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Wales, double-decker buses, football pitches: take a back seat

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Dooogs Jan 2021 6:46pm, 20 Jan 2021 6,440 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs (also, based on my cricketing experience: at village level, flattish is a "nice to have" rather than an essential pitch quality. See also: "recently mowed".)
Foxy Dec 2023 2:01pm, 14 Dec 2023 34,663 posts	Quote Pin Foxy Americans love to use any measurement except sensible ones with numbers - even have Facebook groups on it 😂
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2024 12:54pm, 11 Aug 2024 39,434 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens The Paris 2024 winning Javelin throw was 8.28 times the length of the new route aster London bus.
ChrisHB Aug 2024 2:00pm, 11 Aug 2024 23,172 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Thank you, @Ocelot Spleens Ocelot Spleens - you have secured a place in the header.
ChrisHB Aug 2024 2:00pm, 11 Aug 2024 23,173 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB -- wonder how that happened --
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2024 2:49pm, 11 Aug 2024 39,435 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens It's a good meaningless stat, but ought to say men's winning javelin throw.
ChrisHB Aug 2024 2:59pm, 11 Aug 2024 23,174 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB done
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2024 7:43pm, 11 Aug 2024 39,445 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Safan Hassan's winning time in the marathon at the Paris Olympics was 2 min 55s longer than the film Apollo 13.
ChrisHB Aug 2024 10:48pm, 25 Aug 2024 23,189 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB The amount of surplus cash is now so large that the total volume is the equivalent of more than 2,000 washing machine-sized cages – each weighing a tonne – filled with coins. ( Telegraph on the Royal Mint having rather a lot of unwanted coins )
ChrisHB Oct 2024 2:26pm, 5 Oct 2024 23,231 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB That’s the equivalent of nearly 29 Olympic swimming pools, or more than three times the length of the pitch at Wembley. (water removed from the A421 flood). (is the pitch at Wembley bigger than other pitches?)