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character map

I'm having trouble with the character map (again!) I want to print some non-English characters in an email. For instance, ş. There is no ALT code for this character, so it has to be pasted in. It...
20:16 Sat 17th Mar 20072 answers, last by puzzlesRus 21:45 Sat 17th Mar 2007
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water melons

I've had a good week so far, and it's only Wednesday! First, my green flash question was brilliantly answered. Next, even though not really a serious question, my pomegranate pips puzzle was resolved...
20:04 Wed 14th Mar 20074 answers, last by baldhair 12:17 Sat 17th Mar 2007
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ruy lopez

Any chess players about? What is the correct pronunciation of the chess opening known as the "ruy lopez"? And there is an ex-world chess champion, a Dutchman, named "Max Euwe". How do you pronounce...
20:29 Tue 13th Mar 20078 answers, last by baldhair 16:45 Sun 25th Mar 2007
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green flash at sunset

I have been told, more than once, that at the instant the sun sets into the sea, a green flash can sometimes be seen just for a fraction of a second. I've never been able to make up my mind whether...
14:33 Mon 12th Mar 20074 answers, last by CT 21:43 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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the answer bank

When a question is asked, where is it routed to? Is there a main-frame computer somewhere that stores all the questions and answers? If so, where is it? What sort of computer or computers are used?...
13:51 Sat 10th Mar 20073 answers, last by baldhair 20:34 Sat 10th Mar 2007
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bombay duck

Where can I buy bombay duck? Curries without it are just not the same. Some idiot banned it years ago, but I seem to remember the ban being lifted, though I haven't seen any in the shops since.
19:21 Sun 04th Mar 20072 answers, last by baldhair 17:17 Mon 05th Mar 2007
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character map

At the bottom of the character map are codes for each symbol as selected. At the right is an Alt code, if there is one - this I understand. At the left is a code, and character description - e.g....
14:39 Sat 03rd Mar 20074 answers, last by baldhair 13:56 Sun 04th Mar 2007
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division sign

While posting an answer recently I wanted to use the division sign, the code for which is Alt 0247. When I did so, instead of printing ?, I was instantly ejected from the AnswerBank website and...
14:26 Sat 03rd Mar 20072 answers, last by baldhair 13:59 Sun 04th Mar 2007
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the island of knights and knaves

The inhabitants of this island are either knights or knaves. Knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie. A visitor to the island meets three inhabitants, A B and C. A and B make statements as...
19:29 Wed 28th Feb 20072 answers, last by baldhair 11:35 Thu 01st Mar 2007
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windows xp backup

When I invoke Windows XP's backup wizard, after I've chosen which files I want to back up, the wizard asks me where I want to back them up to. But it doesn't give me a choice. I want to back up to a...
19:25 Sat 24th Feb 20073 answers, last by baldhair 12:19 Sun 25th Feb 2007
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knights and knaves

Following on from SteveD's "conundrum" of 15 Feb. let's go to the island of knights and knaves. On this island the inhabitants are either knights, who always tell the truth, or knaves, who always lie....
18:24 Sun 18th Feb 20074 answers, last by baldhair 11:45 Thu 12th Apr 2007
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gerry mulligan

I have a recording of a Gerry Mulligan small group - piano, vibes, bass, drums, plus Mulligan brt sax of course - playing "Love me or Leave Me". The vibraphone player is possibly Lionel Hampton (it...
17:43 Fri 16th Feb 20072 answers, last by baldhair 21:47 Mon 19th Feb 2007
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cordless headphones

I use a pair of cordless headphones with a television set. They receive an infra-red signal from a small transmitter plugged into the TV's headphone socket. Occasionally I get an ear-splitting burst...
14:42 Fri 16th Feb 20072 answers, last by baldhair 11:42 Sat 17th Feb 2007
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ghosts

Years ago I attended a monthly supper club at which there was always a guest speaker. Various subjects were covered over the years, some interesting, others perhaps not. But one evening the subject...
21:07 Sun 11th Feb 20075 answers, last by baldhair 18:29 Tue 13th Feb 2007
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Latin - or what?

Turning over clay soil in my garden the other day - hoping for frost to break it up - I uncovered some fragments of old, very old by the look of it, pottery. Putting the pieces together revealed an...
14:28 Sat 10th Feb 20075 answers, last by baldhair 19:10 Sat 10th Feb 2007
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when you're smilin'

Who sings "When you're smilin'" in the Waitrose advert?
17:54 Fri 09th Feb 20075 answers, last by alleyandapu 19:02 Wed 21st Feb 2007
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who is it?

Here's an old one. A man was looking at a portrait. Someone asked him who he was looking at. He said: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son." Whose picture was he...
19:03 Mon 29th Jan 200721 answers, last by baldhair 16:09 Wed 13th Jun 2007
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Lottery.

Which day of the week should you buy a ticket for the Saturday lottery?
17:55 Sun 21st Jan 20072 answers, last by baldhair 19:36 Mon 29th Jan 2007
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Dundee marmalade

Keiller's Dundee marmalade seems to have disappeared from the shops. Anyone have any information on this? Have they stopped making it? Googling it produces all you could want to know about the stuff...
13:07 Mon 15th Jan 20078 answers, last by pfarber 18:52 Wed 05th Mar 2008
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sausages with bacon

Among their fancy pork sausages (with leek, with apple etc) Tesco used to sell one with bacon. This was always my favourite, but they have discontinued them. Well, not quite. They have re-introduced...
12:38 Mon 15th Jan 20072 answers, last by baldhair 19:04 Wed 17th Jan 2007

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