Things you've always wanted to know......

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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote:Dilbert
And now we know what White Goodman looks like...
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Blind people - how do they know when they've finished wiping their arse?
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sendô wrote:Blind people - how do they know when they've finished wiping their arse?
Haven't lost their sense of taste, have they.
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When and why did Muesli become synonymous with "liberals"?
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Containers.
They have all sorts of numbers on them, I assume to aid in tracking them. Is there a single database that monitors where all the containers are, or do individual owners monitor their own? I assume ports can check who owns a particular container so that they can charge them for the time it's taking up space? What if they can't trace the owner? Does it then belong to the port?
What happens if a container gets too badly damaged, or gets sold for other uses, and the owners forget to take it off the database?
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Why don't KFC deliver?
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Burningaham wrote:Why don't KFC deliver?
Bizarrely they do in Thailand.
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How do they stop it getting cold?
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WHU_Del wrote:Containers.
They have all sorts of numbers on them, I assume to aid in tracking them. Is there a single database that monitors where all the containers are, or do individual owners monitor their own? I assume ports can check who owns a particular container so that they can charge them for the time it's taking up space? What if they can't trace the owner? Does it then belong to the port?
What happens if a container gets too badly damaged, or gets sold for other uses, and the owners forget to take it off the database?
That's bordering on container fetishism, do you get sexually aroused when driving past Tilbury..? :D
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delbert wrote: That's bordering on container fetishism, do you get sexually aroused when driving past Tilbury..? :D
I see them going through the station at work quite often, and when you get bored on a quiet night shift, you get to wondering...
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WHU_Del wrote:Containers.
They have all sorts of numbers on them, I assume to aid in tracking them. Is there a single database that monitors where all the containers are, or do individual owners monitor their own? I assume ports can check who owns a particular container so that they can charge them for the time it's taking up space? What if they can't trace the owner? Does it then belong to the port?
What happens if a container gets too badly damaged, or gets sold for other uses, and the owners forget to take it off the database?
To help you a little each containers shipping number is unique to the company that owns it. In a moderen computerised system they can track the container down to exactly where it is in any port.

The first 4 letters of the container number tell you who owns said container and the rest of the number is their reference number for that container.

They do not very often lose them unless its overboard but there will be a log on each vessel which can tell you where every container is on that ship so easy to work out whats gone missing. I am sure there is a compliance bod somewhere checking as to whether the should write containers off etc etc. Hope that helps.
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Seems appropriate for this page.....

Why is a nelson called a nelson?
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RichieRiv wrote:Seems appropriate for this page.....

Why is a nelson called a nelson?
Nobody really knows but it's been suggested that it's named after Nelson as he used to use tactics that surrounded the enemy at The Nile and Trafalgar.
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RichieRiv wrote:Seems appropriate for this page.....

Why is a nelson called a nelson?
In wrestling, or in cricket?
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RichieRiv wrote:Seems appropriate for this page.....

Why is a nelson called a nelson?
My old man used to say that a Nelson (in cricket) was named after Admiral Nelson because he had one eye, one arm and one a**ehole :D
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Cricket Del (we're / were on page 111)
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RichieRiv wrote:Cricket Del (we're / were on page 111)
I guessed it probably was, but it pays to check!
In answer though, I have no idea...
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sendô wrote:Blind people - how do they know when they've finished wiping their arse?
:lol:

We had a discussion in work over this question, no definitive answer was forthcoming........
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delbert wrote:Blind people - how do they know when they've finished wiping their arse?
They could train their dog to give them the all clear.
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