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James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

How did they measure they height of mountains before modern technology?

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.5986 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

How did they measure they height of mountains before modern technology? This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio; to join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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0:00.0

This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation, Mystery Hour, with James O'Brien.

0:08.5

Good grief, has that time already? What a show. What an absolute banger of a show. Very, very, very little to do with me. It's mostly down to Keith and the callers. But one of those days, isn't it, where you just sort of realize you've got no idea what's going

0:21.2

to happen next, except on Thursdays at 12, where mystery hour generally happens next. And that's

0:26.6

where we are now. Your weekly opportunity to achieve the sort of satisfaction, not ordinarily

0:30.7

available anywhere else on your radio dart. Before that, a little bit of Essex-based humour for

0:35.1

you. Hearing a lot about the Polish town of Helm,

0:38.3

spelled C-H-E-L-M,

0:40.3

Will's been in touch to say,

0:41.3

it's definitely pronounced Helm, James.

0:43.3

I met my Polish wife in Chelmsford,

0:46.3

and that caused all sorts of problems

0:48.3

when her friends and family visited.

0:51.3

I don't know why I find stuff like that so delightful, but I do. And if you don't,

0:55.6

then unlucky, you get your own radio show and I can find your areas of delight and enthusiasm

1:01.2

unsympathetic. Give me a call and we'll see how we get on. If you've got a mystery that needs

1:07.6

solving, a question in search of an answer, a dilemma or a conundrum in need of resolution, now's your chance.

1:15.6

The number you need, as ever on this programme, is 0345-6060973.

1:22.4

And any question you've got, a who, or why, a what, or where, or when, or wherefore, even a very occasional wither.

1:28.6

And somebody else listening will know the answer, they will ring in with it, and there will be

1:34.3

joy, unconfined. Rounds of applause, prizes, possibly, maybe even Raleo's. We had a Raleo

1:42.1

yesterday yesterday, or the day before?

1:44.6

Ray Leota, which is the reward, the award that we reserve for contributors to the program

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