Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Dogtrousers]

Did you feel like the guy who forgets his boots in The Deer Hunter?

Yeah. Exactly like that. Great film. A bit on the long side, but worth it.

 

[Chris S]

EU countries can refuse people from the UK entry if they don't have proof of travel insurance on them.

 

[Alex321]

EU countries can refuse people from the UK entry if they don't have proof of travel insurance on them.

I think that is true of most countries, not just EU ones. And not just from the UK, but most other countries where there is no free travel agreement in place.

 

[Chris S]

In Scotland a 'slider' is a block of ice cream between two wafers.

 

[presta]

That Wilko Johnson played with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

 

[raleighnut]

That Wilko Johnson played with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

The 2nd (or 3rd) version of the band.

 

[Marchrider]

In Scotland a 'slider' is a block of ice cream between two wafers.

news to me too and I live here

 

[Chris S]

news to me too and I live here

It's also used in Belfast. Perhaps it's a South West thing?
https://blog.ice-cream-recipes.com/2009/03/ice-cream-poke-slider.html

 

[FishFright]

BBE - 7 DAY & ONE WEEK



I remember being so loved up that the high parts were visually hanging above the dance floor . Happy nights.

 

[Marchrider]

Never knew there was a food called hummus, checked with the wife and she tells me I don't like it !

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Never knew there was a food called hummus, checked with the wife and she tells me I don't like it !

Isn't it ground up chickpeas and some cream

or have I just made that up???

 

[ColinJ]

Never knew there was a food called hummus, checked with the wife and she tells me I don't like it !

It's fabulous!

I prefer to spell it as 'houmous' but both are correct in English.

Isn't it ground up chickpeas and some cream

or have I just made that up???

Kinda - see Wikipedia article!

 

[Profpointy]

Sadly I've not seen that film.

As things turned out I did have a soldering iron as we were forever having to make up RS232 cables with certain pins connected, for reasons I never quite understood, but it made things work.

That takes me back. Whilst I was a software guy I did tend to have a gas soldering iron in my suit pocket for any site visits. Had to resolder a data cable in a comms room because the pins had been done wrong. It was to do with "lawful interception" and the MI5 guy (or whoever he was, it was never entirely clear) wasn't very impressed !

Note: whilst who is being snooped on is naturally confidential and subject to the official secrets act, the fact of doing it, when presented with a warrant, is in the terms of the telco licence which are a public document, so I'm not giving anything away. I'm sure my cable, my software, and the boxes it once connected are long gone in any case

 

[presta]

That you can change Supatap washers without turning the stopcock off.

 

[ColinJ]

I just found out what a Supatap is!