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A few years ago the French Navy launched a shiny new Aircraft Carrier.
Pity it was too short to allow the planes to land on it.
See Here[^]
And we trust the metric system?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
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I trust the Metric system implicitly.
I don't trust the people who use it... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Unfortunately, there is no serious alternative to progress.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Yes there is, it is called "Religion".
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Did I write 'serious'?
(Carlo has fallen in the trap)
Veni, vidi, vici.
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C'mon, Carlo. You know better than to feed the troll.
Software Zen: delete this;
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You are right, of course.
In my defence, I did hesitate a bit... 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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I think it is a stretch to blame the metric system for that one.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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From the article:
"...the ship that was intended to be a symbol of French military prestige in the 21st century."
On that basis, I maintain that it was perfectly fit for purpose.
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If the trains went fast enough (approaching the speed of light) through the stations would they get thinner and be able to pass through unscathed?
Or am I getting confused between science and Red Dwarf again?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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It is dangerous for a train to go fast.
As it approached the higher speeds, the Doppler Effect would shorten the wave length of the light, turning the Red Light into a Green Light and possibly causing a crash!
Fortunately this is not possible in the UK where no train travels at any kind of speed that could be considered "Fast".
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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I'm getting the train to London and back on Saturday, we're going first class as it was 46p more expensive than second standard pleb class.
Last time I traveled in first class on a train I only had a standard class ticket. Middle class looting.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I suspect it's the red Dwarf (or Top Gear) logic one...
But I do see a small problem with this approach - have you ever stood on a platform when a fast train goes through the station? Remember the wind that preceded it? And the suction that followed it? Might get a little extreme at those speeds...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I have travelled by Welsh Wales Wail Ways and if there's one thing they don't do it is fast.
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They would just be shorter.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Wait a second, I thought all you guys across the pond used the metric system. There shouldn't have been any miss measuring like with our Mars probe a few years ago.
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Well...officially. Mostly.
Fuel is in litres, beer is in pints.
Fabric is metres, distances are in miles.
And unlike the rest of Europe, the UK still uses a 12 hour day, and a 12 hour night, rather than the metric equivalent.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Today Mike Hankey[^] is older than he was yesterday.
Happy birthday Mike! Have a ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) , have two.
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Only by one day... but it's a whole year since anyone cared!!
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More and more!
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Happy Birthday Mike.. 
Hope he's enjoying his week-long fishing and other activities in the 'I-can't-remember-name' River..
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Wish you a Very Happy Birthday Mike!!!Have a Blast!!! ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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for Mike!
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
How to ask a question
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Happy birthday Mike!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Congratulations, and deepest sympathies, on your birthday, Mike ! 
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
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