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I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990.
About the only culture it had was in a petri dish...
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OriginalGriff wrote: I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990.
I think that was a fantastical joke on all of us.
OriginalGriff wrote: About the only culture it had was in a petri dish deep fat fryer...
FTFY 
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Did you fall off the chair when Scouseland won it?
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Actually, I take that back - it had a magnificent restaurant called "The Ubiquitous Chip".
You walked in, and it was like going outside - cobbled floor, plants, windows with curtains on the other side...
The menu was one side of A4, but the wine list...two volumes...we got rascally drunk in there several times. 
(And it's Still there![^] - if it's anything like it was, well worth a visit to the city on it's own)
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I have not set foot in Glasgow since the 20th Century! I was about 3, the last time I was there!
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I was old enough to enjoy good food and drink on expenses: and to work for a company that figured developers weren't supposed to travel on business, so every time you did you were doing them a favour - so they booked you into a nice hotel (4* or better) and encouraged you to enjoy yourself. +HIC+
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It's basically the same thing: a wall to keep the barbarians out.
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But, unfortunately, they overran Scotland anyway... the wall was not as effective as we'd like.
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$$$$
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Just finshished ours, holy crap! I'm out of money and patience. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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If you think it's expensive now, wait till they are teenagers.
And then they go to uni and you think it's done.
IT'S NEVER DONE!!!
(wouldn't change a thing. ok, maybe one or 2).
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Kohl's does what?[^]
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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 No. It passed around the metal exterior and exited at the nearest point to the ground exactly as you'd expect it to. Do they just not bother with science in schools anymore?
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Isn't that what was said: Quote: through the metal exterior
Electricity doesn't pass "around" metal, it goes through it. How do you think metal wires carry a current? By having the electricity go through the wire. Notice how you need to you thicker gauge wire the more amperage there is?
Sheesh, some people's kids...
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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But only on the surface, yes? Not through the interior. -- thicker gauge wire the more surface area, also with stranded wire -- more surface area.
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No, an electric current passes through the whole wire. But this isn't an electric current - that's why they call it static!
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Member 9082365 wrote: No, an electric current passes through the whole wire. But this isn't an electric current - that's why they call it static!
Eh 
So what is the difference between an electric current and static, don't they both originate from the fact that they are electrons jiggling about?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Well, ultimately everything in the Universe is due to electrons jiggling about! In an electric current there is a flow of electrons from one point to another. With static the surface merely becomes charged with extra electrons (or in some cases with a deficit of electrons). There is no current unless and until the charge becomes so great that it escapes, and then it will be a violent single escape, a spark, or a lightning bolt, not a steady flow. It's this difference which distinguishes a resistor and a capacitor in electric circuits, one allowing current to pass, the other cutting current off until such time as sufficient charge has built up.
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What is the this you're refering to?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It's not electricity. It's an electric charge and it always stays on the exterior. That's why they advise you to get into or stay in your car in a thunderstorm. It's called a Faraday Cage; Google it, watch the relevant Mythbusters episode, consult Bill Nye, The Science Guy, or just read a book. It's amazing what you can learn!
Sheesh, next you'll be telling me that a hyena's a canine!
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So, you're saying I could just use a hollow metal tube one atom thick of the same "gauge" (i.e., diameter) as a "normal" wire and it would work just fine? Me thinks not. In fact, it depends on the type of current (DC or AC). DC (like that of a lightning bolt) flows through the bulk cross-section of a wire. AC, depending on the frequency of the current, experiences the skin-effect where the higher the frequency the thinner the surface area that is used. Even so, some AC current does indeed still flow through the cross-section of the wire.
The fact is the lightning flowed THROUGH the SKIN of the plane!
Member 9082365 wrote: hyena's a canine
You shouldn't call yourself names.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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