HMDR Alcohol Machine(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 09:13
Got one of those.. interesting facts desk calendars... I thought I`d share todays fact...
"The first steam-powered railroad train left Liverpool on Sept 15th 1830.... Also on that day was the first train accident!!!... A man standing too close to the tracks was hit by the train and killed....."
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sashenden(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 09:17
Interesting fact: today is the 14th September. :-D
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Rassilon(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 09:18
Quote: A man standing too close to the tracks was hit by the train and killed.....
He was talking to the Duke of Wellington in his carriage at the time, making his peace over an disagreement they had had some time earlier.
The guy next to me says it was William Hutchinson & he was a MP (his version of the story is that he was having a slash against a carriage).
Thats probably not the first train accident, just the first time someone of any importance\wealth was killed.
I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.
This item was edited on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 10:24
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BigmanInc(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 10:57
Today is also the day the Crimean war started in 1854
The Bigman Cometh
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HMDR Alcohol Machine(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 11:05
Quote: Interesting fact: today is the 14th September.
Chuff me... it is :o ... Dad must have boot this calendar from a car boot... can`t trust anyone!!!!!!..... :/
Update.... Sussed it... its a bleedin` 2004 calendar!!!!!... just haven`t looked at it for ages..... doh!!!! :D
This item was edited on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 12:11
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Rassilon(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 11:38
Just as well it wasn`t a leap year, then you really would have looked a chump.
I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.
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HMDR Alcohol Machine(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 11:49
I`m not as daft as I look..... I couldn`t be.... ;)
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Remoh1(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 12:41
i bet it arrived late due to leaves on the line too
If you want to come after me you`ll find me in Newport Pagnell but be warned I know karate, Judo, Kung-fu and several other dangerous words
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the eggman(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th September 2005, 23:49
