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SANFL team South Adelaide Panthers moved from their base at the inner Adelaide suburb of St Marys to a new sporting complex in Noarlunga early in the 1995 season. It was thought that the move to a fast growing region in Adelaide's far southern suburbs would turn around the club's fortunes, which at that stage had not won a premiership since 1964, not been in a Grand Final since 1979 and had few and far between finals appearances, frequently languishing at or near the bottom of the ladder. Some even dreamed of the club becoming a superpower, much like the Central Districts domination of the 2000s. Sadly for the Panthers, over a quarter of a century has gone by since then and their premiership drought still extends back to 1964, their GF drought to 1979 and the club has made only limited finals appearances, often finishing down the lower end of the ladder with a number of wooden spoons.

The St Mary's ground where South Adelaide was based until the end of 1994 was only ever used for training, administrative and social purposes. The Panthers never once played senior football at the ground, all South Adelaide home matches (with the exception of 1904) were always played at the Adelaide Oval, which is somewhat ironically located on the northern side of the River Torrens.
 
Just gigging off the previous post......................

A Panther is technically any of the big cats (the scientific family name is Panthera). However, the term has come to be identified purely with the black (melanistic) version of leopards. Approximately 10% of leopards are black (black leopards are more common in Asia than Africa).

Panther is a very, very popular nickname for sporting teams - while Leopard is very rarely used. But undoubtedly, the coolest nickname for any team belongs to the Arkansas School for the Deaf - whose teams are called the Leopards (of course).
 

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emuboy said:
SANFL team South Adelaide Panthers moved from their base at the inner Adelaide suburb of St Marys to a new sporting complex in Noarlunga early in the 1995 season. It was thought that the move to a fast growing region in Adelaide's far southern suburbs would turn around the club's fortunes, which at that stage had not won a premiership since 1964, not been in a Grand Final since 1979 and had few and far between finals appearances, frequently languishing at or near the bottom of the ladder. Some even dreamed of the club becoming a superpower, much like the Central Districts domination of the 2000s. Sadly for the Panthers, over a quarter of a century has gone by since then and their premiership drought still extends back to 1964, their GF drought to 1979 and the club has made only limited finals appearances, often finishing down the lower end of the ladder with a number of wooden spoons.

The St Mary's ground where South Adelaide was based until the end of 1994 was only ever used for training, administrative and social purposes. The Panthers never once played senior football at the ground, all South Adelaide home matches (with the exception of 1904) were always played at the Adelaide Oval, which is somewhat ironically located on the northern side of the River Torrens.
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I played for the Panthers' first mini league side on the new ground :)
 
Roald Dahl's classic 1964 children's novel 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory' featured five children who get the opportunity to tour the mysterious factory of the famous but reclusive candy manufacturer Willy Wonka. While Charlie, the main protagonist, is a nice kid the other children are not so agreeable. There is Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous and obese German boy; Veruca Salt, a spoiled English girl; Violet Beauregard, an overly competitive American girl; and an American boy Mike Teevee who is completely addicted to television. The four brats meet unfortunate fates in Mr. Wonka's factory due to their respective vices.

However, what isn't commonly known is that Dahl's original completed manuscript featured six children touring the factory - three boys and three girls. The third girl was called Miranda Piker, and she was an annoying teacher's pet type. There are several different theories none verified 100% as to why the character and her parents were dropped from the book and the story changed accordingly - the most common one is that her fate was too dark for a children's book, another is that the character was removed to make the story flow better - but it would have been interesting to see how different the book and the two subsequent films would have been if Miranda had remained.
 
emuboy said:
Roald Dahl's classic 1964 children's novel 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory' featured five children who get the opportunity to tour the mysterious factory of the famous but reclusive candy manufacturer Willy Wonka. While Charlie, the main protagonist, is a nice kid the other children are not so agreeable. There is Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous and obese German boy; Veruca Salt, a spoiled English girl; Violet Beauregard, an overly competitive American girl; and an American boy Mike Teevee who is completely addicted to television. The four brats meet unfortunate fates in Mr. Wonka's factory due to their respective vices.

However, what isn't commonly known is that Dahl's original completed manuscript featured six children touring the factory - three boys and three girls. The third girl was called Miranda Piker, and she was an annoying teacher's pet type. There are several different theories none verified 100% as to why the character and her parents were dropped from the book and the story changed accordingly - the most common one is that her fate was too dark for a children's book, another is that the character was removed to make the story flow better - but it would have been interesting to see how different the book and the two subsequent films would have been if Miranda had remained.
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If it were simply that their demise was too dark, it would have just been modified a little. I assume it was done to make the story flow.
 
Infamous 'Son of Sam' serial killer David Berkowitz terrorized New York City in 1976 and 1977, shooting a number of people in various boroughs, killing a number of his victims, severely injuring others.

The Son of Sam's evil reign of terror came to an end when Berkowitz made a small mistake and parked too close to a fire hydrant when committing his last murder in spring 1977, was given a ticket and cross referencing by police of parking infringements issued in the area of this crime led law enforcement to him. Berkowitz received life imprisonment for his murder and attempted murder convictions, and investigations into the killer as well as his confessions found he had committed other crimes too, such as arson. Many of the problems centered around Berkowitz's bizarre obsession with his neighbor Sam Carr, Mr. Carr's family and Mr. Carr's pet Labrador dog, Berkowitz claiming that Sam (Carr) ordered the crimes through the dog, which wasn't really a dog but rather a demon that looked like a dog.

And what of the parking infringement received by Berkowitz that would lead to his arrest? Believe it or not, the Son of Sam dutifully paid the ticket the very next day after receiving it.
 

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Queen Victoria of England famously had 9 children and 42 grandchildren, but herself was an only child.

I thought that maybe Victoria might have had a brother or sister who died in early childhood (sadly not uncommon back then) but this wasn't the case, she never had any siblings at all at any stage of her life.

I can't think of any other king or queen who was an only child, and looking back at the English royal family at least, I can't think of any only children. The Queen had a younger sister Margaret (who actually died before their mother) and of the Queen's four children with her husband Prince Phillip, Charles has two sons, Andrew two daughters and Anne and Edward each have a son and a daughter.

Some monarchs did die leaving no heirs. For example, King William and Queen Mary (who reigned jointly) had no children, and after both died the throne passed to Mary's sister Anne. Queen Anne was pregnant 17 times, but most ended in miscarriages or still births. Most of her other babies died within days of their births, two daughters lived until the age of about 3 and the longest lived of any of her children was a son who died aged 9. The result was that Anne outlived all of her children and left no heir, so the English throne passed from the Stuart's to the Hanover's when she died. But only children within the English royal family at least seem to be very rare.
 
Victoria had 2 step siblings

On 21 December 1803, two years after the death of his first wife, Emich married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, fourth daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. His second wife was a niece of his late wife. She bore him two further children:

Princess Victoria was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, husband of the recently deceased Princess Charlotte. She was a widow: her first husband had been Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had had two children: a son Carl and a daughter Feodora.
 
Does anyone know how long I need to put a stubby in the freezer for
I dont want to freeze it but dont mind it being bloody cold
Its starting at room temp
Im having burgers and fries for lunch and would like some beer too

Figured if you knew it would be worthwhile trivia to share
 
Hawk Dork said:
Does anyone know how long I need to put a stubby in the freezer for
I dont want to freeze it but dont mind it being bloody cold
Its starting at room temp
Im having burgers and fries for lunch and would like some beer too

Figured if you knew it would be worthwhile trivia to share
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Not surprisingly due to their massive sizes, Russia and China share the record for the most borders with neighboring countries with 14 each. India and Brazil are also large countries with 7 and 8 shared borders respectively. Many larger countries in Europe (such as Germany and Austria) and Africa (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo) also have a lot of shared borders.

However the biggest honorable mention must go to Laos, a tiny landlocked country in South East Asia, and the only landlocked state in the region. Despite its small size Laos borders 5 other countries - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, China and Myanmar (Burma).
 
emuboy said:
Not surprisingly due to their massive sizes, Russia and China share the record for the most borders with neighboring countries with 14 each. India and Brazil are also large countries with 7 and 8 shared borders respectively. Many larger countries in Europe (such as Germany and Austria) and Africa (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo) also have a lot of shared borders.

However the biggest honorable mention must go to Laos, a tiny landlocked country in South East Asia, and the only landlocked state in the region. Despite its small size Laos borders 5 other countries - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, China and Myanmar (Burma).
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Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein shared the distinction of being the only countries that are double landlocked - they are bordered only by countries that are themselves landlocked.
 
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Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein shared the distinction of being the only countries that are double landlocked - they are bordered only by countries that are themselves landlocked.
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I think Borat might be angry and jealous about Uzbekistan having such a rare honor above Kazakhstan; he didn't like Uzbekistan nor did he like Armenians.
 
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