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lithops

Anybody grow these? My grey-green one covered in wrikly lines shrivelled away two months ago,\ then erupted. I expected the dead top to drop off, but the new growth has now died. Any comments please.
21:59 Mon 16th Apr 20074 answers, last by Segilla 18:57 Tue 17th Apr 2007
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Microwaves

The Moscow US Embassy was bombarded with these towards the end if theCold War. Was the reason ever discovered?
17:30 Thu 25th Jan 20071 answer, last by Upforit 01:24 Sat 28th Apr 2007
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Skoda Octavia 1.8 hatchback T reg

The lock no longer opens auto if a car door is opened.It locks all doors and can be opened on its own. If this iooks likely to be a big job I'll put up with it, but is there anything I can do?
17:25 Thu 25th Jan 2007
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Brussels in 1803 -dyle

A Will appears to read;- "... now residing in the dept. of the Dyle..." I believe at the time Brussels was in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but why Dyle?
17:05 Thu 25th Jan 20072 answers, last by Segilla 18:04 Thu 25th Jan 2007
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Encrypting documents

Looking for Freeware to keep prying family eyes from some private papers I got lost in a maze of sites and programs. Any advice please.
04:21 Sat 06th Jan 20074 answers, last by Segilla 16:16 Sat 06th Jan 2007
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Liverpool, Hillsborough and the Sun.

To what extent did the Sun's paper sales recover? Kelvin McKenzie is recently reported to have said he apologised only because Rupert Murdcoh ordered him to. How has that gone down in Liverpool?
19:50 Fri 05th Jan 20075 answers, last by spudqueen 14:01 Sun 07th Jan 2007
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Pocketed spring mattresses

Anybody know about these? I was told that when the middle springs start to become worn, the mattress top can be opened up,and the outer springs substituted. Is it possible / wise to atteptt this at...
18:43 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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Winnie the Pooh

A retired American English Literature teacher has asked me what is so special to the British about :- 'There's nothing quite .. as messing about in boats.' I'm stumped.
22:03 Mon 01st Jan 20074 answers, last by feebal 20:16 Sun 07th Jan 2007
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Sir Edward Heath

He and his staunch friend Edward du Cann fell out with one another. What was that about? Reported in the Daily Telegraph at the time, as a minor item, was a court case Heath pursued against somebody...
12:09 Mon 01st Jan 20071 answer, last by Lonnie 17:28 Mon 01st Jan 2007
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Hitler - 'Guilty men'

Hitler referred to these as being responsible for Germany's post-WWI woes. Who were they? Politicians, financiers, Jews? If politicians was it any particular group or the whole lot, fiddlling while...
22:01 Sun 31st Dec 20062 answers, last by Scylax 17:00 Sun 07th Jan 2007
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Australian wine

Which well-known winery was bought up by a French company a few yrears ago?
19:04 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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Moral question

About four years ago I refused an unsolicited offer to buy GB postage stamps at a discount, with postmarks chemically cleaned off. The person now trades as a stamp seller on e-bay. What to do?
14:37 Mon 04th Dec 20062 answers, last by spineless 00:21 Sun 31st Dec 2006
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Loan to a family member

On death, my estate will be divided equally between my son and daughter. She is about to be divorced and needs quite a hefty sum now to pay off her ex husband for his share of the house. I am elderly...
14:31 Mon 04th Dec 20067 answers, last by Segilla 22:07 Mon 04th Dec 2006
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Nuances in the English language

I marvel at how a simple sentence such as, 'I went to the bus stop', can have five differrent meanings depending on which word is emphasised, And one more, if none of the words are stressed at all. Do...
13:53 Mon 04th Dec 20063 answers, last by marwel7 21:52 Tue 05th Dec 2006
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Linguistics

A few years ago I read an obituary of a brilliant American linguist who was able to pick up languages spoken by remote Pacifc islanders and could converse witt them im a very short time. Can anybody...
22:53 Sat 02nd Dec 20062 answers, last by Segilla 13:41 Mon 04th Dec 2006
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British Gas Complaints

The day after I wrote BG about their complex and inaccurate bill, the news broke about the level of complaints. One of my main gripes was that the 'Final reading' of about a month ago, shows units...
06:01 Wed 08th Nov 20062 answers, last by Segilla 12:06 Wed 08th Nov 2006
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Slipping carpet

Despite its weight, my Chinese rug hares across my new carpet. Suggestions please for which products to use to help to tame it!
05:41 Wed 08th Nov 20062 answers, last by buildersmate 08:58 Wed 08th Nov 2006
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The Rhineland - 1939

http://www.hberlioz.com/France/Strasbourg.htm# 1863 This excellent site has reproductions of old postcards . Can anyone please confirm that the road bridge shown is that which has often been seen in...
06:05 Fri 03rd Nov 2006
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Students climbing buildings

e.g., at Oxford University. Has this tradition survived?
07:02 Sun 01st Oct 20061 answer, last by chaotica 14:04 Tue 12th Dec 2006

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