mjmooney Posted April 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world. Since when was Perth a capital city? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Since when was Perth a capital city? Australia is a federation of states like the USA, so it has state capitals But I agree, its about as much a Captal City as Juneau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 All the states have a capital city.Perth is the capital city of Western Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2022 Unless you specify 'state capital', the normal usage of the term 'capital city' is national capital. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 If we are going regional capitals then Yakutsk, Russia is a contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 22 hours ago, mjmooney said: Unless you specify 'state capital', the normal usage of the term 'capital city' is national capital. As far as I know any country that has states has a capital city for each state.Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria.Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland,Sydney is the capital city of NEW,etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, PussEKatt said: As far as I know any country that has states has a capital city for each state.Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria.Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland,Sydney is the capital city of NEW,etc etc. Yes, they do. But if you just say 'capital city' rather than 'state capital', the assumption will always be that you are referring to a national capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 10, 2022 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Yes, they do. But if you just say 'capital city' rather than 'state capital', the assumption will always be that you are referring to a national capital. It's like saying Carlisle is the Capital City of Cumbria 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 A German newspaper once published a biography of Prince Phillip that reported he had 24 illegitimate children. The following day they corrected the story. He had 24 god-children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: A German newspaper once published a biography of Prince Phillip that reported he had 24 illegitimate children. The following day they corrected the story. He had 24 god-children. So how many illegitimate children did he have? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, bickster said: So how many illegitimate children did he have? Complete this sentence- I wonder how many children Prince Andrew has.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 I wonder how close anybody in the world gets to having the telephone number 1234 56789? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 25 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I wonder how close anybody in the world gets to having the telephone number 1234 56789? Why don't you try phoning it and see if anyone answers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Why don't you try phoning it and see if anyone answers? I got through to Paul McGrath. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 Meant to put that in the 'Things You Wonder' thread. And now I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 9 hours ago, mjmooney said: I wonder how close anybody in the world gets to having the telephone number 1234 56789? My wife’s mobile number is weirdly close to this. To the point where I’d have thought that it was either a number they wouldn’t give someone, or you’d have to pay some crazy premium for it. But it was just a random standard price purchase. I’m not going to say what it is obviously, but its like 07766 554433 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 16 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: My wife’s mobile number is weirdly close to this. To the point where I’d have thought that it was either a number they wouldn’t give someone, or you’d have to pay some crazy premium for it. But it was just a random standard price purchase. I’m not going to say what it is obviously, but its like 07766 554433 Weird. Just tried that number and was greeted with "helo, gwraig i'r dub cariadus perchennog micro pidyn" Don't speak the language so a bit lost. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 My pin code for my bank card is the same four numbers as the Wife’s in a slightly different order and this was the same before we met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: My pin code for my bank card is the same four numbers as the Wife’s in a slightly different order and this was the same before we met. Same, well almost. My pin code is the same as my wife's and all my money goes into her account. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, Seat68 said: Same, well almost. My pin code is the same as my wife's and all my money goes into her account. What’s hers is hers and what’s yours is hers been there and still reside there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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