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jake-the-peg

Bird Flu cross over

It's being reported in a few areas of the media that a human-bird flu cross over variant could arise if somebody was simultaneously infected by both strains. Can somebody with a better grasp of...
11:52 Tue 18th Oct 20055 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:49 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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blueyedevil

Reflex Tests

How do the refelx tests help doctors to diagnose disease? The reflex tests I'm reffering to are the knee and ankle jerk, eyes reaction to light, and reaction times to catch a ruler. What diseases do...
11:32 Wed 19th Oct 20051 answer, last by Peter Pedant 19:30 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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mfewell

My God, My God, why have you forsaken me ?

Words from the cross by Christ. Can I add a tilt to them. They are supposed to be a fulfillment of the OT, but what if, when Christ uttered them from the cross, that they were more than that and...
20:44 Sat 15th Oct 2005179 answers, last by mibn2cweus 07:06 Wed 07th Dec 2005
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Kingaroo

volpintesta

I just saw this surname on a web site, and I hope Latin and Italian scholars can tell me -- does this name imply that the person has a fox in her head?  Or like someone said about...
23:26 Tue 18th Oct 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:09 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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ieatbees

use of 'an' or 'a'

I've just been told that when a word starts with 'h' and it is a singular, it should be 'an' not 'a'. ie 'an hospital', 'an hotel' etc. I was also told that this applied to spoken and written words....
09:28 Wed 19th Oct 20057 answers, last by Quizmonster 15:05 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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keitra

lower town

What is lower town?
15:53 Wed 19th Oct 20051 answer, last by Peter Pedant 19:06 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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JoCannon

San Francisco

Has anyone got an suggestions as to nice places to visit in San Francisco, I don't mean the usual tourist spots, Alcatraz, Golden gate etc.. I am after hidden gems.
18:43 Wed 19th Oct 20058 answers, last by don1 19:11 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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sophie_1003

sleepin

Is it true that if you dont wake up when you have a falling dream you die?
17:13 Wed 19th Oct 200512 answers, last by Kenzo 22:15 Thu 27th Oct 2005
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MarkyP05

Drinking!

Why can i not remember much of the night before after drinking, i am in (near) perfect state and (too) not hungover, it usually happens when i drink more than i should,. Is their any relationship...
00:23 Tue 18th Oct 20059 answers, last by scotty 10:45 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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ilovetaz

clerk

what is a clerk
19:52 Tue 18th Oct 200511 answers, last by ilovetaz 10:19 Fri 21st Oct 2005
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Dom Tuk

Bird flu

Why do the authorities term it as a pandemic and not an epidemic? If it killed less than 100 people in overpopulated south east asia then surely it cannot even be classed as a epidemic. Is this scare...
13:37 Tue 18th Oct 200515 answers, last by Brinjal 09:27 Sat 22nd Oct 2005
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J_M_B

Who invented television?

Just reading the article on "Who invented television?". There should be some provision for comments on articles like that as many people would disagree with some of the wild claims for things invented...
17:57 Sun 16th Oct 20055 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 21:34 Tue 18th Oct 2005
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doyleboy

tudors

what was the name of the disease commonly known as the "sweating disease" in the tudor times?
16:54 Mon 17th Oct 20058 answers, last by scotchflower 00:05 Sun 18th Nov 2007
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dunbaranne

doctor in the house

what is the actual surname of Gordon, a former assistant editor of the British Medical Journal, who created the character Dr.Simon Sparrow for a series of novels the first of which was 'Doctor in the...
17:14 Mon 17th Oct 20053 answers, last by Peter Pedant 20:48 Mon 17th Oct 2005
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flowerdebbie

gbh

hi my friend attacked this man and i was wondering what is the most he could get plus he has never been in trouble before and he is depress
03:13 Sun 16th Oct 200513 answers, last by january_bug 07:58 Fri 21st Oct 2005
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vietri5

When did Pasteur discover the Chicken Pox vaccine?

What year did Pasteur discover the Chicken Pox vaccine?
21:59 Fri 14th Oct 20059 answers, last by shaneystar 00:54 Sun 16th Oct 2005
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shortstuffO3

Latin translations

what are these latin words in english: Mitere meus animam. And this latin word: Liberare!
20:44 Fri 14th Oct 20053 answers, last by Kirstybrooks 12:01 Wed 04th Jul 2012
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jimess

Breathing

This doesn't really belong here but it doesn't seem to fit in body & soul either. Question: Our brains need a constant supply of oxygen to function properly. This being so why is it in times of...
19:35 Wed 12th Oct 200511 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:43 Fri 14th Oct 2005
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Xollob

Linguistics - minimal pair

Apart from "thy" (voiced) and "thigh" (unvoiced), can anyone think of another minimal pair with these two consonants?
15:57 Wed 12th Oct 200510 answers, last by schmeeges 16:21 Fri 04th Nov 2005
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Booldawg

where did the chant

oggy oggy oggy, oi oi oi originate from ?
19:57 Thu 13th Oct 20055 answers, last by schmeeges 16:14 Fri 04th Nov 2005

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