yesterday.

Grosvenor Casino Stoke Boxing Day Comp £15 NLH 1 Rebuy & Addon 3500 added prize money.

Well now, that's serious value, that room barely holds 60 players at a push.

Text from Grosvenor today.

"Apologies there was an error in yesterday's text. Our Boxing Day Comp has £500 added prize money, not 3500."

those pesky shift keys!

[Bongo]

As much as I really don't want to link to the Daily Mail I thought you'd like to see these photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html

Apparently they are of a rocket spinning out of control.

Extraordinary!

BBC News now confirm it was a failed submarine-launched Russian Missile which was being tested.

Yeah very strange.

Can someone explain how a failed missile creates those lights?

[Karabiner]

The long-awaited maiden flight of the Airbus A400M took place today.

It's a military transport aircraft, & there are confirmed orders for 180 of them. Airbus currently expect, on forecast sales, to lose €2 billion on the overall project. Multiply that by 10 & we could have a new LHC.

1) Why propellers, not jet engines?

2) Propeller design has changed since I was a boy.

Those props. look like "spinners" that some people use as card-protectors.

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The long-awaited maiden flight of the Airbus A400M took place today.

It's a military transport aircraft, & there are confirmed orders for 180 of them. Airbus currently expect, on forecast sales, to lose €2 billion on the overall project. Multiply that by 10 & we could have a new LHC.

1) Why propellers, not jet engines?

2) Propeller design has changed since I was a boy.

Those props. look like "spinners" that some people use as card-protectors.

Maybe a touch bigger though.

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As much as I really don't want to link to the Daily Mail I thought you'd like to see these photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html

Apparently they are of a rocket spinning out of control.

Extraordinary!

BBC News now confirm it was a failed submarine-launched Russian Missile which was being tested.

Yeah very strange.

Can someone explain how a failed missile creates those lights?

Good vid. This guy managed to suss it out quite quickly too. I want to know what the blue stuff was though - there are no rocket fuels that I know of that are bright blue, that's for sure.

Oh, and the A400M has props rather than jets because they are more fuel economical, especially at low altitude and low speed, which a plane like this is quite likely to be at more often than your average passenger jet. And given the size and power of these turbo props, apparently it will manage similar speed and altitude to a jet anyway. Which is impressive.

[TheChipPrince]

Rex to replace Boshi in the next eggheads team?   

[MANTIS01]

Today's top searches, according to yahoo. Please say it ain't so.

Christmas gift

Kate Moss

Katie Price

Cheryl Cole

If Carlsberg did Christmas lists...

[rex008]

The long-awaited maiden flight of the Airbus A400M took place today.

It's a military transport aircraft, & there are confirmed orders for 180 of them. Airbus currently expect, on forecast sales, to lose €2 billion on the overall project. Multiply that by 10 & we could have a new LHC.

1) Why propellers, not jet engines?

2) Propeller design has changed since I was a boy.

There's an interesting article here about the propellers - you'll notice in the picture that engines next to each other rotate in opposite directions, which apparently is completely novel.

Rex to replace Boshi in the next eggheads team?   

I don't like to blow my own trumpet (who does?), but I would have got the cement question .

[Colchester Kev]

I don't like to blow my own trumpet (who does?), but I would have got the cement question .

Rex has just gained immediate "legend" status ... wp wp wp wp wp.

 

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Today's top searches, according to yahoo. Please say it ain't so.

Christmas gift

Kate Moss

Katie Price

Cheryl Cole

If Carlsberg did Christmas lists...

That pneumatic pile of spoilt tosh has been on the front page of the Daily Star for 18 out of the last 20  days, & she features in the top 10 (allegedly) of most Search Engines. Her books feature in most best-seller lists.

I despair at what is deemed to be either "celeb" or "sexy" these days.

She seems to be to define "shallow". She speaks highly of me, too, no doubt.

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The long-awaited maiden flight of the Airbus A400M took place today.

It's a military transport aircraft, & there are confirmed orders for 180 of them. Airbus currently expect, on forecast sales, to lose €2 billion on the overall project. Multiply that by 10 & we could have a new LHC.

1) Why propellers, not jet engines?

2) Propeller design has changed since I was a boy.

There's an interesting article here about the propellers - you'll notice in the picture that engines next to each other rotate in opposite directions, which apparently is completely novel.

Rex to replace Boshi in the next eggheads team?   

I don't like to blow my own trumpet (who does?), but I would have got the cement question .

Explain, please? What "cement" question? I is a Member of the Concrete Society, innit.