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Airbus Ship

Approximately once a month a ship moors at Mostyn dock in north Wales, and as Airbus is written in large letters on the side it is a no-brainer as to the operator. I believe that it carries wings for...
12:18 Sat 02nd Feb 20133 answers, last by merlinone 18:04 Tue 12th Feb 2013
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Self Correcting Script

The other day I was editing an article about views from outer space. The words 'the Earth' were being used but I wanted to change this to 'the earth'. But every time I tried to make the change the...
14:30 Thu 24th Jan 20132 answers, last by Old_Geezer 20:07 Thu 24th Jan 2013
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Connecting My Mouse To The Pc

At the back of my PC is a PS/2 socket with an image of a mouse beside it, so I presume that I can connect my mouse there. I bought an adapter with a USB socket but when I connect it all together the...
14:23 Thu 24th Jan 201310 answers, last by Old_Geezer 16:53 Fri 25th Jan 2013
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Mathematical question relating to Fermat's last theorem

Fermat's theorem stated that there was no whole number solution to the equation a^n+b^n=c^n where n was any whole number greater than 2. But has anyone investigated the possibility of a solution to...
13:16 Thu 01st Nov 20124 answers, last by LazyGun 20:01 Thu 01st Nov 2012
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diesel vs petrol

Is it true that the British Army has, or at any rate had, an aversion to using diesel in its tanks, trucks etc?If so, why?
16:03 Thu 20th Sep 20123 answers, last by M535bmvv 10:27 Wed 10th Oct 2012
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tyre pressures

When I went on a 'speeding awareness' course recently the instructor posed the question, 'If you're going to embark on a long motorway trip would you change your tyre pressures?' Apparently the...
17:02 Sun 16th Sep 201214 answers, last by MantaRay 20:42 Tue 18th Sep 2012
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Record year for hijiacks to Cuba

1969 was the year in which most hijacks occurred that ended up in Cuba. But how many were there in that year? I have seen figures between 35 and 57
16:46 Sun 16th Sep 20124 answers, last by Kerosene 17:31 Sun 16th Sep 2012
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military cross citation

My relative wwas awarded the Military Cross but never talked about it. Now he has died and I would like to know where and why he won it. He was a sapper officer who saw active service in the Western...
12:03 Tue 28th Aug 20123 answers, last by munchie63 19:46 Thu 06th Sep 2012
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Lancashire wills

Further to my recent question about a possible will for my ancestor, I've just seen Dotty's response. If he is still willing to help, the guy I'm looking for is Joshua Dobson, nonconformist preacher,...
16:41 Mon 20th Aug 2012
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tunnelling error

I think I saw recently a TV programme about a railway tunnel that was being dug from either end. Because the two tunnels did not meet in the middle the railway company ended up with two, parallel,...
19:58 Thu 09th Aug 20127 answers, last by jackthehat 21:51 Fri 10th Aug 2012
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Wills and where to find them

My ancestor died in Bolton, Lancashire in 1767. He only had property in Lancashire and possibly Yorkshire. Where will I find a copy of his will if he ever made one?
19:25 Mon 06th Aug 20123 answers, last by dotty. 19:39 Mon 06th Aug 2012
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please finish this joke

A farmer was fed up with people coming on his land and picking his fruit. So he put up a sign saying 'Pick Your Own!' Naturally everyone did just that. So he decided to cash in on the PYO craze and...
11:26 Sat 28th Jul 20121 answer, last by sunny-dave 11:27 Sat 28th Jul 2012
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Team GB or team UK

Did I miss something somewhere? Our team in the olympics is team GB, not team UK. Since GB includes only England, Wales and Scotland, does this mean that Northern Ireland are not included? Are they...
11:19 Sat 28th Jul 201212 answers, last by Duncer 20:48 Sat 28th Jul 2012
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Self-employed or limited company

My wife is working freelance as a nurse advisor available to the NHS and privately. She has been advised to set herself up as a limited company, by an agency that finds her such work. Is there any...
20:54 Tue 26th Jun 201212 answers, last by Skyline D 12:55 Thu 27th Sep 2012
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secret codes used in the last war

We all know how our boffins decoded German secret messages during the last war. But is there any evidence that our secret messages were intercepted and decoded by the Germans? And did we have any...
22:14 Tue 21st Feb 20124 answers, last by atalanta 18:51 Wed 22nd Feb 2012
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international date line

Apart from across the antarctic continent, does the international date line (NOT the 180th line of latitude) pass through any land territory anywhere at all?
21:25 Thu 02nd Feb 20127 answers, last by mibn2cweus 09:23 Sat 04th Feb 2012
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Is smell-o-vision being used in our cinemas?

I recently went to the cinema to see 'Warhorse'. Every time the German NCO came on the screen smoking a cigar I thought I could smell cigar smoke. I was half expecting to smell cordite during the war...
21:59 Wed 01st Feb 20123 answers, last by deggers316 22:41 Wed 01st Feb 2012
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Government front-bencher

I was in the houses of parliament recently watching a debate. There was an MP on the government front bench that I would like to know the name of. Can't be mistaken, he was youngish with very long...
22:19 Thu 19th Jan 20122 answers, last by hiflier 21:23 Sat 21st Jan 2012
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A question of latitude

I want to know the formula for calculating the small circle distance ie distance round the earth of a parallel of latitude, using the numerical degree of that latitude and the actual circumference of...
22:18 Thu 12th Jan 20124 answers, last by mibn2cweus 16:38 Fri 13th Jan 2012
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Screen print

I run Windows XP on my PC. When I did a course a few years ago I was taught how to print the image from the screen. This not using ctrl+P but some fix involving cut and paste. Can anyone advise me how...
18:06 Sat 24th Sep 20116 answers, last by hiflier 20:55 Wed 28th Sep 2011

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