Odd factoids
- Thread starter Blue Hills
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The original 19th century channel tunnel can be entered if you know where.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Steven Segal, everyone's favourite septagenarian hard man, likes to enter the dragon. This is why the RSPCA tried to prosecute him.
And so is the Channel Tunnel
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The Channel Tunnel originally saw service under the Irish sea connecting Liverpool to Madrid. The tunnel was sold when the company went bankrupt and the new owners re sited it at Dover.
classic33
Leg End Member
The sea link would be an underwater tunnel that would run across the sea and connect Ireland and the UK.
There have been various routes proposed for the project, potentially linking Northern Ireland to Scotland or the Republic of Ireland to Wales.
The main argument is that a link between the two islands would boost tourism and business on both side and would also provide an important cultural link.
Of the two proposed Northern routes, from Belfast Lough to Portpatrick would run to around 34km, while Antrim to Mull of Kintyre would be about 19km.
Both routes from the Republic, from Rosslare to Fishguard and from Dublin to Holyhead, would run to around 100km.
By way of comparison, the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France is 50km long, with 38km of that line underwater.
There have been various routes proposed for the project, potentially linking Northern Ireland to Scotland or the Republic of Ireland to Wales.
The main argument is that a link between the two islands would boost tourism and business on both side and would also provide an important cultural link.
Of the two proposed Northern routes, from Belfast Lough to Portpatrick would run to around 34km, while Antrim to Mull of Kintyre would be about 19km.
Both routes from the Republic, from Rosslare to Fishguard and from Dublin to Holyhead, would run to around 100km.
By way of comparison, the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France is 50km long, with 38km of that line underwater.
classic33
Leg End Member
The sea link would be an underwater tunnel that would run across the sea and connect Ireland and the UK.
There have been various routes proposed for the project, potentially linking Northern Ireland to Scotland or the Republic of Ireland to Wales.
The main argument is that a link between the two islands would boost tourism and business on both side and would also provide an important cultural link.
Of the two proposed Northern routes, from Belfast Lough to Portpatrick would run to around 34km, while Antrim to Mull of Kintyre would be about 19km.
Both routes from the Republic, from Rosslare to Fishguard and from Dublin to Holyhead, would run to around 100km.
By way of comparison, the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France is 50km long, with 38km of that line underwater.
There have been various routes proposed for the project, potentially linking Northern Ireland to Scotland or the Republic of Ireland to Wales.
The main argument is that a link between the two islands would boost tourism and business on both side and would also provide an important cultural link.
Of the two proposed Northern routes, from Belfast Lough to Portpatrick would run to around 34km, while Antrim to Mull of Kintyre would be about 19km.
Both routes from the Republic, from Rosslare to Fishguard and from Dublin to Holyhead, would run to around 100km.
By way of comparison, the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France is 50km long, with 38km of that line underwater.
classic33
Leg End Member
During a drought in 1915, in California, Charles Hatfield was hired by the San Diego city council with a four-to-one vote and promised $10,000 in a handshake deal if he could make it rain.
On January 1, 1916, the rain started in San Diego and it didn't stop for the entire month, resulting in 30 inches of rain. The floods destroyed the dam, washed out roads, lifted railroad tracks, caused property damage across the region and killed an estimated 14 to 50 citizens.
The city council claimed the floods were an act of God, not an act of Hatfield, so he never got his promised $10,000.
On January 1, 1916, the rain started in San Diego and it didn't stop for the entire month, resulting in 30 inches of rain. The floods destroyed the dam, washed out roads, lifted railroad tracks, caused property damage across the region and killed an estimated 14 to 50 citizens.
The city council claimed the floods were an act of God, not an act of Hatfield, so he never got his promised $10,000.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Following his disastrous job as Rain Minister for San Diego, Hatfield moved to the UK and founded a town in Hertfordshire, Hatfield had become bitter and twisted following his Californian experience, so made sure his new town was a **** hole.
The afformention town in Hertfordshire was at one time the headwear farming capital of the known world. Things came to an abrupt halt when 'flat caps' were discovered just lying about the place in vast quantities in northern England. Cow shoot caps were renamed 'flat caps' to avoid the obvious stigma and hence the expensive cultivation and harvesting in Hertfordshire came to a speedy end.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Hollywood director Tim Burton made his fortune with a chain of menswear shops, but sold them to concentrate on making movies.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
26 inch wheels were found to be illegal under EU regulations in 1989 hence the change to 700c. The Americans were not fussed.
