The EU - what next?

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More like a barnacle, I would have said !


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oldbluefox wrote:
At least Corbyn knows how to hang on. He's a Labour limpet!! :lol:[/quote]

OBF did you know

the teeth of tiny limpets are the strongest biological material yet discovered, and could be used to build the cars, boats and planes of the future. And their sheer strength could see them become the basis for a new generation of virtually unbreakable false teeth, according to researchers from the University of Portsmouth.

Details of a series of experiments, reveal how the strength of limpet teeth is the highest ever recorded for a biological material, superseding that of spider silk, and comparable to the strongest man-made fibres such as carbon.

The teeth were so hard that a diamond saw had to be used to slice them into tiny pieces which were then reduced further in size by being bombarded with atoms from an ion beam. The widths of the resulting samples were 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.

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Meanwhile....

I see the pound and FTSE have rallied in the light of the resolution of the Tory leadership "election"

Maybe the world won't end after all ?

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Ray Scully wrote:

OBF did you know

the teeth of tiny limpets are the strongest biological material yet discovered, and could be used to build the cars, boats and planes of the future. And their sheer strength could see them become the basis for a new generation of virtually unbreakable false teeth, according to researchers from the University of Portsmouth.

Details of a series of experiments, reveal how the strength of limpet teeth is the highest ever recorded for a biological material, superseding that of spider silk, and comparable to the strongest man-made fibres such as carbon.

The teeth were so hard that a diamond saw had to be used to slice them into tiny pieces which were then reduced further in size by being bombarded with atoms from an ion beam. The widths of the resulting samples were 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
I'll have a look next time he smiles!!! :lol:
I was taught to be cautious


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Don't be daft, if he were to smile he would drop off Doh

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Ray Scully wrote:
oldbluefox wrote:
At least Corbyn knows how to hang on. He's a Labour limpet!! :lol:
OBF did you know

the teeth of tiny limpets are the strongest biological material yet discovered, and could be used to build the cars, boats and planes of the future. And their sheer strength could see them become the basis for a new generation of virtually unbreakable false teeth, according to researchers from the University of Portsmouth.

Details of a series of experiments, reveal how the strength of limpet teeth is the highest ever recorded for a biological material, superseding that of spider silk, and comparable to the strongest man-made fibres such as carbon.

The teeth were so hard that a diamond saw had to be used to slice them into tiny pieces which were then reduced further in size by being bombarded with atoms from an ion beam. The widths of the resulting samples were 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.[/quote]
Fair enough, but I'm not sure I want a mouthful of teeth looking like this!!
Limpetteeth.jpg

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