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Well after spending about an entire month of loading disks nightly on my 40 Gig iPod, I have FINALLY got the bastid more than half-full. The first pass selecting disks from my 1200+ collection managed to fill only about 1/3 of its capicity. I went...
Fighting has started for the port of Bazra and the Southern oil fields. British and American troops have also entered the demilitarized zone in Southern Iraq. Let's hope for a swift conclusion.John
Simple question - what does it mean please?Just cropped up in a novel I'm reading, and I seem to remember that a folky band used it as their name a while back?Babelfish translation - 'Car-da-fe' - I think not!
anyone tried "tempur" products please share your experience of them. i'm interested in mattresses and pillows in particular, but i gather they also make office chairs and other things.many thanksenjoyken
Fellow LSM rangefinder owners,I'm looking into getting a new CV lens for my Bessa R. I'm torn between getting a small 35mm classic or pancake for compactness or a 50mm/1.5 Nokton (supposedly very sharp) or the Ultron 35mm/1.7. For travelling around I...
Who will be the first to beat up Gordon Ramsey?I think it'll be Vic Reeves with a few mates, including Chris Ewbanks.I think Jeremy Clarkson would give him a fist sandwich too.Let's hope so, eh?!
Pyromaniac art critic strikes at art warehouse.Tracy Emit and Damian Hurst included (no loss there then) in collection stored in warhouse complex gutted by fire today.Bet the owner don't loose out though.Howard
Did anyone watch it last night? If so what did you think?My main thought was that Ahmed reminded me quite a lot of my son...
Are there not nearly enough bike threads or is it just me? Anyway, has anyone tried one of those three wheel things you lie on your back and pedal? To me they seem like a brief moment of cool (its always guys well lycra'd and shaded that I see),...
After playing a football match in studded boots last Sunday, for the first time in years, I'm looking for a new pair of football boots.After having swollen ankles, couldn't run as quick as I'd liked as it felt like running on stilts and having burning...
During a conversation with a colleague from Japan, regarding the latest gadgets he’s aquired (this guy has them all), he mentioned how frustrated he was using 2Mbit Broadband whilst staying in Germany, he mentioned that back home in Japan its...
Help please - As I understand MP3 is a lossy way to compress music, but as one can use different levels of comrpession, can you store the music without compressing it at all - some say that MP3 sounds rubbish, but if uncompressed is it OK ?I want to...
Well what do they want?
I am enjoying my first mp3 player but am finding the cd ripping process to be tedious. Does anybody have any experience with iTunes and emusic or similar and can comment on the depth of their jazz catalog. It seems that unless you download and install...
Hi all, wonder if you can helpWe have a problem going round work that seems impossible. The question comes from one of the girls in the office. It is her 10 year old daughters homework. Bear in mind that we work in a high school, accountants and...
Guys,I'm interested in buying a digital camera, one that's reasonably good quality and fairly inexpensive. I'm not a serious photographer by any stretch of the imagination so it would not be used that frequently. I've got an 'outline' budget of about...
I’m off to Jersey with my good lady for the bank holiday weekend and was wondering if anyone has got any good recommendations for restaurants, especially of the seafood variety? We’re staying at the Grand in St. Helier but have a hire car...
KLF gig or a major loss to the art world, you decide.Roy T
I never thought I'd post a query about cars...However Rosie is about to get a new car, and it looks like she's going to get a Rover 45 1.6. I think it's called a club saloon (or some comparable silly name).she'd been driving a Citroen Xsara, so it's...
I've dipped my toe into digital photography with a Minolta F300 compact which shoots at 5M, 3M, 2M and 640Pixels. It stores files in Superfine (tif), fine, std and economy (jpeg)and am much impressed with the resultsI would be grateful for advice on...
I heard about the voting purge on the radio this morning, and was astonished that this can go on. Surely, if you've done your time, you should be free to re-join society as a fully paricipating member with all the rights of the constitution?Would/is...
Stephen King's opportunity to 're-live' his serious injuries, when he was hit by a vehicle whilst out walking, near his home in Maine in 1999.The offending driver, Bryan E. Smith (43) died about a year later. Spooooooooky!Produced or directed by Lars...
Just got a Panasonic DVD recorder that says "multi-region" on the box. As my Pioneer player is only Region 2 I have not bought any Region 1 discs but got one free with a Canadian Foo Fighters CDThe Panasonic will not play it (just get ziggy zaggy...
Well, we had a great time in Zambia. But didn't manage to buy any decent binoculars for the trip as 3 weeks before departure my trusty old OM1n packed up. The shutter only worked at speeds of 1/30th and slower, so off the camera went to be revived...
What's the deal with these wristwatch deals on e-bay? For example, here's a Ventura NIB that retails for 1400 bucks with a buy it now for 299. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...item=4111975074&rd=1 Or how about a Fortis Spacematic NIB ($2100) for 850? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...item=4112130939&rd=1