1930: William Beebe and Otis Barton are the first humans to reach the Deep Sea when diving

in the so-called Bathysphere, made from steel. They reach a depth of 435 m (1,427 ft), where they observed jellyfish, wild sea llamas and shrimp. not wild sea llamas.

435m...

one must imagine that it must have been quite the huge bathysphere to accommodate their gargantuan balls.

Posted By: Tombs on September 28th 2019 at 10:42:43

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When did people start using the term ‘deep dive’? I hear it all the time now (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Sep 28, 10:22:44
- About the same time that the same cunts started using “curate”... (General Chat) - HampshireYella, Sep 28, 14:32:22
- It’s been in business slang for ages. Root and branch review. Drill down etc (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 28, 11:27:32
- Never heard of it until the new Ofsted framework. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Sep 28, 11:10:52
  - It’s everywhere! I’d heard one of the reporters telling the Ireland coach about how they’d (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Sep 28, 11:25:45
- They have always said about in terms of the share price surely? (n/m) (General Chat) - Thegelman, Sep 28, 10:54:23
  - I don’t think share price is usually related to a deep dive tbh. Although the pound did do (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 28, 11:28:16
  - Or doesn’t that mean the same? (n/m) (General Chat) - Thegelman, Sep 28, 10:55:11
- 1930: William Beebe and Otis Barton are the first humans to reach the Deep Sea when diving (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 28, 10:42:43
- In the big company I work for, probably about 5 years (n/m) (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Sep 28, 10:35:54
- Business jargon for the last decade. That’s now leached into everyday language (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 28, 10:33:22
  - Education, as also with technology, picks this crap up later than most. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 28, 10:47:24
    - Windows 7!!! Microsoft are due to end support for Win 7 this coming (General Chat) - Pixelman, Sep 28, 10:56:52
      - Yes, that’s why we’ll be upgrading soon. Ridiculous but very much what schools do. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 28, 11:03:03
        
        madness innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Sep 28, 11:24:19
        
        easier for a Govt consuiltant to make money from a paid upgrade innit (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 28, 12:17:20
        
        i thought i read somewhere that you can still get it free (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Sep 28, 11:37:02
- Does it mean the same as 'dig deep:?. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Sep 28, 10:30:17

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