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    Intellectual betterment.

    the question has nothing to do with the fact an egg is extremely fragile, it is more to do with the testing method to prove, as in if you had no idea what an egg was, but wanted to test what hieghts it would break from, how many times might you have to do it, therefore the answer is 50 tests, if...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    it was a delibaretly vague post to avoid annoying anyone and making them start it all over again, but obviously that was a mistake, and malicious was a bad choice of words but i couldnt think of a better one, basically to clarify, all i meant was if no one replys to post regarding the specific...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    fantastic fours being rebooted, supposedily their recasting everyone, aparantely there ditching chris evans cause hes now capt america and getting some dude from 90210, its all down hill from here, as a plus though the trailer for the rebooted spiderman is finally online and definately looks...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    i can ride a unicycle, i have never tho, nor have interest in ever, put my fingers into the orifices of snakes or any other exotic creatures though, you can keep that as your own special characteristic
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    When was the last time you cut yourself with a knife? (Not in a self-harming way!)

    i havent had any note worthy cuts from blades for a while, but lately everytime i reach into a box of screws or tacks i stab myself with one of them, i took a small chunk of meat out the palm of my hand thursday or friday with a 3.5 inch screw, only about the size of a peppercorn or something...
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    Does anyone have any challenges

    some good suggestions there i will definately be putting these in a list and start working my way through them, already done a few of them i made fire in the rain, and i made a one log fire with just ferro and knife, tho it wasnt raining, and i have boiled water in tin foil, as i always have...
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    Does anyone have any challenges

    At the moment i cant really find a lot of time to get out into the woods, however i do occasionally have the odd hour to spare and a couple of suitable places where i could practice somethings, only problem is, as i havent been camping for a while i havent had any naturally arrising...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    only after the prison break out, he existed but he died in the break out, and then everytime he popped up after that was in masons head, reznov used some crazy russian mind messing thing on him, that fortunately some other russians had previously tried to do to mason, so that was convenient i...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    that would suggest that you are thinking about the subject, therefore you think, therefore you are, at least thats what i think, therefore i must be to, so if we both exist, then you must like my point, therefore thank you a jokes a joke, but its dangerous to make any claim that could possibly...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    surely continuing down this totally unneccessary path is just gonna lead to you having to provided definative evidence with every post you make for the next few months, lets hope you dont get diahorrea cause thats gonna be grim, why is it so hard to believe someone could be in the top 1% of...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    he was cool, but he was definately crazy, it was scientific though, he was just explaining that if you enclose a chemical reaction that creates gases you have a pressure bomb and if you throw some paint in you have a paint bomb, it was like a bonus to the curiculum
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    Intellectual betterment.

    my science teacher at school told us once that before science was freed from religious control people believe that they saw using long tenticle type things that came out from the bridge of your nose, mind you he also looked like he could be the cousin of the doctor from back to the future and...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    i can make a 50 pound note vanish into thin air, i dont have one on me though, so would need someone to send me one, only works with 50s, but i can try with 2 20s and a 10, i dont mind
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    what strange things have you done at work today?

    i miss pdi's there something wickedly pleasant about knowing that in a day or two someones gonna be fiddling with all the controls thinking their the first person to do it unaware that i already have, plus i hate to think how many cars i have been the first person to ever fart in, you really do...
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    what strange things have you done at work today?

    not technically a strange thing i did, but a few weeks ago, i had to deliver a chaise longue to someone, which normally involves carrying it in, usually through ridiculous doorways and sometimes second floor windows, but this person was wierd, rather than let us big burly delivery men on her new...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    i am a lot like that, i failed miserable at school cause i never bothered, i am technically clever, but if i cant get myself interested in something, i just wont, thats why i never concentrated at school, and gave up on trying to be an architect, i would have been sacked instantly, i'd find it...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    i know the film nearly mentioned jim sturgess and kevin spacey in an earlier post, its the bane of my life, i must get asked if i've seen it at least twice everytime i croupier, that or somebody saying 10 minutes to wapner, i'm sorry if i offended you though, i have been at home all day and up...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    not at all, i'm average at maths to at best, but probability is at best probable, and i know that in the time i've been croupiering, many people have come to my table claiming to be able to count cards or be a professional player or something and lost all there money after 5 minutes i'm not...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    blackjacks not mathematically, you can count the cards but thats far from a guarantee, i occasionally croupier at a local hotel, and can guarantee its all luck, i once dealt 7 players all 20s and 19s and turned myself 3 7s, plus to date my record is 8 consecutive blackjacks, and 14 consective...
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    Intellectual betterment.

    thats not that hard, if your talking about counting cards the maths is simple, split the deck in to sections, 3s generally easiest, give them a numerical value based on location, higher cards 1, lower cards -1, middle cards 0, then every time a card comes out you either add 1 or take 1 away...