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'Meaning please, thanks'

Is it just me, or do other answerbank afficianados get cheesed off with the questions from lazy students? (e.g. blah blah blah, meaning please, thanks...) I suppose we should be grateful for the...
08:29 Sat 27th Mar 20047 answers, last by allen 09:51 Sat 15th May 2004
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inspec

watch tv from PC

Hi, how can I watch tv from pc? is it possible?
12:18 Wed 05th May 20044 answers, last by allen 10:38 Thu 06th May 2004
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allen

springs

Anyone know the history of springs? If not, point me to a web site. (I mean their development, origin, etc.). Ta.
14:53 Wed 05th May 20044 answers, last by allen 10:28 Thu 06th May 2004
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allen

Hard-boiled eggs

Any old wives (of either sex) out there know a secret for cooking hard-boiled eggs that are EASY to peel? Whatever I try, I always end up with thousands of bits of shell.
14:55 Wed 05th May 200410 answers, last by bobbobley 13:31 Fri 07th May 2004
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allen

Alcoholic history

I've been looking for a history of alcohol use, and as yet haven't found a very good one. I've got 'Drink: a social history', by Andrew Barr, but it's just a glorified Mail on Sunday-type article...
12:56 Sun 25th Apr 20045 answers, last by allen 13:31 Tue 27th Apr 2004
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allen

Glaucoma

Anyone with personal experience of glaucoma? I've tried all the www links, and some are useful, but I would like to hear from other people who've got it. Do the eye drops work? Will I go blind? etc.
13:03 Sun 25th Apr 20043 answers, last by allen 06:26 Mon 26th Apr 2004
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allen

A German joke is no laughing....

Can you make a word ORDER joke in German? I'm thinking on the lines of 'When did you first start finishing other people's .....' in English. Does Germanic word-ordering preclude such 'jokes'?
11:13 Sun 11th Apr 20044 answers, last by allen 12:31 Sun 25th Apr 2004
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allen

Weekly wages in 1968

How do I get hold of official govt. stats. on weekly wages through the 20th century? Does the HMSO publish a compendium of that sort of data? Or have they a website with the info handily collated? I...
15:07 Thu 22nd Apr 20042 answers, last by allen 06:44 Fri 23rd Apr 2004
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Magnum95

riddle nr4

What is the only word which has been incorporated into thousands of languages, completely unchanged?
09:24 Thu 22nd Apr 200419 answers, last by allisinnomon 19:23 Sun 26th Feb 2006
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darth vader

and because we're not sexist on AB oh no sirree....

.....GIRLS: what do you prefer? Einstein? Arnold schwarzenegger? chippendale or chips and gravy?
13:41 Wed 21st Apr 200430 answers, last by boobaaboo 11:28 Fri 23rd Apr 2004
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allen

Cheap surround from Argos

This is going to sound REALLY dumb, but when you buy a cheap surround speaker system from the likes of Argos, what do actually GET? Is it on the line of an external amp. with speakers, into which you...
14:09 Sun 18th Apr 200410 answers, last by sft42 09:21 Thu 22nd Apr 2004
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allen

Indian-language pronunciation

The Ashoks I've met have introduced themselves pronouncing their name to rhyme with LOCK. And indeed, most people of Indian origin I've met tend towards short vowels in their names. So why is the new...
09:42 Sun 18th Apr 20042 answers, last by allen 15:03 Sun 18th Apr 2004
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jjf2003

'Proper' English

Following on from the last question, when is it acceptable to break the rules of language? For example, Irish poet Seamus Heaney in his poem 'Digging' describes a bottle 'corked stoppily with paper'....
10:36 Sat 17th Apr 20046 answers, last by lshk 17:19 Mon 19th Apr 2004
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keitra

such a

Can I say 'I don't like such a man.' instead of ' I don't like a man like that.'?
14:03 Sat 17th Apr 20042 answers, last by thewillow 18:39 Sat 17th Apr 2004
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slimjim

Bad websites

What is the worst (or most exasperating) website that you use on a regular basis? For me, it has to be egg.com. I'm fed up with having to reload pages or press the back key to get back to a page that...
10:13 Fri 16th Apr 20047 answers, last by Uzoma 17:28 Mon 19th Apr 2004
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allen

2nd hand goods

Can anyone recommend a UK website for buying, selling or exchanging 2nd hand goods? (I find the competition of sites like ebay distasteful, having no desire to be one of life's 'winners'). Any ideas?...
11:17 Sun 11th Apr 20045 answers, last by allen 07:36 Thu 15th Apr 2004
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allen

Disabled aids for hire?

I'm about to have an operation on my foot. This will leave me on crutches for nearly 3 months, and at my age and weight, hopping ain't good for me (particularly not for my 'good' knee). Has anyone...
11:46 Sun 11th Apr 20044 answers, last by woofgang 16:17 Mon 12th Apr 2004
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harold&maude

The people above me

have wooden floorboards. Rcently someone has moved in who waers shoes on them all the time. My boyfriend thinks I shouldn't say anything, even though it drives us mad, it is so loud. What do you...
11:22 Thu 08th Apr 200411 answers, last by Tinker 10:24 Mon 12th Apr 2004
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chelm

Term for War profiteers?

What were the people who profited from the 2nd world war called other than profiteers? didn't they have a special name?
17:20 Wed 07th Apr 20046 answers, last by allen 11:11 Sun 11th Apr 2004
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allen

TV speaker quality

Back to TV sound quality. I tried running phono leads from the back of my ntl set-top box to the phono input on my adjacent hifi system, but all I got was buzz (well, 10% real sound, 90% buzz). Yes, I...
16:06 Tue 06th Apr 20048 answers, last by allen 15:58 Thu 08th Apr 2004

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