Did you know...

[Raj]

East London's Beckton sewage plant - all 280 football pitches worth of tanks, troughs and waterways - is one of the largest in Europe.

Had the fortune to get to understand this amazing feat of engineering when I worked for Thames Water a few years ago. Probably the oldest 'advanced' system in Britain - been going since 1864.

[Bunny Bagger]

Between 7 and 10, 36 million Britons are on the move commuting to the office or school.

[Bunny Bagger]

The English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the World ! On a typical day 400 plus vessels travel through the Dover straights, the biggest of which weigh up to 150,000 tonnes and take 3.5 miles to come to a stop.

[Raj]

We passed some of those 100,000 tonne+ behemoths at very close quarters ... sometimes too close in the middle of the night while we were in a 9 tonne displacement 33 foot sail boat called Tiki in the rain in an open cock pit ... We being Ming and me And talk about busy channel ... there is a non stop procession of big ships tailing each other and as we did not have the same speed as them under sail, they keep passing us and it was pretty hairy
Sorry BB, but your posts are bringing back fond memories.

[Bunny Bagger]

The average road user will spend six months of their life stuck in traffic jams.

[Bunny Bagger]

Every day more than 7,500 civilian aircraft crowd Britain's airspace,carrying more than half a million passengers.

[Bunny Bagger]

Accidentally text the wrong person ? Quickly put your phone on airplane mode and once it fails to deliver,delete the message.

[Bunny Bagger]

Phobophobia is the fear of phobias.

[Bunny Bagger]

The top six foods that make you fart are beans,corn,bell peppers,cauliflower,cabbage and milk!

[FPoole]

The top six foods that make you fart are beans,corn,bell peppers,cauliflower,cabbage and milk!

You could add Coca Cola to that list for me. I can drink Pepsi without a problem. Go figure.