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‘Big Tits Potato Chips’ - 1930 - made in Dunn, North Carolina. ‘Big Tits was the nickname of Titus Tart, one of the owners in the Tart-Chestnut Co. The image is that of Mr. Tart.’
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The largest burial ground is the Wadi al-Salam Cemetery in the city of Najaf, Iraq. This vast graveyard covers an area of 9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi) and is thought to contain millions of sets of human remains. The Wadi al-Salam has been in continuous use since the seventh century.

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It's very popular. People are dying to get in.
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gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:00 pm It's very popular. People are dying to get in.
True and if you look at a map you'll see its very easy to find, as its the dead centre of Iraq!
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UK equivalent is Brookwood Cemetery.

Used to have two railway stations, direct funeral trains from Waterloo.

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220 acres, so miniscule ;)

Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookwood_Cemetery
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Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:50 pm UK equivalent is Brookwood Cemetery.

Used to have two railway stations, direct funeral trains from Waterloo.

The Stiff Express, as it was known. Used to have three classes of travel for the dearly departed, showing that the class system still existed, even in death. :lol:
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gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:54 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:50 pm UK equivalent is Brookwood Cemetery.

Used to have two railway stations, direct funeral trains from Waterloo.

The Stiff Express, as it was known. Used to have three classes of travel for the dearly departed, showing that the class system still existed, even in death. :lol:
My late M-in-law's death certificate was signed by a Dr Stiff
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Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:57 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:54 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:50 pm UK equivalent is Brookwood Cemetery.

Used to have two railway stations, direct funeral trains from Waterloo.

The Stiff Express, as it was known. Used to have three classes of travel for the dearly departed, showing that the class system still existed, even in death. :lol:
My late M-in-law's death certificate was signed by a Dr Stiff
I had surgery on my hand from a Dr Saw.

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Pirahna wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:06 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:57 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:54 pm

The Stiff Express, as it was known. Used to have three classes of travel for the dearly departed, showing that the class system still existed, even in death. :lol:
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Pirahna wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:06 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:57 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:54 pm

The Stiff Express, as it was known. Used to have three classes of travel for the dearly departed, showing that the class system still existed, even in death. :lol:
My late M-in-law's death certificate was signed by a Dr Stiff
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I used to go to the maxillofacial unit at UCH. The consultant surgeon was Coiln Hopper. On his door was C.Hopper...
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I knew a guy called Paul Riddle. His dad was Jimmy.
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Driving home this evening and on the approach to turn 19 (quite near the bottom, it starts at turn 21 !! ) random stuff going on and turns out there was an accident, probably very recent as no hi viz or warning triangles!

I stopped before the turn and hazards on and grabbed my hi viz to wave as I'd overtaken a truck not long before so knew he would be chuntering by soon

Luckily, it was a depannage* truck (to takeaway broken down cars !! ) but the crashed vehicle was a (probably) sprinter !!!

How the actual Fck do you turn over a sprinter type vehicle before you get to the bend ??? (I'm assuming they were going down as they couldn't have the speed to turn over going up, I don't think !!! )


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Bloody lucky no one was hurt, including the dogs (two or three people and two or three dogs in the van !!) !!!

I didn't hang around as the depannage man was on the phone to his boss (I guess to see if he could take the van) and there were already a couple of peeps in another car that had stopped. And the depannage lorry had all it's lights going, so plenty of warning for people coming up - the accident was almost out of view until you got to the turn :(



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There's what looks like a big gouge out of the grass to the left? I'd guess maybe they were actually coming up and completely failed to turn?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:57 pm There's what looks like a big gouge out of the grass to the left? I'd guess maybe they were actually coming up and completely failed to turn?
Possibly, there was a bit of grass/rock disturbed further up, so I was generally a bit confused about it all - and there's been a lot of work done on the verges recently, last couple of weeks, so the gouge could be them, or not !! But actually, there seems very little damage overall, so going up makes more sense, can't imagine how they would have no injuries if they'd been coming down with any speed??

But they were all ok, so that's the main thing
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Noggin wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:43 pm
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They've clearly swerved to avoid the cyclist in the middle of the road and the fucker is riding off without stopping.
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Pirahna wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 7:38 pm
Noggin wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:43 pm
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They've clearly swerved to avoid the cyclist in the middle of the road and the fucker is riding off without stopping.
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I am quite impress with the lack of rust on that sprinter.
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I aint not never seen one of these before...
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