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Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:56 pm
by Brooksy
The first patent for the O-ring, is dated May 12, 1896 as a Swedish patent. J. O. Lundberg.
Without which we wouldn't have the PCP airgun.
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:15 pm
by Geordie
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:40 pm
by Brooksy
Only a father could say that about his daughter.
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:56 pm
by Geordie
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 9:17 pm
by milek
If you earn £21K you are among the richest 1% in the world
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:19 am
by gary martin
milek wrote:If you earn £21K you are among the richest 1% in the world
and if you earn less, you are in the majority.
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:03 pm
by Timmytree
Unintelligible hat rack!!
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:11 pm
by wastrel
major George Hanger rated the `Brown Bess` one of the earliest hand held military firearms, as so hopelessly inaccurate that-
"the safest place to stand when fired would be in front of it" (at 70m admittedly!)
to put this in context, a slinger 1000 years earlier could comfortably hit targets up to 300m, an English longbow archer who could not hit a moving target at 150m would be regarded as a very poor shot indeed!
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:47 pm
by Brooksy
The English longbow was invented in Cheshire and it was illegal for boys up to the age of 15 to miss archery practice on a Sunday morning.
Re: Did you know...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:01 pm
by hktc
that the average human brain contains around 78% water