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pronouncing acronyms!!!

In line with my single handed crusade to rid the English language of the weapons of grammatical terrorism. There is another particular bad habit which drives me to destraction, which is to try and...
14:18 Mon 14th Feb 200514 answers, last by mr. piper 11:14 Wed 16th Feb 2005
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irritating abrevs.

i am absolutely racked off at trying to decrypt some of my sons text messages, i know they are to save text space but give us a break. and while i am at it what does "LOL" mean.
14:37 Sat 12th Feb 20057 answers, last by ianess 18:34 Mon 14th Feb 2005
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crow meat

i have just found a recipe for a crows breast meat meal! apart from sounding awful is it legal?
10:58 Wed 09th Feb 20055 answers, last by Beswad 00:12 Fri 11th Feb 2005
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text alignment

when i post a Q. the review comes up greatly out of line with the box assigned for it, and over some text i think says "review your Q." or summat. get it sorted bonnylad! P.S. i am not too keen on the...
10:54 Wed 09th Feb 20051 answer, last by AB Editor 11:28 Wed 09th Feb 2005
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primus stove???

i have two old primus(optimus) stoves that i use regularly, i light them using small pieces of firelighter.This causes loads of soot, can any one suggest another method? i used them at school camp in...
10:46 Wed 09th Feb 20052 answers, last by mr. piper 13:57 Sat 12th Feb 2005
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disney trickery?

after seeing the Q. from CHILLUM, entitled"BIG MOON RISING". I was reminded of a short film i once saw with Walt Disney himself describing a technique his animators used to compensate for the aparent...
10:33 Wed 09th Feb 20052 answers, last by jake-the-peg 13:40 Wed 09th Feb 2005
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across the flats

i don't know whether i am in the wrong section with this one, but anyway, a friend of mine has a s/steel stockholding. he sells a lot of bar, when someone asks for a hexagonal bar, it is dimensioned...
13:09 Wed 02nd Feb 20057 answers, last by landie 20:05 Thu 03rd Feb 2005
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seti

has anyone used the seti screensaver? if so is it worth the hassle? also what do people think about leaving a pc switched on permanently?
10:33 Wed 19th Jan 20052 answers, last by mr. piper 13:07 Thu 20th Jan 2005
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rat king?

had i not seen one of these in a photo, i might be forgiven for posting it under "HISTORY & MYTHS".i refer to a "RAT KING" or a "RAT CROWN". it is an apparently natural phenomenon (unless you can...
10:18 Wed 19th Jan 20056 answers, last by woofgang 09:20 Tue 25th Jan 2005
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solar orientation

Am i right in thinking that in the same way as when we look at a map, we assume north to be upright, that we also do it in space, and put our solar system orientated as if it were balls on a table (in...
16:24 Mon 17th Jan 20054 answers, last by Backdrifter 09:32 Wed 19th Jan 2005
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missing answers

why do you keep e-mailing me to say i have an answer and when i look there is nowt?
15:53 Mon 17th Jan 20054 answers, last by Corkyb 00:43 Thu 20th Jan 2005
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editorial bias...again

have you closed down the answer posting to my innocently posted "CURRY SECRET" question? it does not seem to be taking any of mine ? it's not my fault if the natural urge present in some of us to...
15:49 Mon 17th Jan 20052 answers, last by AB Editor 10:58 Tue 18th Jan 2005
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help medico please

can someone such as medico tell me what to do about unbelievable heartburn ? could it be an hiatus hernia ? if so does it need surgery?
13:00 Thu 13th Jan 20054 answers, last by mr. piper 12:35 Sat 15th Jan 2005
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connecting my PC

how or what with, do i connect my PC to operate items in my house, lights, curtains, stereo, etc. to make as though i am in without buying lots of 24h timers, when i go back in hospital?
10:45 Wed 12th Jan 20052 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 21:07 Wed 12th Jan 2005
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curry secret

this i hope will interest someone, there is a recipe book called the "curry secret" by Kriss Dillon. it tells you how to cook indian food the way that it is in indian restaurants in england. it is not...
11:29 Mon 10th Jan 200533 answers, last by sib444 12:01 Mon 24th Jan 2005
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simple programming

in the days of the speccy, i used to sit for days writing spectrum basic routines, just to draw a house or whatever. when i bought subsequent pc's, it was not a feature to be able to write prog's. is...
11:22 Mon 10th Jan 20053 answers, last by OBonio 15:41 Tue 11th Jan 2005
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rawlingson end

in the early 70's the late and very great Vivien Stanshall (of Bonzo dog doodah band & tubular bells fame) did an album entitled "Sir Henry At Rawlingson End". It was both sides of an album all...
11:17 Mon 10th Jan 20059 answers, last by Bongo Sid 10:06 Fri 14th Jan 2005
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beauty book

john cleese did a series on tv about beauty or the human face whatever with liz hurly. on the programme they showed a collection of real female faces that were of increasing uglyness, they were black...
12:09 Wed 05th Jan 20052 answers, last by RogK 01:04 Thu 06th Jan 2005

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