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May 4, 2003, 10:25 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
We can ask which country other tha the U.S. officially uses the USD as its legal currency? </font>
We can ask which country other tha the U.S. officially uses the USD as its legal currency? </font>
May 4, 2003, 10:28 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by obscure2k:
Is this like Jeopardy where we are given the answer and have to provide the question?
If so, the answer is:
Praslin and Curiese.
What is the question? </font>
Is this like Jeopardy where we are given the answer and have to provide the question?
If so, the answer is:
Praslin and Curiese.
What is the question? </font>
May 4, 2003, 11:39 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Corelli
Wheaton metro station
Longest escalator in the country, part of the world, something like that. Second longest in the world (Hong Kong has one longer)
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Wheaton metro station
Longest escalator in the country, part of the world, something like that. Second longest in the world (Hong Kong has one longer)
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About the 737 classics vs. 737NGs, look at the "canoe" fairings on the trailing edges of the flaps. On a 737 Classic, each fairing will taper to a point. On the NGs, each fairing tapers instead to look like the tip of a slotted screwdriver.
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May 4, 2003, 1:25 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
Are the "Next Generation" models the ones with the "squished" ( nice aeronautical term!) looking engines that are flattened on the bottom?? Just guessing. Suppose you could also look at the safety card in the seat pocket.
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Are the "Next Generation" models the ones with the "squished" ( nice aeronautical term!) looking engines that are flattened on the bottom?? Just guessing. Suppose you could also look at the safety card in the seat pocket.
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Nearly; they're the other way round. It's the Classics with the squished engine casings (the engine inside, of course, is perfectly round). By the time the NG came along Boeing had worked out how to make a balanced casing.
There are some other features like SOAC mentions, or that the fin is taller.
May 4, 2003, 1:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by obscure2k:
You win!!
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You win!!
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If so, the answer is:
Praslin and Curiese.
What is the question?
Although, Cholula did correctly guess that these are two of the most beautiful islands in the Seychelles, these two islands also are the only place on earth where the Coco De Mer palms can be found growing naturally.
May 4, 2003, 1:49 pm
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what do have Campione (Italy) and Büsingen (Germany) have in common?
both are enclaves ('foreign islands') in Switzerland - and both 'created' delicate diplomatic problems during world-war-II.
both are enclaves ('foreign islands') in Switzerland - and both 'created' delicate diplomatic problems during world-war-II.
May 4, 2003, 6:01 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by obscure2k:
Is this like Jeopardy where we are given the answer and have to provide the question?
If so, the answer is:
Praslin and Curiese.
What is the question?
Although, Cholula did correctly guess that these are two of the most beautiful islands in the Seychelles, these two islands also are the only place on earth where the Coco De Mer palms can be found growing naturally. </font>
Is this like Jeopardy where we are given the answer and have to provide the question?
If so, the answer is:
Praslin and Curiese.
What is the question?
Although, Cholula did correctly guess that these are two of the most beautiful islands in the Seychelles, these two islands also are the only place on earth where the Coco De Mer palms can be found growing naturally. </font>
May 4, 2003, 6:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fbgdavidson:
Q: At the North Pole or South Pole which way does the compass point?
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Q: At the North Pole or South Pole which way does the compass point?
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I stand slightly corrected. According to the Department of Energy scientists, if you held a compass horizontal to the ground at the North Pole, it would have no preferred direction, and might spin around.
If you were to hold the compass sideways, however, the compass would point straight down, toward the North Pole.
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May 4, 2003, 6:18 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by flychic:
Compass spins. Doesn't point anywhere.</font>
Compass spins. Doesn't point anywhere.</font>
May 4, 2003, 6:53 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
We can ask which country other tha the U.S. officially uses the USD as its legal currency. Bonus question: What are the historical ties this country got with the U.S.</font>
We can ask which country other tha the U.S. officially uses the USD as its legal currency. Bonus question: What are the historical ties this country got with the U.S.</font>
Liberia, West Africa for many years used the US$ as its currency, but I don't know if they do now. (Freed slaves established the country).
May 4, 2003, 8:20 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fbgdavidson:
Q: At the North Pole or South Pole which way does the compass point?
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Q: At the North Pole or South Pole which way does the compass point?
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In any case, at the grographic north pole the compass is unusable, but if it was pointing someplace other then all over the place it would be towards the magnetic north pole about 1,000 miles away (or at least it was the last time I read about it, but it was moving then) roughly in the direction of Seattle.
No clue where the magnetic south pole is.
May 4, 2003, 8:35 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cordelli:
I use to work for Quantel. Didn't ever expect to see Newbury listed as a from here.</font>
I use to work for Quantel. Didn't ever expect to see Newbury listed as a from here.</font>
May 4, 2003, 8:38 pm
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U. S. flag, when not flying on a pole, always has the blue field of stars on the left except for two instances. When would it be officially okay to display it "backwards" and who the heck thinks up all these rules? One instance is airplane related, the other travel.