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Into The Wild With Gordon Buchanan Ep2/5

Around 40 minutes in, at the foggy airfield. Instrumental piece, with descending flute figures over a synth or string wash. Shades of Koyaanisqaatsi in one of the riffs. It is one of the ubiquitous...

ToraToraTora

Would Women F1 Drivers Be Taken Seriously?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36086363 I think they would if they were good enough, they care only about getting the jam jar round the track and if woman driver won races then she'd be taken...

Bazile

Driving Licence

What is the legal position regarding the old style paper driving licence . Do / will you need to apply for a photo style one ?...

iansterling

How Many Elements

How many elements have been discovered? Only 118 on the periodic table. i thought there were 128 with 2 more spare for assumed elements known but not found....

Bazile

Have I Got News For You

Anyone see it last night ? Very funny I assume that the lawyers at the beeb , give it the once over before it's transmitted...

SurreyGuy

Song On "undercover" On Bbc1 On Sunday April 10Th

Does anyone know the song that was playing on Adrian Lester's character's (Nick) iPod when he got in from his jogging session? It sounded like Elton John, but I wouldn't put money on it. T.I.A...

anotheoldgit

Why Are The British Press Not Allowed To Name Certain Names?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/07/celebrity-who-took-out-injunction-over-extra-marital-threesome-i/ Would it be illegal for them to be named on AB also?...

New Judge

Excel Macro Problem

I'm writing an Excel VBA macro anad my mind has gone blank. I want to select a range. Normally this would be (for example): Range("A1:D10").Select What I want to do is to vary the range in accordance...

sp1814

Should Women Get Equal Pay In Tennis?

Novak Djokovic says male tennis players should earn more money than their female counterparts because more people watch them play. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35859791 He explains that...

Coppit

Why Not Strict Alphabetical Order?

A major firm offering family history services has a facility on their site for searching for names using wildcards. Long lists of names can be exhibited but occasionally one appears that is not in...

ToraToraTora

Gypsy Boy? Is That A Racist Comment?

Really? It's like me being called Essex Boy surely! It's a fact, taking offence is what makes it offensive.Can't believe all the fuss.

Barmaid

Coordinates

Dont know if this is the right section, but I am trying to pinpoint where in the world some coordinates are. An relative was "lost overboard" in 1901 from a ship called the Hackney. The coordinates...

allen

Abolish Road Tax (And Put The Money On Petrol)

Will any government have the bottle, do you think, to abolish Road Tax and stick the 10-12p on each litre of fuel instead? No Road Tax dodgers any more - unless they knick their petrol, of course. No...

MichaelZZ

Joe Marler Cited

Joe Marler has been cited for calling one of the Welsh players a gypsy boy. Can someone please explain what is wrong with that?Have big hulking rugby players suddenly gone all precious?...

10ClarionSt

Abnormal Failure On Phone.

My phone automatically switched off, then on again and said it had recovered from an abnormal failure caused by golfu. The thing is, I don't have any golf related apps on my phone. I looked at all the...

anotheoldgit

Snp May Kill Plans For English Shops To Open Longer On A Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3483421/SNP-kill-plan-longer-Sunday-trading-MPs-vote-Tory-rebels-Labour-ensure-shops-open-longer-six-hours.html Whether or not you are in favour of keeping the...

Noe-schitt

A Perfect Addition To The Eu

I understood Turkey was being fast tracked into the EU another reason to leave http://www.itv.com/news/story/2016-03-05/turkish-newspaper-seized-by-government/...