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Night-owl Jun 2019 7:22pm, 6 Jun 2019 32,836 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl True Dio. But am more of a ketchup kinda girl so never buy it Also true Glenn which is amusing what with the current European climate
GordonG Jun 2019 10:55am, 7 Jun 2019 7,768 posts	Quote Pin GordonG That lighthouses have specific flash patterns so that mariners can tell which one they're looking at from a distance bbc.co.uk
GlennR Jun 2019 10:56am, 7 Jun 2019 42,867 posts	Quote Pin GlennR [oddly enough I did know that, together with five million other pieces of worthless clutter that stop my brain doing anything useful]
mushroom Jun 2019 11:56am, 7 Jun 2019 1,037 posts	Quote Pin mushroom I understand that all lighthouses are scheduled to be switched off soon, as ships all use GPS now, but countries can't agree a timetable..!
Wednesday Mouse Jun 2019 12:39pm, 10 Jun 2019 1,051 posts	Quote Pin Wednesday Mouse There's a dead lion on the front of golden syrup tins. Got flies buzzing around it and everything. Something to do with a bible quote/story I think. Still a very odd thing for a tin of liquid sugar.
Velociraptor Jun 2019 12:41pm, 10 Jun 2019 41,935 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor 'Specially as bees don't make golden syrup, or at least only very, very indirectly.
RunningRonnie Jun 2019 12:41pm, 10 Jun 2019 1,542 posts	Quote Pin RunningRonnie That this thread exists.
Markymarkmark Jun 2019 1:27pm, 10 Jun 2019 9,091 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark ["From strength comes forth sweetness". - The T&L Dead Lion and Bees thing. Aesops fables, not a Bible story that one! Presumably the Ancient Greeks didn't bother to distinguish between flies around a dead animal ,and bees around flowers, very well. ]
pedroscalls Jun 2019 1:30pm, 10 Jun 2019 22,797 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls [It was Samson in the bible MMM not Aesop]
R4R Jun 2019 1:35pm, 10 Jun 2019 3,021 posts	Quote Pin R4R That the moon is part of Mars apparently: theguardian.com