Got to be careful with those if you are a male, make sure you don't push the button for the automatic tampax remover
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They had an automatic one in NZ that locked the door and sprayed water all over the inside to clean it, imagine being trapped inside.
Des
Let's hear it for Jodrell Bank (my near neighbour ) and the fantastic scientists who tracked all the Russian craft sent into space (even when they denied it )
JBank has just been awarded World Heritage Status - and about time too !
Regards
Brenda
here it is , Brenda,
Jodrell Bank.
cheers
Brian
Besemer Converter for making steel
Smart Meter for Electricity
Lord Nelson
Watt, Steam Engine
Stephenson, Rocket
Henry 8, Royal Navy
Edward Heath, Common Market AgHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
[QUOTE=Victoria Moss;333782]The telescopes in Parkes NSW were responsible for tracking the moon landing and without their help apparently the images would not have been received.
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Funny enough that's what the Cornish say about their telescopes
One more
Baked beans in tomato sauce, first sold as a luxury item in Fortnum and masons in 1901. In the USA where baked beans originated they were baked/fried with pieces of pork.
Rgds
J.A.
What has England given the world, more than any other country.
But it was not all inventions, there are others.
Writers, Shakespear, Browning, Wordsworth
Explorers, Raghlie, Drake, Cook, Livingstone
Social revolutionaries Emily Pankhurst, William Wilberforce
Designer/Builders Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Ismay, Wren who not only built St. Pauls but much of Greenwich as well
Musician The Beatles, Strolling Bones, Elgar
Car design Maurice Wilkes Land Rover, Ignis Mini, (Jean Shrimpton Mini Skirt)
Entertainers Bob Hope, Laurel and Hardy
Anglican Church
Westminster system of governance
Sir Frank Whittle Jet engine, Comet, first commercial passenger jet aircraft
Dyson Bladeless fan
Richard Branson Virgins??????