topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, The Skelpit Lug said: I Seas what you did there For those that didn't https://www.historytoday.com/archive/evacuation-tristan-da-cunha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bialystock Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: For those that didn't https://www.historytoday.com/archive/evacuation-tristan-da-cunha Is that not where Alf (Tough of the Track) Tupper was born? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 33 minutes ago, Bialystock said: Is that not where Alf (Tough of the Track) Tupper was born? He once wore a tartan vest in a commonwealth games race with TDC for Tristan Da Cunha on it and got disqualified due to a misunderstanding because sponsorship was banned and the organisers thought it stood for Tartan Design Centre. I think it might have been the Edinburgh games in 86 but that could be a false memory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: For those that didn't https://www.historytoday.com/archive/evacuation-tristan-da-cunha The settlement was first established in 1816 when a military garrison was located there to prevent the French using it as a stepping stone to rescue Napoleon from captivity on Saint Helena only 1,514 miles away. The strategy was a success. The French were thwarted and Napoleon was never rescued. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, coprolite said: He once wore a tartan vest in a commonwealth games race with TDC for Tristan Da Cunha on it and got disqualified due to a misunderstanding because sponsorship was banned and the organisers thought it stood for Tartan Design Centre. I think it might have been the Edinburgh games in 86 but that could be a false memory. Is that anything to do with Tupperware? (Sorry). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Newbornbairn said: That explains why it's full of students and the English. Has anyone told the locals they can go back? Careful, you can get into trouble for telling people it's safe to go home. Especially if they're Irish... Edited March 13, 2023 by GordonD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 10 hours ago, scottsdad said: There has been an absolute drought of Star Trek facts on this thread lately. It has to stop. Philippa Georgiou, Kai Winn Adami and Guinan are part of a special club. Spoiler Played by actors who have won an Academy Award. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Trsitan da Cunha is also known as Asthma Island. More than half the island suffers from Asthma and because of its isolation, it has been useful to scientists trying to isolate the causes of Asthma . There is a YouTube clip about Asthma Island. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Just now, Fullerene said: Trsitan da Cunha is also known as Asthma Island. More than half the island suffers from Asthma and because of its isolation, it has been useful to scientists trying to isolate the causes of Asthma . There is a YouTube clip about Asthma Island. The sound quality isn't very good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 FIFA rules have changed the rules to allow players to hold onto the ball during the run up for a free-kick. As long as the match takes place in the Faroe Islands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Captain Birdseye is known as Capitan Findus in Sweden, and Captain Iglo elsewhere in Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") is a Mexican song about a cockroach who cannot walk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 The theme tune to the 80s kids TV show Button Moon was written and performed by Peter Davison and his wife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The most obscure Star Trek one yet. In the episode of The Next generation "The Neutral Zone", Troi is talking to a woman revived after centuries in stasis about her descendants. She shows her the family tree. In the original broadcast, what popped up on screen was this: A bit blurry, bit it names the first 6 Doctor Who actors on the left. On the right names include Kermit T. Frog and Miss Piggy. This was replaced in the remastered version with names related to the character's name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The Star Trek theme song has lyrics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: The Star Trek theme song has lyrics. Yes indeed - Gene Roddenberry wrote the lyrics, knowing they would never be used. Why? Easy - by doing that he claimed 50% of the fee for the theme tune. Alexander Courage (who did the music) had it in his contract that every time it was played he got royalties, as would any lyricist. So by doing this, Roddenberry took half of Courage's fee. For decades, Roddenberry took half of his cash. Courage was, to say the least, unhappy about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Obviously Rupert couldn't get no satisfaction from his marriage to Jerry and didn't want to be under her thumb, so he sent her an e-mail because time isn't on his side. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/13/rupert-murdoch-reportedly-divorced-jerry-hall-by-email 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Arthur Lowe (1982), Tommy Cooper (1984) and Kenneth Williams (1988) all died on the 15th April. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Arthur Lowe (1982), Tommy Cooper (1984) and Kenneth Williams (1988) all died on the 15th April. Funny that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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