[MikeS Posts: 194 Status: Offline]

Aye, but do you know what a 'fortnight' is? My US colleagues all look at me blankly when I use that word!

Apart from not knowing what a fortnight is, my US colleagues asked me if I always eat that way (properly, with a knife and fork), said they loved my Australian accent and when told I was from England, thought I meant New England!

[Ian Brooks Posts: 3550 Status: Offline]

...by the way...I always wondered what the heck nowt and owt meant.  I guessed it was 'off topic' due to the nature of this thread, and I happened to google the terms today and found they were older Northern England terms for 'nothing,' and 'anything.'  So, Nothing to do with anything for us Yanks!     My ancestry is Welsh, so I'm sure there's some 2-mile-long word that sums it up, too

Aye, but do you know what a 'fortnight' is? My US colleagues all look at me blankly when I use that word!

[joncurtis Posts: 2068 Status: Offline]

i thought it was french?

[Kip]

Or alternatively Owt to do with Nowt!!
 
Kip

[jchovernut Posts: 257 Status: Offline WWW]

Looks like your friends on the other side of the Channel have discovered a new way to enjoy an old jet ski!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6C1vIyQ3w#ws

...by the way...I always wondered what the heck nowt and owt meant.  I guessed it was 'off topic' due to the nature of this thread, and I happened to google the terms today and found they were older Northern England terms for 'nothing,' and 'anything.'  So, Nothing to do with anything for us Yanks!     My ancestry is Welsh, so I'm sure there's some 2-mile-long word that sums it up, too

[Trev Posts: 1485 Status: Offline WWW]

Want to see the snow from your house window? then follow the link and type in your address.....
http://pusher.com.au/clients/pusher-christmas-2012/
Kev

I just need to look out the window to see that Kev

[kevthehover]

Well its telling the truth then Al...lol
Kev

[implanecrazy]

My address shows my old shed.  I dont think Becky will let me spend Xmas day in my shed

[kevthehover]

Want to see the snow from your house window? then follow the link and type in your address.....
http://pusher.com.au/clients/pusher-christmas-2012/
Kev
 
 

[Trev Posts: 1485 Status: Offline WWW]

Rapid cooling ...Just open the door and step outside to experience that one 

 4hrs to Australia that sounds good to me 

[Iain Smart Posts: 162 Status: Offline]

Interesting tech here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/london-sydney-spaceflight-edges-closer-162046726.html


Not so much interested in the hyperbole about flying to Sydney in 4 hours but the rapid cooling is... well... cool!

[Hoverbat]

If you scroll down and open "farsnews" http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107118716
it shows a different hovercraft...
BrianM

That pic looks a bit doctored, The shutter speed of the camera would need to be very fast to make that prop stand still and it looks a bit like its off a garden windmill.

[penfold Posts: 434 Status: Offline]

If you scroll down and open "farsnews" http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107118716
it shows a different hovercraft...
BrianM

That looks like a lightly modified BH7, even down to the angled rudders.

[Brian]

If you scroll down and open "farsnews" http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107118716
it shows a different hovercraft...
BrianM

[cobraman]

what a joke