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John Malkovich wrote and starred in a Robert Rodriguez movie called 100 Years, which will only be released in… 2115.

They made the film in 2015 and the film stock is safe inside a vault in France and it will be opened on November 18, 2115.

The movie shows different versions of what the world might look like in 100 years and none of us will ever know if they got it right or not.

To be honest, I would imagine that none of us reading this will give a toss whether they got it right or not..
 
The Great Fire of London spread from Thomas Farynor’s bakery at 2AM on Sunday 2nd September 1666, more than 86% of London was razed to the ground and 130,000 people lost their homes. Remarkably only 6 people were officially recorded to have died.

According to Samuel Pepys, The Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth, expressed a lack of concern that the fire would become dangerous, saying that "a woman might piss it out," before returning to his home and going back to sleep.

After the fire, Sir Christopher Wren was appointed surveyor to plan a monument. It took six years to complete and opened to the public in 1677.

The Monument stands on a plaza where Monument Street and Fish Street Hill meet in the City of London. The location of The Monument is very deliberate. It is 202 feet tall and 202 feet from where the Great Fire started. If ever it toppled over, the tip would land on the spot where the Bakery once stood.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
The Great Fire of London spread from Thomas Farynor’s bakery at 2AM on Sunday 2nd September 1666, more than 86% of London was razed to the ground and 130,000 people lost their homes. Remarkably only 6 people were officially recorded to have died.

According to Samuel Pepys, The Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth, expressed a lack of concern that the fire would become dangerous, saying that "a woman might piss it out," before returning to his home and going back to sleep.

After the fire, Sir Christopher Wren was appointed surveyor to plan a monument. It took six years to complete and opened to the public in 1677.

The Monument stands on a plaza where Monument Street and Fish Street Hill meet in the City of London. The location of The Monument is very deliberate. It is 202 feet tall and 202 feet from where the Great Fire started. If ever it toppled over, the tip would land on the spot where the Bakery once stood.
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Probably killed off the great plague too.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
The Great Fire of London spread from Thomas Farynor’s bakery at 2AM on Sunday 2nd September 1666, more than 86% of London was razed to the ground and 130,000 people lost their homes. Remarkably only 6 people were officially recorded to have died.

According to Samuel Pepys, The Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth, expressed a lack of concern that the fire would become dangerous, saying that "a woman might piss it out," before returning to his home and going back to sleep.

After the fire, Sir Christopher Wren was appointed surveyor to plan a monument. It took six years to complete and opened to the public in 1677.

The Monument stands on a plaza where Monument Street and Fish Street Hill meet in the City of London. The location of The Monument is very deliberate. It is 202 feet tall and 202 feet from where the Great Fire started. If ever it toppled over, the tip would land on the spot where the Bakery once stood.
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The official number of people killed was six.

Parish records and dates on gravestones indicate a much higher fatality rate.
 
NPBlue said:
The official number of people killed was six.

Parish records and dates on gravestones indicate a much higher fatality rate.
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I always thought it seemed a pretty low figure. Do you know if the parish grave stone epitaphs actually stated the fire as the cause? The plague, at the same time, would boost the numbers.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
I always thought it seemed a pretty low figure. Do you know if the parish grave stone epitaphs actually stated the fire as the cause? The plague, at the same time, would boost the numbers.
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They don't as far as I remember, state the fire as the cause of death, but the numbers of gravestones showing the date corresponding to the fire is the key indicator. There are an unusualy high number, and many more than would be considered normal.

There are other pointers as well, like merchants and bankers that suddenly stopped stopped trading after the fire, and so on.

The plague had more or less disappeard at the time of the fire, so isn't really an influence.
 
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Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
The Great Fire of London spread from Thomas Farynor’s bakery at 2AM on Sunday 2nd September 1666, more than 86% of London was razed to the ground and 130,000 people lost their homes. Remarkably only 6 people were officially recorded to have died.

According to Samuel Pepys, The Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth, expressed a lack of concern that the fire would become dangerous, saying that "a woman might piss it out," before returning to his home and going back to sleep.

After the fire, Sir Christopher Wren was appointed surveyor to plan a monument. It took six years to complete and opened to the public in 1677.

The Monument stands on a plaza where Monument Street and Fish Street Hill meet in the City of London. The location of The Monument is very deliberate. It is 202 feet tall and 202 feet from where the Great Fire started. If ever it toppled over, the tip would land on the spot where the Bakery once stood.
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I caught something on the telly a few months ago with that Rinder bloke in it about this, even with him in it the program was very interesting.


This is the link to the show, it does work.
 
In 1981, American Airlines launched a membership scheme called AAirpass which promised unlimited first-class travel for life. The cost? $250,000, with the option of adding a companion for an additional $150,000.

The initiative seemed ingenious, but it quickly backfired: About a hundred flights were enough to break even, and some customers sought to exploit the system to the max.

Among the first customers was Steve Rothstein, a Chicago banker who, in 1987 decided to make the sky his daily means of transportation. He flew to another city for a burger, attended sporting events from coast to coast, shopped in Canada, and returned for lunch.

Over 21 years, he accumulated over 10 million miles, with hundreds of intercontinental flights: 120 to Tokyo, 50 to Hong Kong, 70 to Australia. His 40 million frequent flyer miles translated into free trips for friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers.

Rothstein also exploited the companion option, often nominating a fictitious companion to secure a free seat next to him, or inviting anyone he met to fly with him.

Between 2005 and 2008, he booked more than 3,000 flights, actually taking off approximately 500 times. The cost to American Airlines?

Approximately $21 million.

The company, now aware of the financial drain these passes had caused, sought legal recourse to terminate the contract. The only effective clause was one prohibiting the sale of tickets or payment by companions. After questioning several passengers, suspicious incidents of money exchanges emerged.

In December 2008, Rothstein was stopped at Chicago's airport and informed that his AAirpass had been canceled for fraudulent behavior.

Rothstein filed suit, but in 2011, American Airlines declared bankruptcy. The lawsuit ended with an out-of-court settlement, the details of which were never made public.

After the crisis, the airline quickly recovered and is now among the largest in the world.

Rothstein's case remains a prime example of how a brilliant idea can turn into an accounting nightmare, and how individual ingenuity can undermine even the most ambitious strategies.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In 1981, American Airlines launched a membership scheme called AAirpass which promised unlimited first-class travel for life. The cost? $250,000, with the option of adding a companion for an additional $150,000.

The initiative seemed ingenious, but it quickly backfired: About a hundred flights were enough to break even, and some customers sought to exploit the system to the max.

Among the first customers was Steve Rothstein, a Chicago banker who, in 1987 decided to make the sky his daily means of transportation. He flew to another city for a burger, attended sporting events from coast to coast, shopped in Canada, and returned for lunch.

Over 21 years, he accumulated over 10 million miles, with hundreds of intercontinental flights: 120 to Tokyo, 50 to Hong Kong, 70 to Australia. His 40 million frequent flyer miles translated into free trips for friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers.

Rothstein also exploited the companion option, often nominating a fictitious companion to secure a free seat next to him, or inviting anyone he met to fly with him.

Between 2005 and 2008, he booked more than 3,000 flights, actually taking off approximately 500 times. The cost to American Airlines?

Approximately $21 million.

The company, now aware of the financial drain these passes had caused, sought legal recourse to terminate the contract. The only effective clause was one prohibiting the sale of tickets or payment by companions. After questioning several passengers, suspicious incidents of money exchanges emerged.

In December 2008, Rothstein was stopped at Chicago's airport and informed that his AAirpass had been canceled for fraudulent behavior.

Rothstein filed suit, but in 2011, American Airlines declared bankruptcy. The lawsuit ended with an out-of-court settlement, the details of which were never made public.

After the crisis, the airline quickly recovered and is now among the largest in the world.

Rothstein's case remains a prime example of how a brilliant idea can turn into an accounting nightmare, and how individual ingenuity can undermine even the most ambitious strategies.
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a bit like the escape lounge at stansted airport.

3 hours of unlimited food and booze for £38
 
I have an interesting rag related story
Dunno maybe it’s something I’ve never mentioned but seeing as it was 40 years ago I think I’m safe.
Anyways back in the early 80s me being in my 20s I was always out every weekend in the piss and looking for decent birds.
Back then I wasn’t a bad looking guy and never really struggled to cop of with birds
Anyway I copped for this stunner one night and went back to her place in some posh part of didsbury dunno where.
I was definitely punching above with this girl.
So after the deed was done we put some music on and it was really loud, I kept saying it’s 1am you can’t play music that loud what about the other residents.
These were posh apartments.
Anyway it wasn’t long before some fucker was banging on her door.
She just said ignore em but I couldn’t mainly because I agreed with em it was ridiculously loud.
So I went to the door me being half cut and feeling brave and opened it.
I was met with a torrent of abuse I’ve never had to pit up with before and was about to give it back when I noticed who it actually was.
Only sir Matt fucking busby
The poor fucker explained how he’s put up with this racket every week.
I managed to calm him down and shut the door.
I said to this bird do you know who that is?
She said no and had never heard of him.
 
In surgery for a heart attack, Rita has a vision of God by her bedside. “Will I die?” she asks.

God says, “No. You have 30 more years to live.”

With 30 years to look forward to, she decides to make the best of it. Since she’s in the hospital, she gets breast implants, liposuction, a tummy tuck, hair transplants, and collagen injections in her lips. She looks great! The day she’s discharged, she exits the hospital with a swagger, crosses the street, and is immediately hit by an ambulance and killed. Up in heaven, she sees God. “You said I had 30 more years to live,” she complains.

God says “fuck me Rita, I didn’t recognise you!”
 
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