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wildtrouser

Australian Convicts

Just how many Australians are actually descended from convicts? We always assume it's a lot but are there any facts?

92gtgeehan

latin meaning

What does cv stand for in realtion to experimental results

xyzzyplugh

Sniff This

How come there's several Verbs for a bad smell e.g. it stinks, pongs, reeks, whiffs, honks, but not one Verb for a nice smell? Or is there?

Mytholmroyd

Out of Africa

Does anyone know the poet and name of the poem that Meryl Streep reads out at Robert Redford's funeral in the film Out of Africa?

podmm

Inflation comparison

Is there a site where you can compare what ,for instance, ?200 in 1986 is equivalent to now?

Cathy

This is probably a stupid question, but when the US started fighting in Afghanistan this was supposed to be a good thing. Yet when USSR where fighting there it was seen as a bad thing. So what's the...

couchy

South African Tax

I have a friend who tells me that the majority of coloured people in SA do not pay tax even if they are working whilst white workers are taxed to the hilt. I have to say I don't beleive her, does...

BJ

Responsibility for erecting bus stops

I am trying to lobby for a bus stop/shelter to be erected on a stretch of road in Wallington, Surrey and would like to know who to contact with the request.

tracymort

Xmas present problem

Hi, My father in law loves Terry Frost, we can't afford a painting as a present but i was wondering if you can get things like mugs or other accessories with his art on at all?

harrisonn

British Isles

How many Islands are part of the British Isles ?

getgirl

Mad about You - Helen Hunt tv series

Can anyone tell me what ever happend to the couple in Mad About You? I was watching when she was about to have the baby, then skipped several months of episodes and caught one the other day on a cable...

knowall

Brussels? pah!!

Is all the food in Brussels served lukewarm or is it because we were British and they thought anything would do....??

aimee

Diesel cars in Lebanon

Why are diesel cars banned in Lebanon? I read this somewhere yesterday and can't work out why! You have to leave them at the border if you drive there.

Wispy68

No more 192?

I caught the last part of a news item on TV today, about Directory Enquiries 192 number being phased out, and several different six (?) digit numbers being introduced by Autumn 2003. Does anyone know...