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Posted by Former Archers Listener known as Fausto etc (U14266958) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Grabbing tin hat.
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Posted by fairy hedgehog (U1485678) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Previous research has shown that women talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman notching up 20,000 words in a day - 13,000 more than the average man. Â
I thought that was made up? I'm sure I've read articles that have said that this wrong, and that men use more or less the same number as women in a day.
One report said that in mixed company, it is usually men who speak more than women.
fh
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
>>>But scientists have now discovered why women talk to much.<<
sorry but I didn't get past the first sentence. Newspaper articles with such appalling spelling don't deserve to be read.
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
I quite often have to ask Mr Clogs to Just Please Stop TALKing so much. I would say that on an average day he uses at least 5 times as many words as I do. (I'm not implying that either of us are particularly representative of our respective genders, just observing the reality in this particular house.)
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Posted by fairy hedgehog (U1485678) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Here was the story I remember, from 2007. I think that the stupid numbers were invented by the author of a 'men are from mars, women are from venus' style of book.
fh
Can this be cured by diet?Â
No. You have to use duct tape.
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Posted by The final throes of Geek The Amazing Dogboy (U1759005) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Can this be cured by diet? Â
Are you suggesting that men eat women's brains!?!
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Posted by fairy hedgehog (U1485678) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
> I quite often have to ask Mr Clogs to Just Please Stop TALKing so much <
My OH is more likely to ask me to shut up. He spends all day every day talking as part of his work, whereas I spend my day on my own with only the dogs to talk to. When he comes home, just wanting to be quiet, I'm ready to do all my chatting for the day and I can go into a bit of overload.
He still talks far more than I do, due to his work.
fh
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
>>>The article* describes a recent set of meta-analyses conducted by Campbell Leaper<<<
teehee, I wouldn't trust that bit of research much - it was apparantly done by some crossing of me and Badgey...
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Posted by Spartacus (U14762542) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
... er, I thought a cross of you and Badgey would be entirely trustworthy.
Wiz ah wrang?
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
How charming of you to say so Troywummin. (Are we calling a truce for the End of the World then, aye?)
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Posted by Spartacus (U14762542) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Aye, nae point in fichtin' noo is there? No fun to be had anymore
(sfx of weeping as a sad old greek myth wanders off into the distance...)
Grabbing tin hat. Â
(Clank)
Seems a shame to waste the chance for some target practice in preparation for manning the barricades....
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Posted by Leaping Badger (U3587940) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
I'm pleased to see how well our secret love-child has done for himself.
'Ö'
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
aye, he's well spoken of certainly. 'Entirely trustworthy' eh? Must be a chip off the old, em, brock.
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Posted by Leaping Badger (U3587940) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Let them believe that if they will, mwahahaha.
'Ö'
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Campbell in Farewell Clogs,
I am hoping you are still around. I know you scuba dive, and would like to pick your brain for pointers on where to dive in the UK. Are you going to Peet's MB or any other when this one closes so I can chat with you about it this spring?
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
I've only ever dived once in the UK. In the Firth of Forth with my brother. I live in the Netherlands and my most active diving years were spent there and in Germany. (And a brief period in the Red Sea.)
My brother has dived a lot in UK waters but he's a madman who dives with some scary mix of gases to ridiculous depths and does a lot of wreck diving too so I certainly wouldn't recommend his favourite haunts to a novice.
I'll be in Peets at some point I would think and shall no doubt join in any diving thread I happen to see but I hope that you'll find someone with more local advice for you than I'll have.
pointers on where to dive in the UKÂ
In Campbell's temporary absence, I'll put in a word for Swanage, with these guys:
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Posted by Leaping Badger (U3587940) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
I'd try the sea. I've dived on land and it was rubbish (and painful).
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
You have to stop belly flopping down into the sett when you get back from the pub. (Good tip about the sea, wish I'd thought of that one.)
I think it is true.Evidence on this board suggests women post in a more conversational style (mostly)
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Pat,
Thanks for the link, I have bookmarked and will keep it in mind.
Campbell,
Thanks, I am not quite a seasoned diver, and certainly not in saltwater.
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Posted by Spartacus (U14762542) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Swanage is luverly Campbell; )H's mum used to live there so we went regularly for years. I don't scuba-dive but I bet the waters there are much warmer than the Firth of Fourth!
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Better than our waters, which are currently covered with 2-3 feet of ice. Sorry, have a mild case of spring fever.
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Forth, it's the mouth of the River Forth, not some river betweent the 3rd and the 5th one! ; - ) (I'm not usually one for correcting spelling but I feel a need to do some geographical edumacation here...)
Actually I don't think there's all that much difference in sea temperatures around the UK. The west is marginally warmer with the Gulf Stream but it's all pretty cold really. And I've dived in a frozen lake with skaters going over my head before, so the temperature isn't the real issue (aye, I'm just showing off now...)
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Campbell,
You are a brave soul, I have no desire to ice dive, I think I would be terrified.
I have not yet used a dry suit, but plan to give it a try next summer.
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Posted by Spartacus (U14762542) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Correcting my typos now are ye? Cheeky beasom; ye ken fine fit I meant to type - it was also supposed to be OH not )H!
Diving under ice wi skaters on top? Are ye feel?
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
I've never used a dry suit in my life.
Troywummin - remember our truce (or ah'll batter ye! ;- )
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Seriously, no dry suit under the ice? How did you prevent hypothermia? Cannot stay down long in those conditions.
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
It's warmer under the ice than above it. We only went in for 10/15 minutes. On a rope. Walking upside down under the ice was the main attraction. And seeing the skaters shadowing past and hearing the echoes of their skates. The water is very clear when it's so cold too. This was in the mid 80s - I didn't know anyone with a dry suit then - they were only available for professional divers. Nowadays most sport divers have them as a matter of course. (Wimps ; - )
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Posted by NorthernGal (U2344632) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Ah, I see. Yes, the water is clearer during the cold months.
Those dry suits are very expensive, I would really have to justify that expense.
My dive buddy and I dove an old mine in the northern part of the state least summer, and I couldn't believe how cold it was below the thermocline. I had on my full wet suit, and my dive buddy only had on a shortie. We had no hood or gloves. We lasted seven minutes at 50 feet. I had an instant headache once we went below the thermocline. He finally called the dive.
I cannot remember being so cold in my life; and that says a lot because our winters are brutal.
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