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Worth a switch?

I'm thinking of changing ISP from AOL to ntl:home. Anyone got any experience of ntl:home (it only started a few weeks ago)?
12:48 Thu 06th Jun 20022 answers, last by allen ives 12:30 Sat 08th Jun 2002
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Second guess

Does anyone find this particular americanism useful, or, like me, just annoying. It means guess, or anticipate, etc., and I find it an imprecise and therefore useless phrase.
14:47 Sat 01st Jun 20022 answers, last by incitatus 16:53 Tue 11th Jun 2002
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Left or right?

Why did the British adopt left-side driving when in most of Europe right-side driving was the norm? (It's probably been covered here before, so just point me in the right direction). Thanks.
12:32 Thu 30th May 200212 answers, last by BLUEWILLOW 23:41 Sun 19th Sep 2004
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Humber bicycles and motors

An advert on the back of an old (early 1900s) map is for Humber, Limited, and describes the company's involvement with '35 years of cycle manufacture' and [latterly] motors (cars). Does anyone know...
11:49 Thu 16th May 20022 answers, last by jimrhodes 11:15 Mon 27th May 2002
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Texas - Mexican view?

As per, the only perspectives readily available on the net regarding the 'Texas Revolution' of 1836 are from the American settlers view.Does anyone here know how the Mexicans saw things? And did...
15:42 Sun 05th May 20021 answer, last by allen ives 15:29 Wed 29th May 2002
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Edward 7th Hanover

Why the switch from Mrs Victoria Hanover to Mr Edward Sax-Coburg Gotha when it was his turn for the top job?
14:33 Fri 03rd May 20024 answers, last by mikewith 15:18 Thu 09th May 2002
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Horsenden Hill

What's the derivation of the name? I've tried the usual reference books, but can't find any answers.
15:02 Thu 25th Apr 20021 answer, last by daoloth 10:54 Wed 29th May 2002
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Bare arms of girls

There's a line from a poem which eulogises the warm, bare arms of girls, or some such. Can Inky, or anyone else, pinpoint the poem? I'm drawn towards Betjeman or Auden, but I can't find it anywhere....
16:53 Thu 21st Mar 20022 answers, last by allen ives 10:16 Fri 22nd Mar 2002
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Hello vs. Hi, again...

Last year I upset Homer and Shedman by pointing out the correlation between success on University Challenge and the participants introducing themselves with 'Hello' rather than 'Hi'. This year I have...
12:39 Thu 14th Mar 20023 answers, last by allen ives 16:50 Thu 21st Mar 2002
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The Nazi salute

Watching the many television programmes about the Second World War, I have been struck by the inconsistency of the so-called Nazi salute. The army seems to know how to do it - right arm stuck out at...
12:26 Mon 25th Feb 20028 answers, last by KEJ2000 21:15 Wed 03rd Sep 2003
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T S Eliot - a query

Somewhere Eliot used the horrible phrase 'the stench of women', and my apologies for repeating it here. But does anyone know where it is used? Also, can anyone tell why two of the best...
12:12 Mon 25th Feb 20021 answer, last by incitatus 12:55 Mon 25th Feb 2002
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Keeping the tarmac in sight

From here (in north London) you can watch planes taking off from Heathrow. Over the years, I have noticed that jumbos heading east or north ALWAYS follow the North Circular to the M1 junction, then...
15:35 Wed 20th Feb 200210 answers, last by allen ives 08:18 Wed 27th Feb 2002
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High-rise bread

I bake a lot of bread, but have to resort to wrapping loaves in pieces of teflon to assist their rising during cooking. What do commercial bakers put in their loaves to make them rise so much?
15:29 Wed 20th Feb 20022 answers, last by allen ives 08:12 Wed 27th Feb 2002
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Ordnance Survey old markings

On an 1890s NW London OS map with only a limited 'key', there are many unexplained areas, best described as irregular ovoids. Each looks like a puddle, each has an irregular wiggly line protrubing in...
13:30 Mon 04th Feb 20021 answer, last by homer 16:35 Mon 19th Aug 2002
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Burka or Bukra?

English reference works refer to the Burka, but watching an Afghan girl talking on TV the other day (in Arabic, I think), she pronounced the word Bukra, several times. (It had subtitles). So is the...
14:48 Thu 31st Jan 20021 answer, last by allen ives 14:56 Thu 31st Jan 2002
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Wanted: sensible answers

Back in July cybil posted this riddle. Monday & Tuesday have 2, Wednesday & Thursday have 1, Friday has 6 and Saturday & Sunday have none. What is it? It's driving us mad! Sensible answers only,...
14:44 Thu 31st Jan 20021 answer, last by Bren 04:46 Fri 22nd Feb 2002
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Unanswered riddle

Back in July cybil posted this riddle. Monday & Tuesday have 2, Wednesday & Thursday have 1, Friday has 6 and Saturday & Sunday have none. What is it? It's driving us mad! No-one's posted an answer...
12:36 Wed 09th Jan 200212 answers, last by puffin_ol 13:40 Mon 14th Jan 2002
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Inspector Frost in the north?

Andy Hughes tells us that A Touch of Frost is supposed to be set in Lancashire, and mainly filmed in Yorkshire. So how come a northern accent on the show is about as rare as hen's teeth? Or am I...
14:31 Tue 01st Jan 20021 answer, last by andy hughes 15:06 Tue 01st Jan 2002
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Where's Denton?

ITVs A Touch of Frost is set in 'Denton'. Where is the mythical Denton supposed to be, and where is the programme actually filmed?
12:15 Tue 25th Dec 20011 answer, last by andy hughes 15:26 Mon 31st Dec 2001

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