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mushroom Dec 2018 8:46am, 2 Dec 2018 999 posts	0 mushroom That a 100g stick of rock 'only' has 78g of sugar in it.
TomahawkMike Dec 2018 8:52am, 2 Dec 2018 1,722 posts	0 TomahawkMike (nearly all rest being glucose syrup I believe)
GlennR Dec 2018 10:46am, 2 Dec 2018 39,508 posts	0 GlennR (That would be sugar too. The balance is likely water, or something vile like glycerin).
TomahawkMike Dec 2018 2:46pm, 2 Dec 2018 1,725 posts	0 TomahawkMike That some rail stations sell rail tickets that are only valid on certain companies trains (e.g. ticket only valid on virgin trains or North western trains) Living on the Paddington line I had not experienced this before. Its quite silly. So yesterday we had to stand back and not board a train to/from Rugby and to/from Birmingham as they weren't Virgin trains. How archaic.
ChrisHB Dec 2018 7:33pm, 2 Dec 2018 17,497 posts	0 ChrisHB They have to share the fare with their competitors if the ticket isn't marked for one company only. Here we have the stupid situation that one company trades under three names and still issues tickets valid only on one name. I understand that the legality of that still has to be tried in court.
McGoohan Dec 2018 1:57pm, 3 Dec 2018 37,087 posts	0 McGoohan Placebo did a cover of Boney M's 'Daddy Cool'
Angus Clydesdale Dec 2018 2:32pm, 3 Dec 2018 14,383 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale So they did... https://youtube.com/watch?v=bX8aF0fGIwE
Fitz Dec 2018 6:22pm, 3 Dec 2018 1,974 posts	0 Fitz [Placebo did a whole album of covers as a bonus CD with "Sleeping with Ghosts." Some work better than others - Bigmouth Strikes Again being my fave]
Helegant Dec 2018 6:25pm, 3 Dec 2018 6,072 posts	0 Helegant I know what a normal heart rythm looks like on the hospital monitor.
Fizz :-) Dec 2018 1:20pm, 4 Dec 2018 2,959 posts	0 Fizz :-) There is a Heath Robinson museum. "For students of illustration, lovers of landscape paintings, advertising enthusiasts and academics, dads building contraptions in sheds, believers in fairies, children with time to dream, couples stuck in tiny flats, people who put holes in cheese, artificial teeth testers and anyone who’s ever held something together with a bit of string."