Things learnt from television and the internet..

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by art b, Feb 3, 2017.

  1. So there is a lot of dross on tv and the tinternet ....but

    watching a few programmes on bbc4
    i have been informed about things i had never even thought about :)




    The costly and painstaking restoration of 500 year old medieval glass in York minster

    iplayer link

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0161dgq


    telegraph article

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...estoration-the-largest-of-its-kind-in-europe/





    The number of Chinese killed during world war 2 ... ?

    any idea

    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/31/opinions/china-wwii-forgotten-ally-rana-mitter/
     
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  2. 14 million Chinese!!!!
     
  3. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    I am learning to speak and write Italian properly on t'internet. I thought I could speak it, but apparently not proper like!
     
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  4. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    siamo in testa alla classifica
     
  5. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Si.
     
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  6. BBC 4 has some fabulous music progs , very informative in other areas as well so alus worth a look ... :thumbsup:

    Me taimo Chris ...
    That`s all folks .

    :hattip:
     
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  7. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    No. But there are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. That's a Fact etc
     
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  8. 500 million .!

    Flying pigeon bicycles have been made,


    The worlds largest produced vehicle ..:thumbsup:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Pigeon

    I learnt that from Guy Martin...:)
     
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  9. redoxide

    redoxide Guest

    I learnt where the off switch was on the telly and that the internet had cost me a fortune in online purchases of VW bits. :(
     
  10. You and your smutty pillow talk ...

    :hattip:
     
  11. Reading about the Vietnam war..:thinking:

    How many Americans died there..?

    How many people in total died...?
     
  12. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    I was just 6 months too young to get the invitation to go there.
    I was ready to move back to the U.K. or perhaps Canada to avoid going there.
    Then I discovered the military wouldn't have accepted a myopic diabetic anyway.
     
  13. Good because you are too lovely to go anywhere dangerous
     
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  14. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator


    BBC4 is fab. When I visit dad we don't often leave itv3 and bbc4 :)
     
  15. Can you teach me please. My mums side of the family is Italian and I can't speak a word of it!

    Dads side is Irish. I can fecking well swear like them.
     
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  16. BBC 4 for music programs,i love the in depth history of where music comes from.It was due to a program on New Orleans that we went there on holiday
     
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  17. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    I reckon I could analyse a crime scene and solve most murders these days
     
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  18. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Man, all that pent up guilt. Them Roman Catholics really mess yer head up don't they? ;)

    There's an app on the phone called Duolingo. Give that a go for a start dude. You will be amazed how quickly you pick up the basics. :thumbsup:
     
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  19. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    Same here, also I could fend off a gang of no gooders easily with a gun that fires cabbages that I fashioned in a farm shed me and my friends were holed up in. I'm also confident that whilst there would be a lot of guns going off and terrible vehicular accidents, all concerned would get up and walk away.
     
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