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Saavik2 Posted Sep 10, 2002
Last night I looked up at the stars and made a wish.
It hasn't come true .... yet.
But the roofing contractors did say that the new tiles will *probably* arrive tomorrow ...
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Mr. Legion Posted Sep 10, 2002
I'm in the presence of experts. I'm doing a project on the battle of Isandlwana, immediately preceding Rorke's Drift, so I've been cruising the web for info and good sites. Anyone know any? That would technically count as useful info, actually...
But bend the rules!
The Accelerato is a slow boat that goes down the Grand Canal in Venice, stopping at every landing stage.
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Mauritania Posted Sep 11, 2002
Mainly to terrorist groups, so the last reply would be good bait for all terrorist organisations who have signed on as H2g2 researchers!
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Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing Posted Sep 11, 2002
Do any of U maybe know what the biggest building in the world is?
I guess it depends on how you measure it. I've heard the Pentagon is the biggest, and Chauchesku's (sp?) palace comes 2nd. But I thought the building where they patch up the space shuttle was maybe bigger measured in cubic meters, instead of square. Or maybe the boeing assembly hall is the biggest. Has anyone got a clue?
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Zarkd Posted Sep 12, 2002
The truck that transports the space shuttle to the launch pad is six lanes wide. That probaby makes it the biggest truck in the world.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 12, 2002
Apart, possibly, from the one that transports Saturn V's...?
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Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing Posted Sep 12, 2002
Well, the biggest kind of trucks are made of seperate pieces that can work on their own, or coupled together. They can put together as many pieces as they want, depending on what has to be moved. So in theory these trucks have no limits in size.
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Mauritania Posted Sep 13, 2002
The following is a list of exclusions that I found quite amusing on my insurance form:
This insurance does not cover accidental death from injury caused by or resulting from:
War,
Invasion,
Activities of a foreign enemy,
Hostilities or Warlike operations (whether war has been decleared or not),
Civil war,
Revolution,
rebellion or insurrection (that is, people rising up and changing the government by force or attempting to do so)
Civil commotion which is of severity or magnitude that it can be likened to a popular uprising
Military power (even if properly authorised by the duly elected government); or usurped power (that is, power taken by force by any person or group, including the armed forces, not being duly elected government.
Suicide or intentional self-injury
Flying as a pilot or crew member of any aircraft
Intoxicating liquor or drugs taken by the injured person!!!
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Ballynac Posted Sep 13, 2002
That list is funny but the last one is weird. Does that mean you aren't insured if something happens you when you're drunk!
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Mauritania Posted Sep 13, 2002
Pg2, continued:
Intoxicating liquor or drugs taken by the insured person (except drugs taken under medical supervision but not for the treatment of drug addiction)
Ionising radiation or radioactive contamination from nuclear fuel or nuclear waste; or the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other dangerous properties of explosive nuclear equipment.
Please note, any bogus claims such as asteriod impact or severe damage due to weather etc. will be investagated thoughly, if there aren't any nearby direct line costemers suffering any/or similar damage!
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F F Churchton Posted Sep 13, 2002
I really wish you would stop doing that Prince!!!
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PQ Posted Sep 13, 2002
The moon rocks in the Liverpool Museum space section smell like cheese...although this could be due to the repeated handling by large groups of cheese and onion crisp eating children...if this is the case it implies that moon rocks can absorb onion smell but not cheese smell.
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- 1847: Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing (Sep 11, 2002)
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