When I arranged to go out today, I just knew they’d suddenly arrive to put in the triple glazing. It will not affect much because the posts are already up. Hopefully they’ll be done by nightfall and I’ll get back to you then.
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Canada is finally going plastic. Australia has had plastic notes for years and I used to invite groups at uni in Russia to tear up my bank notes I brought along or at least try to crumple them. They couldn’t – when released, the note just sprang back into shape again.
I’d prefer to see us [...]
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In the 3rd book which I’m currently rewriting sections of, there is an impasse. The government has fallen in the UK and the usurper government has agents up and down the country, as they do in China, from where they learned how to do it.
The exiled government sends teams back into the old country, from [...]
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What’s the future of transport? Is it, in the city environment of personal transportation, this little number by Honda?
The 3R-C seats one driver in a near-vertical position, with the clear canopy covering the cockpit when the vehicle is parked but turning into a protective windshield when the vehicle is moving. Honda says the [...]
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Sorry about the image quality on the above but the music was too good to go past.
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Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at CalTech. Great job if you can BS your way into it. His latest ruse? Thinking about time:
One way to get noticed as a scientist is to tackle a really difficult problem. Physicist Sean Carroll has become a bit of a rock star in geek circles by [...]
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Lord T has written about the dumbing down of Formula One in line with the new green political correctness. They’re changing the rules to slow the cars down and make them drive more fuel efficiently.
WTF?
Since when does the elite level ever benefit from outside interference and make the sport more interesting for spectators? Anywhere they’ve [...]
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This post is more in the nature of a request for information. While it would seem silly to ask PC users rather than Mac users for their opinions, technology is so varied these days that most PC users have other devices such as iPod and iPhone.
Your humble blogger can write html to produce a webpage [...]
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Are they parallel?
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1. What width are the commercially bagged chips at your local chippy: 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch?
2. According to a 2008 Glamour magazine survey, is the average woman’s bust size these days 34B, 36C or other size?
3. The paperclips you’re likely to use vary in wire width between 1/32 to 1/16 inch, 1/64 [...]
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“Best of” lists are almost impossible. For example, Jerry Rice would be on many Americans’ best footballer, Gary Ablett would be on many Australians’ and perhaps Pele in soccer but only Pele is world famous. Where would Don Bradman or Babe Ruth be? Where would you put Stirling Moss or Bobby Moore?
A different way to [...]
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