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Disused railway stations in Scotland

Can anyone recommend a way to find out where there are disused train stations in Scotland?... is there a list somewhere or do I just have to drive around and look? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Loosehead

Expansion of Railway lines

In the old days there where expansion gaps between rails so tat when they get hot they can expand rather than kinking. Now modern lines are welded so they are all in one peice. How is the expansion...

Booldawg

passive/aggressive

I kind of understand the theory behind passive/aggressive. Can anyone provide examples of phrases that could be construed as passive/aggressive ?

skyep

Manchester

Is there any truth in there being old war bunkers situated under piccadilly gardens? Also, any history buffs got any interesting facts about central Manchester I might not already know about??

gregcropper

Limewire legality

I cannot find any info on the Limewire site. Simple question.....is it legal to share music by downloading from Limewire ? Seems too good to be true

deso

"Just get there if you can.."

Apparently that's not the title and I can't remember who sang it. Female singer, the chorus also includes something like "you can get there by caravan" Can anyone help please?

oligopoly

Homemade Mousemat!

Cant afford an IceMat or one of those Steel ones, so I was wondering if anyone had any (sensible) ideas as to what i could use as a good mouse mat for a laser mouse (my pc desk is rubbish...) i am...

tyynikala

Safes

Does anyone know when they empty the safe at the post office, where the security cameras are and how far away the nearest police station is? I'm doing a Maths project for School. :-)

sally-anne

Lynford Christie

Everyone I speak to wonders why Lyndford Christie, the greatest sprinter London has produced is sidelined in the 2012 Olympic celebrations. I recall his nandrethol taking accusation was squashed. He...

Dragnet

UK Lyricist

Is it true that a UK music lyricist wrote songs for Michael Jackson and does anyone know his name? Dragnet

antigrav

Bribes for Stanley Kubrick

Is it true that 2001 A Space Odyssey director Stanley Kubrick was approached by shadowy government officals and asked to help fake and perfect the moon landing pictures and images ? His reward being...

~Vulpine~

Someone's having a larf...

What's up with Channel Four all of a sudden?! On 7th July, in a break during Blithe Spirit (Seven Days to Noon having been cancelled), at 2.45 in the afternoon, there came an advert about treatment...

jamesprivett

Telephone Boxes

Does anyone know how often telephone boxes are emptied, and how to tell if one has been emptied recently? Thanks

utopia38

body of people

Which favourite body of people first appeared on London's streets in 1958 and eventally spread throughout the country?

xanderma

Scanning photos

Is it true that a professional photographer could tell if you had scanned and therefore copied one of his photos? I've heard that they can detect it somehow, and that got me wondering - just how do...

Sammylad

Nazi Holiday Resort

I remember seeing a programme which showed a purpose built holiday resort for Nazi party members and well-off Germans. It still exists (or did!), but was quite run down, and a total ghost town. Anyone...

Somebody17

Computer errors

Why do computer crash so often?

ojoco

Does anyone know the song used on the latest BMW advert?

Cheers in advance

buggybelle

wooliscroft Rhead

Re a previous question about Wooliscroft Rhead .would anyone know if his etchings are of any great worth (I can live in hope )

Annabella72

Hilton hotel

I'm going to a wedding reception which is being held a a local Hilton hotel in August, but as I don't get out much, was shocked to find that a b&b there was ?155 for one night! Is this normal as there...

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