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1911 census

What is the overall accuracy of the Phillipines transcribed 1911 like, compared with the pretty awful 1901, done in India?
23:28 Fri 22nd May 20094 answers, last by Segilla 22:31 Wed 03rd Jun 2009
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Segilla

Logging off, shutting down

My Dell with Vista can take a long time to power off; it doesn't always depend on the number of sites visited or facilities uesd. Is there any way of shortcutting by not logging on as I am the sole...
09:12 Mon 18th May 20093 answers, last by koster 23:45 Thu 04th Jun 2009
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Segilla

Changing my email address.

Bombarded daily by ca. 20 spam mails every day, I'm thinking of changing my address. Apart from the bother of notifying friends and risk of losing contacts and so on, is this an easy change to make -...
23:33 Wed 27th May 20094 answers, last by jno 14:05 Thu 28th May 2009
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Segilla

Hyphens in Word

Can anyone explain why, when inputting a hyphen, a long one appears on screen, but if it later deleted, then replaced by depressing the same key, a shorter one appears?
23:16 Fri 22nd May 20098 answers, last by Segilla 21:47 Mon 25th May 2009
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Segilla

A serious question

I have often wondered about the stance Catholics take over doctrine laid down by their church if that doctrine changes. Should the Holy Father decide, for example, that the bodily assumption into...
23:24 Fri 22nd May 20099 answers, last by naomi24 18:55 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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Ermieox

Cousins / 2nd Cousins / 3rd Cousins

Can anyone please explain, definitively, how relationships between cousins are described? I understand that second cousins are the children of first cousins but from that point on I get extremely...
12:33 Fri 13th Mar 20095 answers, last by Segilla 09:34 Mon 18th May 2009
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Segilla

Windows Mail locked up

A window appeared headed Windows Security, with a flower picture, asking me to verify U/N and P/W. It was impossible to get rid of it but Virgin onilne Help took over my computer and deleted it. It...
10:14 Tue 12th May 20092 answers, last by Segilla 14:18 Tue 12th May 2009
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Segilla

Jersey Money - 18C Boston, America

Can someone please explain what this was and or direct me to a source oif information. Thanks
21:36 Sun 26th Apr 20092 answers, last by Segilla 05:54 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Segilla

Is this usual practice?

Having a badly cut leg, treatment has been given at both A&E and the local surgery. The surgery nurse wrote me a prescription and I collected it from the chemist before going back to her for a second...
21:15 Fri 17th Apr 20096 answers, last by Segilla 22:18 Sat 18th Apr 2009
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haysi06

Rip off Britain

I bought a bottle of soda water today, guess how much?? Guess?? It was a glass bottle of Barrs soda water.
22:06 Wed 15th Apr 200919 answers, last by haysi06 22:47 Wed 15th Apr 2009
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R1Geezer

Froggy port blockade??

Why don't they just stick a limpet mine on this scum? Why do the froggy authorites let them bring ports to a standstill? Surely the mass hassle they are causing warrents action by the French.
22:15 Wed 15th Apr 200921 answers, last by alavahalf 23:54 Thu 16th Apr 2009
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Gromit

G20 - Another protester assaulted by Police

A police sergeant seen in video footage hitting a woman during the G20 protest in London has been suspended, Scotland Yard has said. He is shown hitting the woman in the face with his hand and her leg...
14:33 Wed 15th Apr 200954 answers, last by Quinlad 12:14 Fri 17th Apr 2009
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Segilla

Hollywood Western villain

In the heyday of the Technicolor Western an above average height, longish black-haired man was usually cast as a cynical rascal with a villainous sarcastic look. Any ideas for a name please?
21:21 Fri 03rd Apr 20097 answers, last by Stevesw 00:29 Mon 13th Apr 2009
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Segilla

Turn of the century

I'm sometimes confused over the use of the above phrase. What does it mean without making clear which century is involved? From a written BBC flyer:- Jonathan Miller discusses the relationship between...
10:10 Sat 28th Mar 20093 answers, last by Segilla 20:30 Mon 30th Mar 2009
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Segilla

Evolution of language

Language changes; it can't be stopped but are there others like me who rail against change when it seems to be for the worse? 'Fewer' seems to be going out of use. 'Gender' has almost universally...
19:32 Sat 28th Mar 20097 answers, last by swedeheart 18:53 Tue 31st Mar 2009
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Segilla

Russian language

From listening to Russians speaking Engish it seems they do not have or don't use the definite or indefinite article, How do they cope with this when a distinction is needed?
19:54 Sat 28th Mar 20093 answers, last by grasscarp 19:32 Mon 30th Mar 2009
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Segilla

Windows Vista,- Diary

I've lost this facility, Can someone please tell me its official name so that I can try to find it again.
19:17 Sat 28th Mar 20092 answers, last by Segilla 23:32 Sat 28th Mar 2009
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LewPaper

Political Uncorrectness please

Watching a programme on political correctness last night brought it home to me how restricted we've become in the way we express ourselves. Nothing is exempt from extremely detailed criticism and...
07:21 Fri 27th Mar 200926 answers, last by LewPaper 21:51 Wed 01st Apr 2009
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NiceCupOfTea

Unfortunate names or anagrams in public life

OK, Ed Balls has been highlighted a couple of questions ago as a bad name to have as a public figure for obvious pun-opportunities. D i c k Spring was another obvious one (I'm not sure that is allowed...
02:34 Sat 28th Mar 200911 answers, last by A.Guest 22:05 Sun 29th Mar 2009
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nix-j-c

somepeople say the holocaust didnt happen?

how can people say this?
09:55 Sat 21st Mar 200920 answers, last by keenanthomps 15:28 Sun 05th Apr 2009

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