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Terrible news coming from Merseyside this evening.
The Birkenhead Tunnel has been closed and the speed limit will be reduced for the foreseeable future to 40 km. per hour.
 
The Highways Agency found over 200 dead crows on the tunnel approach recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.
 
A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, has confirmed in their report the problem was NOT Avian Flu but rather the cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts.
 
However, during analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the ...bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorrys, while only 2% were killed by cars.
 
The Agency then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
 
The Ornithological Behaviourist quickly concluded that when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of danger.
 
They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "Lorry"
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On 8/18/2025 at 3:15 AM, Sheilajeanne said:

:rofl:  :lol: 

Funny, but gosh, that looks OLD! Is it from an old movie?

Its a recording from about 1936

I knew this was false news cos we don't drive at km per hour! We do mph

On 8/30/2025 at 3:04 AM, Sheilajeanne said:
Terrible news coming from Merseyside this evening.
The Birkenhead Tunnel has been closed and the speed limit will be reduced for the foreseeable future to 40 km. per hour.
 
The Highways Agency found over 200 dead crows on the tunnel approach recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.
 
A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, has confirmed in their report the problem was NOT Avian Flu but rather the cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts.
 
However, during analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the ...bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorrys, while only 2% were killed by cars.
 
The Agency then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
 
The Ornithological Behaviourist quickly concluded that when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of danger.
 
They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "Lorry"

If corn oil is made from corn, and olive oil is made from olives, what's baby oil made from? 

If you boil a funny bone it becomes a laughing stock. 

Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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Fred, I thought the UK was metric, so I was the one that changed it to KPH!  :o

My bad...:helpsmilie:

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1 hour ago, Sheilajeanne said:

Fred, I thought the UK was metric, so I was the one that changed it to KPH!  :o

My bad...:helpsmilie:

s'ok

UK is 1/3 metric and 0.66666bar imperial

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On 1/5/2025 at 8:23 PM, Sheilajeanne said:

To which Ma replies, "Hurts, don't it?!"

Sounds like she needs to trim down there a 'lil bit 😜

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2 hours ago, fredk said:

s'ok

UK is 1/3 metric and 0.66666bar imperial

Fred, Canada officially switched to metric in the late 1960's but I think from what you said above, we're like the U.K. The transition was never 100% This  chart explains it quite well!

 

measuring like a Canadian.jpg

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:lol:

On most of those items we are the opposite!

eg. Height, person, now in centimetres. Weight; person, Kilogrammes, Food; pre-packed = grams,  or loose at a grocer = imperial,  Distance, miles. Most fluids are sold by the litre but you still get a pint in the pub

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43 minutes ago, Sheilajeanne said:

Fred, Canada officially switched to metric in the late 1960's


I know I'm happy with the english system so I won't be converting to the metric system

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