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notrum

The best ever books

Has anyone heard of the 'purnell's History of the second world war specials' They are great but I only have to volumes where can i find them cheeply and are they rare?
15:09 Sun 11th Mar 20072 answers, last by baldhair 18:06 Tue 13th Mar 2007
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con-amca

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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meaty

Fish and chips

I think the best fish and chips are on the east coast at scarbourough any one agree
12:19 Mon 12th Mar 20074 answers, last by davidhm 17:03 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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claybury

old bread boards

does anyone know how to clean one of the old bread carving boards properly. I have put it in a dishwasher but feel it needs other cleaning than the machine. many thanks.
12:05 Mon 12th Mar 20076 answers, last by My Angel Pie 23:51 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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tell-me-more

What's the collective term for things like =, >, < etc.?

That's it folks! TIA
17:17 Fri 09th Mar 200715 answers, last by Space 18:25 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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con-amca

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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123baby

yogurt

how can i make yogurt using my bel yogurt maker
14:25 Tue 20th Feb 20074 answers, last by baldhair 19:34 Fri 09th Mar 2007
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Panic Button

If the Yanks think our place names sound strange

Like Loughborough, Edinburgh and Leicester, then how do the explain Kansas and Arkansas?
19:14 Mon 05th Mar 200713 answers, last by baldhair 20:49 Thu 08th Mar 2007
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the_bebe_

favourite book

i need to go get some new books in, and have run out of ideas of what to get! i thought you guys could suggets to me some good reads!! let me know!
22:17 Sat 03rd Mar 200716 answers, last by DAEDLUS 13:39 Sat 05th May 2007
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con-amca

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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boobesque

negative indices

7^2 ? 7^-5 = 7^-3 apparantly. To me this is incorrect. when dividing indices of the same type (7), you subtract the powers. now, 2 minus negative 5 should equal positive 3 yes? if the 5 was positive...
20:26 Fri 02nd Mar 200710 answers, last by knobbynonuts 17:29 Sun 04th Mar 2007
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con-amca

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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con-amca

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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topogigo

Site rules

A Scotsman, an Irishman and a Chinese man were set on to work as labourers on a building site. They were taken to an enormous pile of rubbish by the foreman who explained that it must be moved. He...
20:37 Wed 28th Feb 20072 answers, last by Lovinit 13:43 Sat 03rd Mar 2007
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con-amca

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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pianoman81

best boxer of all time?

bit cliche- but who do we think is the best boxer of all time? you are able to include fictional fighters- from the rocky movies eg mr t in rocky 3, or eg robert de niro in raging bull... but who do...
16:56 Mon 26th Feb 200712 answers, last by pianoman81 23:17 Wed 28th Feb 2007
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4getmenot

What makes a good man?

???
11:28 Tue 27th Feb 200752 answers, last by toecrusher 20:23 Tue 27th Feb 2007
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JulesP

toilet roll

Can anybody say which is the correct way to hang toilet paper? So the paper rolls over the roll or from under?? You will help out in a debate at work. And yes before you start we don't have anything...
20:10 Mon 26th Feb 200716 answers, last by JulesP 14:11 Wed 28th Feb 2007
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sigma

US Strategic defence

It has been stated that the US wishes to place surface to air interceptor missiles in the UK as a line of defence from ICBM's from terrorist states. Two questions, 1) What is the range of an ICBM 2)...
15:17 Sat 24th Feb 20077 answers, last by kwicky 16:13 Mon 26th Feb 2007
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con-amca

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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