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I think you are all putting the cart before the horse :)
Think 1909 over 100 years ago.
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Go back far enough and we come to the Wright Brothers..not them is it Matt?
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A short hop it would be. Knowing where you are Matt, say Vancouver to Victoria but no idea by whom.
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Ah Matt, 1909 that's going to be a Zeppelin so Lufthansa or its predecessor. :D Ken
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You got most of it correct Ken. It was DELAG and it was formed by Von Zeppelin in 1909
As a side Ken pity MacBlo is not around anymore they would have sorted out the USA on their tariffs on our BC timber
and stopped exporting raw logs to the mills in Oregon and Washington State.
You to go Ken.
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Which US State has a British flag on their State flag? :wink: Ken
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Hawaii.We used to have a timeshare there in Lewers Street right on Waikiki Beach
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Correct Matt. K
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Thanks Ken.If you had a three cubic foot tank and filled it with water
approximately how much would it weigh??
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A lot...... :D
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Metric, about 14 Kgs including the tank. A similar question came up on our cruise quiz so hope I'm close as I was way off on that one. :lol: Ken
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Bit off there Ken :lol: Now this not US and does not include the tank.
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May have misread that Matt, say 41 kgs. K
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Have to think again Ken :lol: KGs pounds or stones I know how to convert all of them.
Bet if it was board footage of a package of 12ft 2x4 you could tell me in second :) :) :)
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I thought 24 lbs? 3x8 = 24 pints 1 pint = one pound weight.
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Lets start at the very beginning
a very good place to start(in the words of Julie Andrews)
Cubic Feet
A cubic measurement is the three-dimensional derivative of a linear measure, so a cubic foot is defined as the volume of a cube with sides 1 ft in length.
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Trying to remember what i learnt at school.a cubic foot of water is 60lbs so 3 must be 180lbs.i think.graham.
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I don't know the answer .. not sure I even know the question but seems to me that the answer shoud be more than anything so far suggested.
Looking at a 4 pint bottle of milK I'm sure there must be at least 8 or 9 of them to the cubic foot.... say 4.5 galls per cu ft.
Now, I'm not sure if the Q is about 3 cu ft or 3 ft cubed (1 cu yard)
If 3 cu ft then tank contains about 4,5 X3 gallons which = 108 pints. 1 pint of water weighs 20 oz so 108 x20 =2160 oz =135lbs
If it's a cubic yard tank then it's 3 times that so about 29 stones

That took so long to write that Graham has posted since I started writing - his answer sounds closer than the others
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Thank goodness Graham.I was beginning to think I had the question wrong!
I did say an approx.weight.I think you are off by a couple of pounds.Water could be dirty.
6.2 gallons to the cubic foot.1 gallon fresh water 10bs approx
You to go Graham.
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Thanks matt.easy one to end the day.No mean city was the theme music to which classic tv show.graham.
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My last back of the fag packet calculation gave 178.2lbs. Well done Graham :D Ken
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Ken wasnt sure whether it was water or sand.memory not what it was.graham.
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I bet you were a wiz at working out board footage because of your job Ken well I was good at
working out water volumes,weights etc cos I was the person in charge of the fresh water onboard
the last sub I was on and all those figures had to be entered in for the trim of the submarine.
(The only thing I am still good at :oops: )
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graham01 wrote:Thanks matt.easy one to end the day.No mean city was the theme music to which classic tv show.graham.
Think you gave a clue in the Telly theme Graham, Taggart :D Ken
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Matt wrote:I bet you were a wiz at working out board footage because of your job Ken well I was good at
working out water volumes,weights etc cos I was the person in charge of the fresh water onboard
the last sub I was on and all those figures had to be entered in for the trim of the submarine.
(The only thing I am still good at :oops: )
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More metric measurements for us Matt, mostly cubic metres. K
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Over to you ken.g
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Which old cigarette brand had a connection to London & Bootle and what was its catch line?
Two parter but easy enough to get some other players in ( sorry no pun intended) :D Ken
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I'll have a try with YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH A STRAND
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Remember that fellah in a mac & trilby beside the Thames in a very foggy London?
Well done Bee, your go. :D K
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Was that question No. 6? :wink: :lol:
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No it was a shorter movie Bern; it was Number 10 :D
Yes Ken, that advert made smoking look soooo cool :(

OK - Who what or where has the slogan "THE HOME OF WITTY BANTER" and I'll give you a clue; it's not the footy threads on this forum :roll:
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Is it the TV channel, Dave ?
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Dave it is Phil.
BTW if you're still in your caravan I hope the weather's better where you are than it is here.
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I'm back home, Bee and it's a great morning. My question is, how many horses finished the race in the 2006 Grand National?
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Valverde won it and I won £200 but no idea how many finishers but random guess 15. Ken :D
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