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Crusoe
Crusoe
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30 Apr 2020 5:30pm
How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.
Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
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30 Apr 2020 3:52pm
What's the collective noun for a group of aliens ?
Bristol
Bristol
ACT
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30 Apr 2020 5:58pm
Crusoe said..
. . . a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long . . .



So, how long is a chain of events?
japie
japie
NSW
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30 Apr 2020 6:04pm
Fish are sold by the string in some African countries




lotofwind
lotofwind
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NSW, 6451 posts
30 Apr 2020 6:34pm
^^^Oh, so that's what string theory is about, how many fish on a string ?
Buster fin
Buster fin
WA
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30 Apr 2020 8:11pm
Why can you usually find something in the last place you look for it.
GreenPat
GreenPat
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1 May 2020 5:33am
Buster fin said..
Why can you usually find something in the last place you look for it.


It'd be a bit strange to keep looking for it after you found it.
Rails
Rails
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1 May 2020 5:37am
Sting's piece is a bit under 14 inches
Subsonic
Subsonic
WA
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1 May 2020 6:44am
Rails said..
Sting's piece is a bit under 14 inches


And you knows this how?

Wait, i don't wanna know.
rockmagnet
rockmagnet
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1 May 2020 12:10pm
Crusoe said..
How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.


The sum of the length of a piece of string is equidistant from the centre to both ends.
elmo
elmo
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1 May 2020 10:23am
rockmagnet said..

Crusoe said..
How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.



The sum of the length of a piece of string is equidistant from the centre to both ends.


Doesn't that give you the half the length of a piece of string?
rockmagnet
rockmagnet
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1 May 2020 1:11pm
No, it's the sum of both halves.
the truth
the truth
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1 May 2020 1:18pm
the length of a piece of string is twice as long as half of it.
Cambodge
Cambodge
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1 May 2020 2:37pm
the truth said..
the length of a piece of string is twice as long as half of it.


Or half as long if you halve it lengthwise...
VB MAN
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