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Sunderland Technical School

I attended the above dreadful school, in Villiers St. during the period 1946 - 1949. Whatever became of it ?
17:56 Mon 16th Oct 20063 answers, last by Scylax 13:03 Wed 18th Oct 2006
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'Blue' films

I am familiar with the ( usually American) trick of 'bluing' film prior to filming, in order to enhance colour, but can the same technique be used wth digital cinematography/
16:47 Mon 11th Sep 2006
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USA prisons/penitentiaries

What is the current population of US prisons ? What is the racial mix , and what proportion of these inmates are female ?
14:56 Thu 07th Sep 20064 answers, last by WoWo 10:15 Fri 08th Sep 2006
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Disabled badge

When driving abroad, does a disabled badge have the same validity in, say, Austria or Germany as it does in the U.K. ?
18:16 Tue 05th Sep 20062 answers, last by chell_286 00:00 Wed 06th Sep 2006
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Flying Scotsman

Many years ago I saw a train near Durham carrying the Flying Scotsman plate on the front of the LNER loco- a Pacific class A4. This appeared strange, since it was a Sunday, and the F.S. was a weekday...
17:31 Tue 05th Sep 20062 answers, last by Scylax 13:52 Thu 07th Sep 2006
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TV play on Dorset camping

About 100 years ago (well, 30 maybe) I saw a TV play about a young couple camping in Dorset - Corfe area, I think. He was called Keith, and she was Candice-Marie. It was unscripted and impromptu, by...
13:28 Tue 06th Sep 20055 answers, last by mydogsandme 19:31 Wed 07th Sep 2005
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Corporal punishment

Years ago I read that Titus Oates survived 1000 lashes at the tail of a cart being drawn through London streets.  Can anyone survive this ? Records of 'flogging around the fleet' perhaps ?
17:08 Fri 02nd Sep 20055 answers, last by d0gsb0dy 11:19 Tue 06th Sep 2005
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No claims bonus

It seems to me that paying extra to preserve one's NCB is dubious. Year by year premiums increase, and following an accident they increase greatly.  The NCB will not help if the increase is...
16:57 Fri 02nd Sep 20056 answers, last by robber1 18:21 Mon 05th Sep 2005
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Human physiology

Is the pain of childbirth cortical or thalamic ?  If the latter, how does it rate (approx.) with other hollow-viscera pain eg. renal/biliary colic ?
13:36 Fri 02nd Sep 20054 answers, last by Peahead66 20:22 Fri 02nd Sep 2005
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Shakespeare

Where exactly would I find Shakespeare's description of a glutton, which goes (I think): 'He so o'ercloys his system with his cates that commonly they do him little good '
12:38 Thu 01st Sep 20054 answers, last by Scylax 13:18 Fri 02nd Sep 2005

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