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    Published: July 1, 2008

    I came across this picture of a gantry crane (or a Material Handling System as it’s more correctly called) while surfing the web and I was marveling at just how huge this thing was. It can lift up to 150 tons and move it in any direction. You don’t realise how big it actually is [...]

    Published: April 25, 2008

    Reheat Pizza
    Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set Heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No Soggy micro pizza. Seen on the cooking channel and it really Works.
    Broken Glass
    Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of Glass-the [...]

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Do you know what O’Mara’s is? It’s a mysterious destination in Ireland and it’s really up to you to find out. (I’m not going to give the game away, it’s up to you to find out where it is) You can learn more by seeing this video:

    If that doesn’t help, how about checking out the [...]

    Published: March 14, 2008

    We haven’t had some trivia on this blog for some time, so here goes:

    People who ride on roller coaters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
    Black bears are not always black they can be brown, cinnamon, yellow and sometimes white.
    People with blue eyes see better in dark.
    Each year 30,000 people [...]

    Published: March 1, 2008

    And now for something completely different:

    As someone put it: “The Internet has brought me many wierd and wonderful things.Today it brought me a video of a monkey doing a handstand on the head of a tightrope-walking goat”
    What’s next? An elephant who can turn your bedding into a car?

    Published: February 8, 2008

    It’s been some time since I did a trivia post on this blog, so here are some bits I found recently (I tend to bookmark these then collate them all together) Here are some techie ones

    In tech parlance, ‘chip jewellery’ is an outdated computer.
    The term ‘bug‘ was probably coined after Admiral Grace Hopper found a [...]

    Published: January 18, 2008

    Everybody loves Cher, even if people don’t admit it, you can be sure that there’s some Cher song that’s up there on their favourites list. And if you’re into Cher, you might be thrilled to find out that she’s performing live in Las Vegas. I don’t know how hard it is to get Cher tickets [...]

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Here are some strange questions for you to think about. They’re not as simple as you think ..
    1. Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed?
    2. If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?
    3. Why can’t women put [...]

    Published: October 4, 2007

    I was musing around wondering if I can buy tires for my new car online when I had a thought. Do you know those gigantic tires you can find on tractors and other farm machinery. I wonder how much they cost? Well, it turns out that the cost quite a bit!
    I found a website that [...]

    Published: September 24, 2007

    Here’s an inspirational piece a friend of mine sent to my mailbox yesterday. I knew him in the private sector, but since then he’s taken up one of the Government jobs here in the Isle of Man. I thought I’d share it here as I found it quite uplifting.
    When things in your life seem almost [...]

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