err1 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 can anyone recommend me a cheap place to stay at in birmingham? i'm thinking of coming to see villa - man united from estonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 also: how does someone survive having their stomach removed? that news story about the poor lass with the cocktail with liquid nitrogen, unsettles me. I've read they just re connect two tubes, so i know technically how, but it's still amazing, that you can live normally enough, having lost a stomach. Always sounded like it would have been a rather fatal detachement. Science and surgeons ftw. If you're stupid enough to drink liquid nitrogen you're going to get what you deserve, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 can anyone recommend me a cheap place to stay at in birmingham? i'm thinking of coming to see villa - man united from estonia. http://www.cloverhotel.com/tariffs It is based in Erdington which is a short hop on the bus from Villa Park . A single bed will set you back £26 a night which is pretty damn cheap . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Amazed that someone would consider drinking liquid nitrogen a good idea. Did they never watch Brainiac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I drink liquid niitrogen when I just want to chill out. Wahey !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2012 You can pour liquid nitrogen over your bare hands, quite safely. The girl appears to have been unfortunate enough to drink a flash cocktail too soon after the liquid nitrogen was added. It evaporates off very quickly. Perhaps the barman added too much. It would be extremely difficult to drink it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 http://www.cloverhotel.com/tariffs It is based in Erdington which is a short hop on the bus from Villa Park . A single bed will set you back £26 a night which is pretty damn cheap . I'm relatively sure that The Clover was on The Hotel Inspector about 6 months back and it was a naturist hotel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I'm relatively sure that The Clover was on The Hotel Inspector about 6 months back and it was a naturist hotel... Added bonus then . I think it's a hotel that naturists are welcome to use rather than an all out nude fest . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Only just realised the site was back up and running. I hadn't cleared my cookies so was still getting the 'under maintenance' message. D'oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle. He is going to jump out of a balloon at more than 120,000ft (36.5km) above Roswell, New Mexico. In the near vacuum at that altitude, he should accelerate beyond about 690mph (1,110km/h) within 40 seconds. If all goes well, he will open a parachute near the ground to land softly in the desert, 10 minutes later. The 43-year-old adventurer - famous for jumping off skyscrapers - is under no illusions about the dangers he faces. Where he is going, the air pressure is less than 2% of what it is at sea level, and it is impossible to breathe without an oxygen supply. Others who have tried to break the existing records for the highest, fastest and longest freefalls have lost their lives in the process. "If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God," says Baumgartner. "Because if you run out of luck, if you run out of skills, there is nothing left and you have to really hope he is not going to let you down." Weather permitting, lift-off from Roswell airport should occur about 0700 local time (1300 GMT; 1400BST). BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 Boards of Canada's video for the track Dayvan Cowboy features a fair bit of footage of the current (I think) holder of the skydive record on the record breaking dive - it looks utterly surreal. Good song too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 "If all goes well, he will open a parachute near the ground to land softly in the desert, 10 minutes later." and if all doesn't go well .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 "If all doesn't go well, he will strike the ground hard in the desert, 10 minutes earlier than expected... and leave a considerable clean up effort" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 "If all goes well, he will open a parachute near the ground to land softly in the desert, 10 minutes later." and if all doesn't go well .... Less than ten minutes would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 Live feed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJ5ItzEq3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 "If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God," Not much of a contingency plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 9, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2012 "If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God," Not much of a contingency plan. God is the name of his jet-powered batwing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It says broadcast start at 17:00 GMT, but when is he actually going to jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 God is the name of his jet-powered batwing. Let's hope the auto-pilot has't been meddled with, lest the live feed cuts before the end to an old man having tea in Florence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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