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    MartinM
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    Simon Mason said:

    "MartinM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Always makes me laugh when I see millions of flashguns go off as
    spectators try to capture some dark (or even light) far off thing


    with

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    a flashgun, all they will get is the bald head of the bloke 3 rows


    in

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    front. Or in the case of the London Eye, themselves reflected in


    the

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    pod ;-)

    I had an e-mail read out on TeamTalk 252 about this very thing. You


    can hear

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    it here:

    http://home.unitynet.co.uk/swldxer/JHRFlash.mp3

    --
    Simon M.

    Ok changed my folder options to Mplayer, works now. Who is that DJ that
    does not understand metres or is this the BBC dumbing down? I remember
    when BBC Radio Brighton started they were in 24 hr clock but had to
    stop as no-one could fathom it (obviously people who don't use buses
    trains planes teletext or go abroad!)

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  2. Simon Mason
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    "MartinM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cgutu6

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    Ok changed my folder options to Mplayer, works now. Who is that DJ that
    does not understand metres or is this the BBC dumbing down? I remember
    when BBC Radio Brighton started they were in 24 hr clock but had to
    stop as no-one could fathom it (obviously people who don't use buses
    trains planes teletext or go abroad!)

    It's James H Reeve. See:

    http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page466.htm

    It was on TeamTalk 252, not the BBC and James is somewhat of a
    traditionalist who likes to deal in imperial units, rather than someone who
    doesn't understand metric ones.
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    Simon M.

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  3. MartinMM
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    Simon Mason said:

    "MartinM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cgutu6

    Quoted message said:


    Ok changed my folder options to Mplayer, works now. Who is that DJ that
    does not understand metres or is this the BBC dumbing down? I remember
    when BBC Radio Brighton started they were in 24 hr clock but had to
    stop as no-one could fathom it (obviously people who don't use buses
    trains planes teletext or go abroad!)

    It's James H Reeve. See:

    http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page466.htm

    It was on TeamTalk 252, not the BBC and James is somewhat of a
    traditionalist who likes to deal in imperial units, rather than someone who
    doesn't understand metric ones.
    --
    Simon M.


    When Manchester United played Bayer Leverkusen in the Champion's League in 02, one presenter kept referring to them as simply "Bayer". I pointed out that they might become confused with Bayer Uerdingen who are another club with the Bayer prefix.

    A little known fact about Bayer is that they made their name making Zyklon B

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  4. Simon Mason
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    "MartinMM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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    Simon M.


    When Manchester United played Bayer Leverkusen in the Champion's
    League in 02, one presenter kept referring to them as simply "Bayer". I
    pointed out that they might become confused with Bayer Uerdingen who are
    another club with the Bayer prefix.

    A little known fact about Bayer is that they made their name making
    Zyklon B

    I know - I got that point read out as well, but I haven't got a copy of it.
    --
    Simon M.

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  5. David Martin
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    On 30/8/04 11:20 am, in article
    [email hidden], "MartinMM"

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    A little known fact about Bayer is that they made their name making
    Zyklon B

    Actually they made their name manufacturing synthetic indigo much earlier
    than that.

    ...d

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  6. Ambrose Nankivell
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    David Martin said:

    On 30/8/04 11:20 am, in article
    [email hidden], "MartinMM"

    Quoted message said:

    A little known fact about Bayer is that they made their name making
    Zyklon B

    Actually they made their name manufacturing synthetic indigo much earlier
    than that.


    Indeed, they also owned the trademark on the word Heroine until they
    stopped defending it.

    A

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