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Something I learnt, the difference between taveerns, Inns, and Ale Houses.

Taverns were medieval wine sellers. Cider and Perry too as they were classified as wines being from fruit. Taverns have Italian roots.

Inns - Where you stayed, they would have stables and rooms available. Explains why Premier Inn is a an Inn I suppose.

Ale house were just when anyone in your village was finishing their 'brew'. Housewives would put a sign in the window advertising they were selling the surplus.... The sign could be a red lion or a kings head etc, you would come to know the best places to get the best brew, and they became the public bars we have nowadays that are all closing down.
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In medieval times, the King would send judges around the country to rule on cases which couldn't be resolved by villagers in their accepted ways.

They went on their circuit, hence the name Circuit Judges, and the cases were heard in local Inns and ale houses.

The expression 'being called to the bar' which is a reference for those undergoing legal training today, emanates from the judges of the day sitting behind the bar of the inn or ale house they were visiting and calling for those involved with the case to stand before them to explain themselves.

It also gave rise to those involved in legal cases being called barristers.
 
NPBlue said:
In medieval times, the King would send judges around the country to rule on cases which couldn't be resolved by villagers in their accepted ways.

They went on their circuit, hence the name Circuit Judges, and the cases were heard in local Inns and ale houses.

The expression 'being called to the bar' which is a reference for those undergoing legal training today, emanates from the judges of the day sitting behind the bar of the inn or ale house they were visiting and calling for those involved with the case to stand before them to explain themselves.

It also gave rise to those involved in legal cases being called barristers.
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And most of the judges and barristers are permanently pissed even to this day.
 
In one of the Parliaments of Richard II, a statute was passed to say that all ale sellers must display a sign.

This may be why there are still a disproportionate number of pubs named ''The White Hart' - (Richard II's cognisance, or if you prefer, logo.) even though he was deposed as far back as 1399.
 
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1820, was elected to congress in 1846 and for the presidency in 1861. John F Kennedy was born in 1920, elected to congress in 1946 (after war service) and for the presidency in 1961. Both men were attorneys by profession with a special interest in civil rights.

Lincoln was assassinated in 1863 by a single gunshot whilst watching a play in the Ford theatre in Washington. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by a single gunshot (if conspiracy theories are ignored) whilst in a Lincoln Cadillac convertible made by Ford. Both men were next to their wives who tried to staunch the flow of blood which stained their clothing.

Both assassins were Southerners with 3 names, which comprised 16 letters, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald respectively. Booth fled the theatre on foot and was apprehended in a stabling complex (effectively a warehouse for horses). Oswald fired the fatal shot from a book depository (warehouse), fled, and was apprehended in a cinema (modern equivalent of a theatre). Both men were subsequently murdered before they could stand trial.

The dead presidents were both succeeded by their vice presidents who were sworn in at the scene of the shootings. Both were named Johnson (Andrew and Lyndon Baines), were schoolteachers by profession and were able to pass contentious legislation owing to the sympathy generated in Congress.

Finally 100 years on Lincoln's personal private secretary was a Mr Kennedy and JFK's was a Mr Lincoln.
 
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Certain types of hobs will only work if you place a pan on them.

We had to eat out for 24 hours and then the maintenance crew came while were out in Lincolnshire and left a note saying there was nothing wrong, but when we got back to our digs we still couldn't have our steak supper.

This evening whilst engaging our bartender in conversational pleasantry, he went on to explain the mechanics of induction.

It has to be magnetic too.
 
Eighty years ago on August 30, 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine, resulting in the deaths of 880 sailors and Marines, making it the Navy's worst disaster at sea.

Most of the sailors spent 5 days in the water, dying of exhaustion and extreme thirst, also many shark attacks.
Such horrible deaths.

Wars... what do they solve ?
 
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Bill Walker said:
Eighty years ago on August 30, 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine, resulting in the deaths of 880 sailors and Marines, making it the Navy's worst disaster at sea.

Most of the sailors spent 5 days in the water, dying of exhaustion and extreme thirst, also many shark attacks.
Such horrible deaths.

Wars... what do they solve ?
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Overpopulation?
 
A few shorties...courtesy of Steve Wright’s “Amazing but True”

By law, Elephants are not allowed to be led under the tunnel approach to Heathrow.

Barristers in the UK dress in black in memoriam for Queen Mary 11 who died in 1694.

The word “bumph” originated during WW2 as a contraction of bum fodder.

One of the first Day Excursion trips with British Rail was to see a public hanging in Bodmin.

The Crew cut hair style originated with a US rowing “crew” all having the same haircut.

Specialist books in public libraries-
Jaws & Teeth of Ancient Hawaiians, Manhole covers of Los Angeles, Sex Instruction for Irish Farmers.
Be Bold with Bananas, Frog Raising for Profit, Toddler’s Guide to the Rubber Industry.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
A few shorties...courtesy of Steve Wright’s “Amazing but True”

By law, Elephants are not allowed to be led under the tunnel approach to Heathrow.

Barristers in the UK dress in black in memoriam for Queen Mary 11 who died in 1694.

The word “bumph” originated during WW2 as a contraction of bum fodder.

One of the first Day Excursion trips with British Rail was to see a public hanging in Bodmin.

The Crew cut hair style originated with a US rowing “crew” all having the same haircut.

Specialist books in public libraries-
Jaws & Teeth of Ancient Hawaiians, Manhole covers of Los Angeles, Sex Instruction for Irish Farmers.
Be Bold with Bananas, Frog Raising for Profit, Toddler’s Guide to the Rubber Industry.
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On uk roads, ducks have right of way. If they cross ahead of you, the law requires you to stop till they pass.
I was once on a country bus that stopped in the middle of nowhere as a line of ducklings followed mum across the road.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
A few shorties...courtesy of Steve Wright’s “Amazing but True”

By law, Elephants are not allowed to be led under the tunnel approach to Heathrow.

Barristers in the UK dress in black in memoriam for Queen Mary 11 who died in 1694.

The word “bumph” originated during WW2 as a contraction of bum fodder.

One of the first Day Excursion trips with British Rail was to see a public hanging in Bodmin.

The Crew cut hair style originated with a US rowing “crew” all having the same haircut.

Specialist books in public libraries-
Jaws & Teeth of Ancient Hawaiians, Manhole covers of Los Angeles, Sex Instruction for Irish Farmers.
Be Bold with Bananas, Frog Raising for Profit, Toddler’s Guide to the Rubber Industry.
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When was the public hanging in Bodmin?
British Rail was created in 1948.
 
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