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I remember seeing the Exatron stringy floppy at a show around 1981 and being blown away by how high tech and relatively affordable it was !


Theres a nice one of him on stage at the 1988 "Monsters of Rock" singing "Bomber"


In 1927 col walter snetterton disappeared while trying to cross the Andes by frog. Maybe someone tried with mice?


>> Why do leaders think lying, or obfuscating works so well? <<

because it got them where they are today ?


"The bad news is we are merging with Swindon and some of you are going to be laid off.... The good news is, I've got a promotion!..... You're all still thinking about the bad news aren't you?"


I should have put this quote at the top of the article! :)


I've been using Whereby.com. It's clean, simple and 'just works'. No permissions popups or anything like that.


McAfee? It has to be a joke. Worthless bloated crapware


I've wondered about how churchill and roosevelt got to Yalta in wartime. Also the number of trips churchill made to the US risking U boats


Roosevelt traveled aboard USS Quincy. Churchill joined him in Malta. (For the record, Stalin took a train.)

https://archive.org/details/secondworldwar00beev/page/709/mo...


I have often eaten eels but I have never considered how they work


at the end of that they give Kelly Johnson a flypast and he is too far gone to realize what is going on. Ben Rich says "Kelly, they are saluting you !". That part made me tear up.


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