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"The elephant seal was around two metres tall and can weigh more than 6,600 pounds" http://t.co/BooGAMpZ spot the #bogus #number #precision #

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049735/Extrovert-seal-got-way-preening-penguins.html ‘Each time he looked more and more surprised to see us there because I don’t think he was used to seeing humans.’ The elephant seal was around two metres tall and can weigh more than 6,600 pounds. 6,600lbs? That’s a suspiciously precise number. I wonder… http://www.google.co.uk/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=6600lb+in+kg 6600 pounds = 2 993.70964 kilograms Ah, right.…

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I have not yet had to install a winch for my bookcase: http://t.co/dzMux1jj # So far I got up at 0610, emptied the bread oven, got breakfast, two coffees, split wood, stoked the fire, wrote an article… now for work. # @darrenmoffat I may need two breakfasts by the end of the day. # New:…

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Preacher on R4 arguing that children murdered in the reoccupation of Canaan in the Bible must have had happy deaths, going to eternal life # Somehow I can't find sympathy with the idea that sane people, or young children too young to be indoctrinated, are ever happy to be murdered # @ramtopsgrum http://t.co/k42JSxRA from the…

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New: Hartley Wintney Pub Rum-tasting Notes http://t.co/Oe518ROc # Anybody want to try the 1983 MacPaint on a Mac emulator? http://t.co/b45jcWqo – see http://t.co/9VX2tGqF for via http://t.co/gbkIFPRz # In the UK [2008 stats] you are in the bottom 99% if you earn less than £149,000. Bottom 95% earn less than £61,500 http://t.co/gVGeBgC9 # I am the…

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So a couple of weeks ago I had my chimneys swept and I have been looking forward to recommissioning my living-room fireplace ever since – but with a new twist. The sweep – smashing guy, very knowledgable – essentially told me that I was doing my wood fireplace wrong, using a coal-fire style basket with…

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RT @davidallengreen: Brilliant line of complaint about the Blackberry outage in today's FT: "I had to sit listening for the entire meeting" # system("chmod 777 " . $_COOKIE["$sessionid"]); # http://t.co/waDEk94U – Commenters have missed the enormity of the risk #thisiswhyihaveajob # HT @bensummers for http://t.co/Ls9XEklC incidentally… # In which we continue to defend pornography http://t.co/Dga5O22N…

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@alexjbutcher v'z jbeevrq nobhg xahgu & zppnegul, ohg ernyvfgvpnyyl cebtenzzre-tbqf ner whfg uhzna. fbzrgvzrf vg'f uneq gb erzrzore gung. # #include <everybody.h> /* go to http://t.co/B74UceP1 and "like" the "What is this slash-slash nonsense?" comment */ # "You see? Compiler errors even print out while Asteroids is running!" http://t.co/7WQLhT7f #nostalgia # Dear @Dropbox / @dropbox_support…

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Uber piece of #security philosophy about half way down http://t.co/T0oz0tec – via/from http://t.co/Lib8dAav # @_millymoo Does it rhyme with "ring" or "fringe" ? # In #Portsmouth tomorrow evening? For potentially cerebral entertainment, some along to Portsmouth Skeptics http://t.co/VeEYhNV5 #sitp # Would be better if I could type straight 🙂 – I blame 4 hours of…

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New: Well done #MothersUnion for increasing domestic violence http://t.co/VXcqFvvh # @ISpeakSEO @clarinette02 @barneyc "Huge prob" – howso? # @IvorGrumble Exactly. I'm glad you agree that it happens and is dreadful. # @IvorGrumble I'm not blaming anyone – or if I am, it's the men. But I _am_ saying what I think will happen. # Grmbl.…

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