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Hopper10/03/2022 11:15:10
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No but you might hear it coming, just very briefly, as you meddled with your gunpowder by candlelight!

Mick B110/03/2022 11:26:11
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Groucho again:-

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself."

A Smith10/03/2022 12:25:53
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67% of statistics are made up on the spot. - Vic Reeves

Gary Wooding10/03/2022 12:33:24
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"If you can't constrain it, you can't cut it."

Nick Wheeler10/03/2022 12:33:28
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Posted by A Smith on 10/03/2022 12:25:53:

67% of statistics are made up on the spot. - Vic Reeves

The remaining 35% are badly calculated....

V8Eng10/03/2022 13:12:14
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Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 10/03/2022 12:33:28:
Posted by A Smith on 10/03/2022 12:25:53:

67% of statistics are made up on the spot. - Vic Reeves

The remaining 35% are badly calculated....

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Former Member10/03/2022 13:22:57
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Nick Wheeler10/03/2022 13:50:37
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Posted by Circlip on 10/03/2022 10:12:18:

There is no such thing as a stupid question.

There do seem to be a lot of stupid answers though.

Mick B110/03/2022 13:56:14
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Posted by A Smith on 10/03/2022 12:25:53:

67% of statistics are made up on the spot. - Vic Reeves

No ! Noooo ! It's 88.2% !

I thought everybody knew that....

mark costello 110/03/2022 15:55:16
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42 isn't the answer?

Rick Hann10/03/2022 16:02:00
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I don't know the meaning of the word apathy and what's more, I don't care!

Rick

modeng200010/03/2022 19:32:55
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Don't put your foot down if you haven't got a leg to stand on.

John Robert10/03/2022 19:53:28
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Build a Bridge and get over it (having been a lurker for several years some contributors could benefit from the advice) Jr

Brian G10/03/2022 21:13:14
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You cannot beat nature. Invent something idiot proof and the world will invent a better idiot.

Brian G

duncan webster10/03/2022 23:35:59
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To expand on the above, artificial intelligence is no match for human stupidity

Edited By duncan webster on 10/03/2022 23:36:09

Hopper11/03/2022 01:19:59
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And as we said when making jigs and other production tooling to be used by the workers in the car factory: It's no good making it foolproof. It has to be idiot proof.

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