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Aircraft Flights

I live in Maldon, Essex and in the dark evenings I see some sort of aircraft flying due west on a regular basis. From the rear they appear to be travelling fairly slowly and have a white light on each...
18:59 Wed 24th Dec 20141 answer, last by methyl 19:04 Wed 24th Dec 2014
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Daylight Bulbs

There are a number of 'biobulbs' available on websites claiming to give a light close to that of daylight, but none show an emission spectrum to substantiate that claim. Does anyone know if this...
12:23 Tue 11th Dec 20125 answers, last by vulcan42 11:15 Sat 15th Dec 2012
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Latin pronunciation

When I was at school in the 40's our headmaster was the music teacher and he insisted that the pronunciation of the letter 'c' in Latin words in Christmas carols was hard and not the Italian 'ch'...
14:21 Fri 07th Dec 201248 answers, last by DaisyNonna 23:06 Tue 11th Dec 2012
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What is considered to be the 'normal' range for blood pressure readings?

Was told mine was 'perfect', just wondered what variation is possible to still be considered normal.
20:16 Mon 09th Jan 20122 answers, last by Sqad 05:50 Tue 10th Jan 2012
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Strawberry

What is the technical name for the fruit of a strawberry?
11:55 Tue 28th Jun 20115 answers, last by cononT 09:14 Fri 08th Jul 2011
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Poem fragment

A piece of a poem read at school came into my mind; "the last red leaf, the last of it's clan, dancing as often as dance it can, hanging so light and ....." Anyone know the title of the...
20:34 Tue 24th Nov 20092 answers, last by boxlodge 19:54 Wed 25th Nov 2009
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Mobile phone coverage

Is there any way of finding out if a particular mobile phone provider gives good coverage in a specifica area?
17:52 Mon 31st Aug 20091 answer, last by mdun123 10:59 Wed 14th Jul 2010
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Block of flats

Where are the block of flats with the rather unusual sloping front shown on a recent episode (27/8) of The Bill. They seem to be used quite often in TV dramas.
20:11 Fri 28th Aug 20092 answers, last by gettinblurry 21:48 Fri 28th Aug 2009
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Anne Chancelor

Did Anne Chancellor appear in any of the earlier Boddingtons adverts?
20:14 Sun 26th Jul 20092 answers, last by boxlodge 18:29 Mon 27th Jul 2009
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Energy controller

Many years ago I had a mains plug-in device which would control the output from an in-built 13A socket according to the setting of a dial on the front. The controlling mechanism was a simple variable...
20:59 Wed 18th Apr 20072 answers, last by boxlodge 20:45 Sat 21st Apr 2007
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Chinese porcelain

This is a crossword question which I have extensively searched the intenet for an answer to, without success.  In Chinese art, a faint hard-to-see decoration applied to white porcelain before...
14:36 Tue 21st Jun 20055 answers, last by mytc 20:51 Thu 23rd Jun 2005
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Strange structure

While cruising on the Huddersfield Canal a couple of years ago, we saw what looked like a derelict covered conveyor belt which had been cut off at the end.  It was at quite a height above the...
12:41 Mon 20th Dec 20043 answers, last by boxlodge 18:17 Tue 21st Dec 2004
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World Friendship Association

Does anyone know anything about the World Friendship Association which was set up just after the last war and organised visits to foreign countries on an exchange basis? It went belly-up financially...
12:26 Sun 04th Jan 200413 answers, last by Hartolit 12:13 Mon 26th Feb 2018

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