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Was Lasker the greatest (and nicest) chess-player in the world?
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The Nikon P7100 camera uses an EN-EL14 battery. Spare batteries cost about £50, although 'compatible' EN-EL14 can be bought for a small fraction of this price, BUT these batteries do not work in...
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A friend has recently acquired a WW1 cap badge with a royal crown above, a laurel wreath below encircling the central motif of an ankh with serpents twisting the lower shaft. It's reminiscent of an...
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Love 'em or loathe 'em, one has to give credit for their advertising agency's cleverness. Like the Hamlet adverts before them, they stay in mind due to their wry humour. And they have given us a new...
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Is anyone else bored to tears over the current Murdoch brouhaha ? To my mind it is a very minor affair kept alive by discredited MPs, trying to bury their own recent guilt of expenses theft. There are...
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From what was Himmler suffering when he was hospitalised at Hohenlychen, near the infamous Ravensbruck concentration camp ?
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A guy 'borrows' another person's research portfolio, has the findings written-up by a third person, then successfully presents the dissertation, in its entirety, for a Masters degree. The original...
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Name of the aria sung by a German soldier in the film 'Massacre in Rome' ?...
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Name of aria sung by German soldier in the film 'Massacre in Rome' ?
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I need to install a grab-rail in the bathroom for a disabled relative, but the walls are covered by ceramic tiles. How does one drill through these without cracking them ? Any advice gratefully...
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Honda are to abandon their i-shift transmission this year, and revert to the previous CVT
transmission. I have driven both types and couldn't fault either, so why the change ?...
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Have just seen the TV news of a supremely brave elderly lady in Northampton who, single-handed, tackled a gang of youths armed with sledgehammers, who were robbing premises, smashing windows, etc. She...
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I vote for:
'Where Eagles Dare'
'Inherit the Wind'
'Purgatory'
'Ice Cold in Alex'
'Lassie Come Home'
'Cold Comfort Farm'
'The Hunt for Red October'...
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My father took me to see 'Brief Encounter'. Apart from the music (Rachmaninov's 2nd.) it was pure romantic tosh. We both walked out half way through. Years later, did the same for 'Hello Dolly';...
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My last cinema visit was to see the newly released 'Schindler's List'. Before that, it was to a drive-in cinema in Rhodesia (1975), to see 'Towering Inferno'.. When was your last visit ?
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After our wedding my wife and I went to the pictures in Manchester. That was our honeymoon, as we both had to go to work the following day. Was your honeymoon similarly romantic and exotic ?
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Oh my goodness...the DFS sale ends today.... what are we going to do ?
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Odd... the nighttime temperatures in Ankara, Turkey, are currently about 19 below zero. This, in a place at about the same latitude as Athens. Moscow, Helsinki and Iceland don't sink that low, nor...
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Hot X buns on sale in Morrison's today. A bit premature methinks, or are they gearing-up for Christmas this year ?
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Have just read of a guy accused of racism, by describing the grapevine as 'Jungle Drums'.
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