Genie Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: https://www.bbc.com/news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Quote Daylight savings dispute leaves Lebanon with two time zones The Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion The Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion Sunday. With some institutions implementing the change while others refused, many Lebanese have found themselves in the position of juggling work and school schedules in different time zones — in the same tiny country. The small Mediterranean country normally sets its clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in March, which aligns with most European countries. However, on Thursday Lebanon’s government announced a decision by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to push the start of daylight savings to April 21. After the postponement of daylight savings was announced, Lebanon’s state airline, Middle East Airlines, said the departure times of all flights scheduled to leave from the Beirut airport between Sunday and April 21 would be advanced by an hour. The country’s two cellular telephone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic in order for the time not to change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/daylight-savings-dispute-leaves-lebanon-time-zones-98133207 Fun times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 Quote Sniffing other people's body odour might be useful in therapy for social anxiety, say Swedish researchers who have started tests with volunteers. The scientists have been using armpit sweat in their experiments. BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: BBC Thats new.I have heard of underhand stuff,but underarm is new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 20 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Thats new.I have heard of underhand stuff,but underarm is new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 It's that Sharknado/Tiger King spin off we've all been waiting for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Ah the irony of everyone owning six assault rifles and staying indoors because there’s a cat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 Quote A principal of a Florida school has been forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to pornography. The complaint arose from a Renaissance art lesson where students were shown Michelangelo's statue of David. The iconic statue is one of the most famous in Western history. But one parent complained the material was pornographic and two others said they wanted to know about the class before it was taught. The 5.17m (17ft) statue depicts an entirely naked David, the Biblical figure who kills the giant Goliath. The lesson, given to 11 and 12-year-olds, also included references to Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" painting and Botticelli's "Birth of Venus". Principal Hope Carrasquilla of Tallahassee Classical School said she resigned after she was given an ultimatum by the school board to resign or be fired. BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: BBC A portion of the USA appears to be from a weird alternate universe. edit Makes the school board look like a medieval caliphate. Edited March 26, 2023 by fruitvilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, fruitvilla said: A portion of the USA appears to be from a weird alternate universe. A significant portion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Anything featuring Florida is usually gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, sne said: Anything featuring Florida is usually gold. There’s a great game you can play with google. Type “florida man” followed by your date of birth and read the news stories 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-and-meghan-involved-in-near-catastrophic-car-chase-12882989 Quote Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic" car chase after being followed by paparazzi for more than two hours, according to his spokesperson. But two New York police officials have played down the incident saying they do not believe the chase was "near catastrophic" and described a "bit of a chaotic scene". A taxi driver who picked up Harry, Meghan and her mother Doria Ragland outside the New York City Police Department's 19th precinct at around 11pm local time on Tuesday said they were in his car around 10 minutes. Sukhcharn Singh told The Washington Post: "I don't think I would call it a chase. I never felt like I was in danger. "It wasn't like a car chase in a movie. They were quiet and seemed scared but it's New York - it's safe." They are at it again, make of it what you will! Edited May 17, 2023 by blandy Fixed link added extract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 New high resolution scans of the Titanic wreck on the news earlier we have theories on why it sank but the new scans will probably confirm 100% , also seems to point to engineers still working in the boiler room to keep the lights on right until it went down 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 27/03/2023 at 00:13, mjmooney said: Principal Hope Carrasquilla of Tallahassee Classical School said she resigned after she was given an ultimatum by the school board to resign or be fired. When you say "Fired",(as this the US of A ) did you mean "shot" ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 @villaajax’s long game finally pays off 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 9 hours ago, tonyh29 said: @villaajax’s long game finally pays off Da da da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da Da Da Dun Diddle Un Diddle Un Diddle Uh Da Da Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Can only assume they have read the honeytrap thread and decided to a version of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Can only assume they have read the honeytrap thread and decided to a version of it. First thing I thought. Pure Scuba Steve. Edited May 19, 2023 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 17/05/2023 at 20:46, tonyh29 said: New high resolution scans of the Titanic wreck on the news earlier we have theories on why it sank but the new scans will probably confirm 100% , also seems to point to engineers still working in the boiler room to keep the lights on right until it went down I've used drone photogrammetry as part of my work, and the resolution I can get with a crappy drone and a DSLR camera is astonishing. What they can get with top of the line cameras and submersibles would be unbelievable, and I don't think any videos like the one above will do it justice. They will probably be able to to basic metallurgical analysis by looking at the scuffs and scrapes, it's that good. All quite exciting (in a sombre way) really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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