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    What do you collect?

    i am fairly sure they are still in print in the uk and are pretty widely available (although not on amazon it seems :shrug:).
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    Getting into shape...

    i do 2 90+lap 1 hour swims, play football a couple of times and do a session of joga a week. i used to play badminton and do 2-4 mile runs as well but i've got studying commitments.
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    God can't bless the UK

    uk census 2001 the quote from the bishop merely supports my statement, i don't think i could be all that wrrong in saying that by christian he would mean his own brand. accoridng to the census there are at least 36 million uk citizens who assign themselves the value christian. there's a fair...
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    God can't bless the UK

    don't confuse christianity with the church - the outlook of the church may be poor but large numbers of the uk public still consider themselves christian to my knowledge. that they fail to support the institutions of the faith does not necesarily mean they fail to be christian, just that they no...
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    Whats the oldest thing you own?

    the oldest thing i have is a box carved from an oak beam from a 17th century farm house.
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    the official christmas blows thread

    trace heating a hose isn't so much of a problem these days... ;) :P
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    How educated is OTC?!?

    bsc (hons) architecture, barch architecure, mphil architecture and urban design currently working on my ma architecture: professional studies which i should have in a year or so. before i get that i should be dip. arch qualified by june. i was hoping that if i got 2 masters degrees i could...
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    Arafat just died

    i am quite happy to blame the british for being so utterly self serving during the first world war. however, all the stuff after the second world war is almost entirely the us's fault ;) j/k
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    the official christmas blows thread

    les, we at least have a hose with proper heating now, and some of that fancy posh double glazing too. i really don't miss that flat in cardiff with its huge single areas of single victorian glass that piss heat.
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    the official christmas blows thread

    since that christmas we've had last years where the car broke down on boxing day and left us stranded at home until the 2nd with little more that cold cuts and a repair bill to keep us warm. as a result i look forward to this years offering of yule-tide crap with barely disguised distain.
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    what do you want for christmas?

    one of them swimming floats that is shaped like a dumbbell a pstwo and iss pro evo4 a subscription to arkkitehti (finnish architectural magazine) dull archi books for my professional exam studies pretty archi books to put on a shelf and never look at my other half to get a job in england
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    Arafat just died

    freako, if my addled memory serves me correctly the british government only 'acquired' palestine from the ottoman empire in 1918, previous to that the area was ruled by the turkish ottomans. i know the area around jerusalem was moor/ottoman during the crusades but the 700 years inbetween are...
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    Motion to Impeach

    as i believe it stands the law would in theory allow the monarch to regain power through dissolving parliament. the reality is that the monarchy is tolerated in this country at a traditional image level - if there was an attempt to return to a monarchal rule then the reign would be short and...
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    Motion to Impeach

    our monarch has heald limited actual powers since the time of charles II. at a technical level our governmental system has her at the top and she has the right to dissolve parliament and reject the leaders put before her. in reality she is head of state for show only and has no usable power...
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    The vaccine shortage

    gonz, i was offered one by my doctors surgery this week because i am asthmatic and therefore on their list of people to immunise against 'flu. they are the first doctors i've been with who have invited me in to have the shot but they have a strong asthma monitoring system. i doubt i'll take...
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    The vaccine shortage

    free markets cure only those who can pay. i seem to be reading awful lot during the election fever about us citizens who are using canada to get drugs that are highly priced in the states. in fact, i'm sure i got 18 junk emails to my hotmail account this morning about how i...
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    Who's this months whore?

    i'd like to at least start at one. i don't suppose using a different hand from normal counts as an extra does it? it felt different enough to me...
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    Who's this months whore?

    can i count myself?
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    Pass me some good thought please

    sorry to hear that, sam
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    Trivia #2

    xanadu
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