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The one who "sleeps" next to a snorer... 
Herself (bless her little cotton socks) has been known to wake herself up by snoring too loud. Seriously. I have been tempted to have an operation to disable my ears...
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OriginalGriff wrote: has been known to wake herself up by snoring too loud
Snigger. I did just that on a long-haul flight a while back (not sure when my snoring started but I'm now Olympic level according to the missus). Then I noticed my shoulder felt damp. My T-shirt was soaked with the flood of drool coming from my mouth. 
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It can be a symptom of more serious things. I had the op as a kid, think it was related to more fundamental nasal breathing issues.
My father-in-law is having an op next week because of his snoring, think it might be apnea related.
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ChrisElston wrote: It can be a symptom of more serious things
It can indeed.
Death by suffocation, for one...
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Speaking as one who suffers from sleep apnoea I can sympathise.
Without a CPAP machine I stop breathing several times a night, in between which I snore like a train (a sleeper, I guess)
Mrs Maxxx forced the machine upon me, suggesting that otherwise she would be sleeping by herself ... due to a bereavement.
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Those who are aiming to get into the Guinness Book of World Records. I am sure the "Loudest Snore" category is quite competitive. 
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Ahhhhhh!!!! At least there is one soul who can understand what I say 
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Yeah, but I am pretty twisted, so that might not be a good thing. 
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You got hit on nose and it sent some kind of signal to your brain. This resulted in all new circuitry that has made your senses with a pre-defined distance from nose useless.
Where's my doctorate in brain research?
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ChrisElston wrote: I no longer snore
Wow, I hope this stays here, because I do not want my wife to organize a car crash for me.
~RaGE();
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we had a bit of a storm yesterday - we left the beach when the rai started, by the time we got back to the car, the hail had started.
by the time we got out on the road, the hail was HUGE.
video[^]
two got the car before we managed to get under cover, we now have a have a huge dent in the roof and a crack in the windscreen 
and the water tank at home is still nearly empty!
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At least you got to the car and under cover!
I used to hate hail when I was on a motorbike - it was cold, slippery, noisy and damn painful - and that's with "normal" hail, not golf ball / cricket ball sizes like you got. The biggest known is the size of a football: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8870000/newsid_8879100/8879199.stm[^] and wieghed a kilo - imagine if that had hit you! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: it was cold, slippery, noisy and damn painful
A bit like shagging Jane Torville?
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I loved this from teh link ...
Quote: This hailstone measured 20.5cm wide and weighed in at almost 1kg - about the same as a large tub of butter!
Or about the same weight as something else which weighs a kilogram!
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Nah - a tub of butter weighs a special kilo!
It's a bit like lengths and areas: why is it always "an area the size of Wales" when no one has a good mental picture of how big Wales actually is?
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OriginalGriff wrote: how big Whales actually isare
Because nobody ever ...
OMG[^]
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I have bookmarked that page as it might be useful in the future, although my current list of bookmarks is the size of Wales so it might be hard to find.
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Obligatory XKCD reference[^]
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From the link: 3 L = 2 Liter bottle? 
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If in doubt o not sure what an XKCD is all about, there is http://www.explainxkcd.com/[^] - but it does take the fun out of it!
The explanation for the link page: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=526:_Converting_to_Metric[^] says:
"3 L - Two-liter bottle: Refers to a bottle which contains two liters (in the US usually soda) but itself occupies almost three liters (eg. when submerged)."
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That "explanation" reeks of desperation. The CO2 pocket at the top of an un-openned bottle is tiny as is the volume of the plastic it's made of. If you're buying pop by the case I suppose the volume of the case might be ~3* numberOfBottles liters; but only because of the overhead from squaring a circle and the taper on the ends.
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I'd agree - though I'd want to inspect US bottles first - I had assumed it was the volume occupied by the bottle rather than the bottle volume as when submerged.
I don't have one here to measure, but a 1L water bottle I do have is around 8cm diameter by 31cm - giving an "overall" volume of close to two litres (1984cm3) for the space it occupies.
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My missus recently joined weight watchers. According to their portion guide;
A chicken breast is about the size of a computer mouse - or about the size of a chicken breast?
A 6 inch piece of French bread comes up to the neck of a 500ml bottle of water - or is about 6 inches long?
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ChrisElston wrote: A chicken breast is about the size of a computer mouse
But which type:
Small?[^]
Medium?[^] (don't look - not if you are squeamish, or eating, anyway)
or Large?[^]
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ChrisElston wrote: weight watchers
A quick joke is called for...
Q. Why don't lesbians go to weight watchers?
A. It's pretty hard to eat Jenny Craig when you've got Estee Lauder on your face.
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