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safe removal of USB flash drive

Hi helpers. I use my USB flash drive at different computers. In the beginning I just pulled it out when I had finished and the computers didn't complain. But the first time I used the flash drive at a...
16:18 Sun 09th Dec 20075 answers, last by DaSwede 19:06 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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avatars and public computers - a mismatch?

Can't for the life of me get this avatar thing to work and I'm wondering to which degree it could possibly have anything to do with the fact that I visit the AnswerBank using public computers at...
20:59 Sat 24th Nov 20076 answers, last by DaSwede 19:56 Mon 26th Nov 2007
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american cops lingo

When cops in television series (NYPD Blue and similar) talk about leaning on a guy, what exactly does that mean and is that expression (when used in above sense) New York lingo particularly or...
18:42 Thu 18th Oct 20075 answers, last by DaSwede 17:08 Fri 19th Oct 2007
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idioms that mean largely the same thing

I'm looking for sites that offer synonyms/related phrases not for words but for entire idioms. Don't have much computer time on my hands so if anyone would like to help out, that would be great. The...
19:35 Mon 15th Oct 20073 answers, last by DaSwede 20:52 Mon 15th Oct 2007
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happy birthday robinia

Happy birthday Robinia (it's already Sunday in Sweden, you know)! I've made arrangements with a friend of mine.
00:12 Sun 06th May 200717 answers, last by Robinia 22:54 Mon 07th May 2007
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flat, apartment, room

Flat, apartment - what's the difference? I have googled but that just adds to my confusion. Both are often defined as a suite of rooms - what word to use for a one room... thingy. If you use the word...
22:01 Fri 16th Feb 20074 answers, last by DaSwede 18:38 Sun 18th Feb 2007
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here be monsters

In olden days, when cartographers wrote Here Be Monsters on maps, was that - generally - their belief or was it just a fun way of saying We haven't been here yet...? Thanks in advance, I'll thank you...
17:55 Wed 10th Jan 20078 answers, last by DaSwede 20:04 Sat 13th Jan 2007
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upper and lower case in titles

When writing a title (film, book et cetera), is there a general rule for when to use upper case and when to use lower case letters? It seems to me that some lexical categories (nouns, for instance)...
19:03 Mon 04th Dec 20066 answers, last by DaSwede 16:40 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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movie music site

Does anyone know of a web site with a search facility as to what music was played in a certain movie...? I often wish there were; this time it's The Anniversary Party (written, directed and co-starred...
00:32 Sun 19th Nov 20062 answers, last by DaSwede 18:35 Mon 20th Nov 2006
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in measured pace

If somebody walks "in measured pace"...? I'm guessing it means at an even pace, but does the expression also say something about whether that person walks slowly or quickly / whether the steps are...
18:11 Mon 13th Nov 20067 answers, last by Quizmonster 21:52 Tue 14th Nov 2006
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suffer

"Suffer the little children to come unto me" - what (exactly)does 'suffer' mean in this biblical quote, and is it ever used in that sense in contemporary English?
20:44 Wed 08th Nov 20069 answers, last by DaSwede 18:42 Sun 12th Nov 2006
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some number!

Been trying for years now to understand the significance of the word 'some', followed by a number. Just when I had decided that you folks probably use it in an approximating manner, as in... She wrote...
20:38 Sat 04th Nov 20063 answers, last by DaSwede 19:23 Mon 06th Nov 2006
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no idea where i've been

Oi vei I'm too old for this new site. I forget where I've just been and keep going there over and over again. Starting out with the intention to work my way through those categories and subcategories...
20:27 Fri 27th Oct 20064 answers, last by allotment10 22:03 Fri 27th Oct 2006
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death row

How is it possible that, in the US, people can be on death row for, what, 18 years or so, before they're executed? What's that about?
20:09 Fri 27th Oct 20066 answers, last by DaSwede 18:34 Mon 30th Oct 2006
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tokyo earthquake precautions

One of my half-sisters is going to live in Tokyo for eight months with her entire family, toddlers and all. She's very anxious about the fact that Tokyo is predestined to be the scene of a great...
17:50 Fri 20th Oct 20067 answers, last by DaSwede 19:16 Wed 25th Oct 2006
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imminence is ominous?

Borges has spoken of 'aesthetic phenomena' or 'the aesthetic fact' as "the imminence of a revelation that does not take place." This is a magical and mystical quote to me, and I've always felt I...
20:32 Tue 10th Oct 20069 answers, last by DaSwede 19:13 Thu 12th Oct 2006
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socrates for lazybones, please

Hi all, I'd like to know more about maieutics but don't really feel up to doing the whole Greek thing. Does it differ much from techniques that a shrink might use? Examples would be great. Thanks in...
18:58 Sat 07th Oct 20062 answers, last by DaSwede 18:16 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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nobel prize in literature

Who would you like to see as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature? Make a wish; I'll see what can be done. ;-)
21:20 Sun 01st Oct 20065 answers, last by DaSwede 21:31 Mon 02nd Oct 2006
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tampering with food ingredients

Don't know about you lot, but over here we're learning more each day about hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils and how detrimental they are to our cardiovascular systems. Another term that...
19:27 Wed 27th Sep 20068 answers, last by theprof 10:57 Sun 01st Oct 2006

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