Attention all moon landing sceptics Page 24
Quote: Tuumble @ July 23 2009, 2:49 PM BST"I don't think my stepdad (Richard Gordon) founded a company.
The man who wrote the 'Doctor...' series?
Quote: roscoff @ July 22 2009, 1:04 PM BSTBecause they made the Carry On film. Carry On films never lie
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 22 2009, 2:16 PM BSTAmerica was most likely named after a Welsh merchant who lived in Bristol, named Americ, who funded Cabot's exploratitive trading missions to the continent. The tradition then was that land was named after the person who paid for the exploration. It wasn't until after the Americ-funded journeys that the word 'America' started appearing on the maps.
His family coat of arms (or somesuch) included red and white horizontal stripes, IIRC.
Quote: roscoff @ July 22 2009, 2:20 PM BSTSo America's really just another Welsh unitary authority then. Good. I always thought so.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ July 22 2009, 2:12 PM BSTJust to be all Aaron-y for a second
, I always thought that our Moon was spelled with a capital 'M' and that other moons were spelt with a small 'm'.
It depends on what you're referring to. There's the moon as a generic object, which is a ... well, a thing orbiting a planet (I can't for the life of me remember the proper names). Then there's our moon, which is just called the Moon. And as that's it's name it's a proper noun and thus capitalised.
Something like that.
Quote: Aaron @ July 25 2009, 8:31 PM BSTIt depends on what you're referring to. There's the moon as a generic object, which is a ... well, a thing orbiting a planet (I can't for the life of me remember the proper names). Then there's our moon, which is just called the Moon. And as that's it's name it's a proper noun and thus capitalised.
Something like that.
A satellite?
That'll do.
Quote: chipolata @ July 20 2009, 11:44 AM BSTI refuse to get into any man-flirting until Rob H gets back from holiday.
I think this clip best depicts my reaction: 
Quote: Rob H @ August 12 2009, 6:05 PM BSTI think this clip best depicts my reaction:
Did you read through all these threads looking for references to yourself! Or do you have a cuttings service?
Quote: chipolata @ August 13 2009, 11:45 AM BSTDid you read through all these threads looking for references to yourself! Or do you have a cuttings service?
I must confess to doing a search on my name. Is that narcissistic or just very sad?
Quote: Rob H @ August 13 2009, 11:50 AM BSTIs that narcissistic or just very sad?
Both.
I'm off to do a search on my name now!
Quote: Rob H @ August 12 2009, 6:05 PM BSTI think this clip best depicts my reaction: