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Clocks

What is the most accurate clock in the world, and how do we measure its accuracy (i.e. not the speed at which its counting but the point at which someone started it), is there a "master...

lilabs13

Singapore stop-over

I'm travelling from London to Australia and stopping for just a coule of hours in Singapore to change flights.What happens to my luggage as I go from one flight to the next?  What happens if...

bob101

Amazon River

Has anyone canoed the amazon river from source to delta?

woofgang

I was travelling through London at sunrise yesterday and it was beautiful. I remembered William Wordsworth's poem and that made me wonder what other AB'ers favourite poems are? You don't have to give...

Lardybloke

European Time Zones

Why is it that Portugal is on Grenwich Mean Time but Spain are an hour ahead?

Snappy

Burradon

Has anyone heard of Burradon?

Moog

Arguments

Haven't been on AB for a little while have there been any good arguments or slanging matches I've missed?

aldesign

Sarah Rivers?

Recently launched Road Safety campaign aimed at teenages entitled "Don't die before you've lived", features a 'celebrity' showing off her lifestyle & 'crib'. At the start of the ad she introduces...

mullein

unwanted bible punchers

i was wondering how you guys cope with jehovah witnesses visiting your homes..its get some in month december...thats what mullein calls it..i have had a letter asking them not to call sent and yet the...

mullein

wife swop

did anyone else think the man from dagenham in wife swop last night .looked extremely comfortable dressed as a woman? their was something extremely feminine about him the way he moved etc...he was...

steve100100

smoking at schiphol airport

I heard the Netherlands clamped down on smoking earlier this year. Are there still smoking areas inside Schiphol?

amarillis

People & Places

Is it just me or has People & Places gone superwide?

Hyphen

Famous People

If you could sleep with any one famous person at any point in time, who would it be and when? I think Bruce Willis in Die Hard is a winner for me.

Hyphen

Daft things

What's the daftest thing you've ever done? To think of one of probably many, I've spoken to a mate on my mobile, then couldn't find it in my bag and driven all the way to my parents house to find it,...

priyawarekar

seals VS sea lions

what is the difference between seals N sea lions they both look the same

krissicarp

Immunisations

My husband and I are travelling to Australia and Japan in April. Do we need any special immunisations for either Country please

maximo

Becoming a translator

I'm not sure where to post this, but here we go..Does anybody know if you have to have a specific academic qualification to become a translator ? I have lived in the UK for a few years, and as...