Wow this little lot is gonna clobber De Beers even harder than discovering how to make them I worked on a diamond press once, (oil drilling bits) amazing machine. Now the Russians can dig 'em up by the Ton, literally !

No it how hot the tea is that counts

Good one made me laugh :-D

So will I! I have noticed that a lot of tills and POS devices still use them for receipt printing They sure sound like it anyway and it's a very characteristic sound.

Yes I used to be able to hear the linescan whistle of old CRT monitors and TVs (it's about 16KHz on a PAL TV). Can't any more though. It's either old age or too many dot matrix printers in the past. Working as a sound engineer on big P.A. rigs didn't help either. There were about half a dozen big commercial dot matrix printers in the print room at a place where I once worked amongst all the other gear (and some of that was pretty noisy) It was in a soundproofed cellar and always smelt of ammonia (by-product of Diazo Printing) All the girls that worked in there wore ear defenders and communicated mostly by sign language like some Victorian textile mill. They were a friendly bunch though (Bit too friendly sometimes if you know what I mean). It was a place where rock hard grizzled welders feared to tread and very intimidating for a young apprentice (As I was at the time). But it had great air conditioning and was always at a nice constant temperature. It was the only place in the works that was air conditioned and they needed it.

I don't know what movie but it's the sort of thing Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory might come out with

Oh groan Made me laugh though

They usually do But us Brits have usually got our finger is the pie somewhere

If it looks like Ferric Chloride and smells like Ferric Chloride it probably is, no wait, its probably your coffee. Can I have a sample I want to try dunking a P.C.B. in it. If it has the same effect as on biscuits you could be on to a winner. Probably a good idea to stop drinking it though or use plastic spoons

Mad as box of frogs the lot of 'em (Gratuitous Galvani reference)

Aw stop it lads before I get the vapours and can't get ANY work done Too late! Kate Silverton with her glasses on :-D won't get anything done now

Common problem on minis I used to change mine every year like routine maintenance I got so good at it I could change a set in about 15 minutes, including jacking it and taking the wheels off. It a bit of a pain but they're cheap enough (or they used to be)

Overreaction on the part of GoDaddy more than anything I think

It's an interesting concept, In the case of some little island states they would need the entire population to make up a team

Cheers Michael I said it might be a stupid question, It was

Might be A stupid question chaps but How many players in an Aussie league side Is it 13 like English Rugby League or 15 Like Union

How goes the rugger Micheal My transporter beam's busted at the moment so I can't send you any beer I'm afraid

Quite right you can't beat a good whinge, us poms are supposed to be particularly good at it (plenty of practice probably) :-D

Brilliant!

Now that's what I call a pension. well and truly retired