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Giant tires

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…

Two glasses of wine with a friend

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…

Literature Trivia (from Karl’s Blog)

Here’s some literature trivia for you, all the way from Karl Moore’s blog post: Ian Fleming gave the name “James Bond” to his famed detective after seeing it on the cover of a book of West Indian birds, by ornithologist James Bond. Agatha Christie claimed to have received most of her inspiration whilst eating apples…

American Presidents

I bet you through Lincoln and Kennedy may have had some similarities, they were both American Presidents anyway; however I bet you never guessed how deep the similarities ran. Check this out: Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in…

Some Trivia

It’s been some time since I dropped some trivia on the blog, so I through it might be high time for some. Here we go: ACCEDED, CABBAGE, BAGGAGE, DEFACED, EFFACED, DECEDED, DEEDEED, DEFADED, DEGAGEE, GEAGGED, and FEEDBAG are seven-letter words which can be played on a musical instrument. CABBAGED, DEBAGGED, and BAGGAGED are eight-letter words…

Wimbledon, Grass & Shrimps

I came across an interesting post today, about Wimbledon grass. Turns out that back in the 1920′s the Wimbledon groundsmen used to supply new turf for the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championship from the seaside town of Silloth, in Cumbria. The grass was extra fine with a quality second to none, hence Cumberland (as it was…

Drug Rehab

I’m one of those lucky people who have never needed to go to drug rehab, not do I know anyone who has needed to; but if I had to pick one, I definitly would choose something like Stone Hawk. It looks like a friendly place full of people ready to help. I suppose one of…

It must be tough!

Do you know what bullet-proof vests are made out of? If you didn’t know, well, the answer is Kevlar. Kevlar is a synthetic material that’s 5 times stronger than steel (weight for weight). And it’s actually 20 times tougher than steel underwater. The other interesting thing about Kevlar is that it’s susceptible to break down…

Guinness Book of World Records – Worlds longest comment attempt

How would you like to be in the Guiness Book of World Records? Well, now’s your chance. The crazy folks down at PayPerPost have started an attempt to get into the big book by generating the longest comment trail they can manage on their blog, and are aiming at 2000 comments in a week. Worth…

Science Trivia

Velcro was invented by a Swiss guy who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing. Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt. October 10 is National Metric Day. If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long. The…

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