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

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don't really matter now mate...

you don't need to show voter registration or even photo proof of identity to vote these days..

says it's unconstitutional to make you prove who you say you are in order to vote..

however you still need to prove who you are to get on a plane or a borrow library book. Apparently not unconstitutional for me to prove who I am to borrow a book but to vote for someone to run the country ?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... /93413620/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:don't really matter now mate...

you don't need to show voter registration or even photo proof of identity to vote these days..

says it's unconstitutional to make you prove who you say you are in order to vote..
Vote early and vote often as they say.
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In the Napoleonic Wars, why was the British defence a square and not a circle?
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I posted somewhere else..

But if man descended from apes........why are there still apes ????

:? :? :?
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Guessing, but in evolutionary theory one species doesn't evolve on a linear basis, but diverges. It doesn't follow that related species cease to exist. There's a link between ants and wasps, can't remember who begat whom.
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westham,eggyandchips wrote:Why do people say "I took an Uber"

I always thought Uber was just an app that enables to get an unlicensed taxi/cab?
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they cant be unlicenced, they might not know where they are going without satnav , but they have to be licenced or they just cannot work . i used to work in the cab trade .
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What happens to hammerman11, when the transfer window closes?
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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:I posted somewhere else..

But if man descended from apes........why are there still apes ????

:? :? :?
My understanding is humans and apes had a common ancestor and that humans evolved in one direction and modern apes went in another.

My issue with evolution is how do you evolve a double circulatory system? That seems like one hell of a leap that could only really be taken in one mutation.
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somerset-hammer wrote:What happens to hammerman11, when the transfer window closes?
He writes his list for Father Christmas
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somerset-hammer wrote:What happens to hammerman11, when the transfer window closes?
never mind him , what about all the other desperado's on Twitter ?
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Mega Ron wrote:
He writes his list for Father Christmas
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chigwells finest wrote:
never mind him , what about all the other desperado's on Twitter ?
Summer holidays have only just begun, haven't they?
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i'm social media free, apart from on this site . Been a year now and its wonderful

ps. i'm always impressed by other peoples knowledge on any subject , wish i was more read on lots of things
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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:I posted somewhere else..

But if man descended from apes........why are there still apes ????

:? :? :?
They all got bored with Warp's old girl?
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Rocketron wrote:In the Napoleonic Wars, why was the British defence a square and not a circle?
You can arrange squares so that your troops won't be firing on each other.

https://youtu.be/17YqczWI2R8?t=173
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This is probably stupid of me but you know the way reversing sensors work on cars, could something similar be fitted on a blind persons walking cane and they wear blue tooth ear set to warn then of obstacles.

It's probably already been done :oops:

EDIT: I was right already been done and looks amazing
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vietnammer wrote:Guessing, but in evolutionary theory one species doesn't evolve on a linear basis, but diverges. It doesn't follow that related species cease to exist. There's a link between ants and wasps, can't remember who begat whom.
You have only succeeded in muddying the waters even more..

cheers !!!!!!

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Rocketron wrote:In the Napoleonic Wars, why was the British defence a square and not a circle?
I assume you mean the infantry square formation?

This formation was to tackle cavalry - the idea being that you have lines of troops on all sides, so that the cavalry cannot flank your unit and attack from the rear.

A square works better than a circle because, when facing horses, you need to be a few men deep to be able to present a decent line of bayonets/swords to scare or sufficiently injure the horse or stop it breaking through.

With a circle the men at the back, say 5 men deep, would be too tightly packed to be able to manoeuvre, whereas those at the front would be too far apart.
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Thanks chaps. :thup:
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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:I posted somewhere else..
But if man descended from apes........why are there still apes ???? :? :? :?
James P wrote:My understanding is humans and apes had a common ancestor
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^^^^^

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Or Peter Reid !!!!!!!!!!!
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