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It's just a sport in Yankee Land. They do it on a regular basis. I don't see why anyone should be surprised or make a big news story out of it. It's just what they do in Yankee Land. Now if they were...

Yes, very good, Ken.

We used to gather around and listen to the radio in the evenings. They had comedy shows such as "Life With Dexter." That was always good fun, but not as good as your...

In the early days of cellphones I was talking on my phone while driving on the motorway and realised that my attention was not fully on my driving and it had me worried so since then I have never...

Very true, B.M. I'm certain that everyone has heard of the Ice Age, although that should be Ice Ages. The Ice Ages began 2.4 million years ago and lasted until 11,500 years ago. During this time, the...

You'll notice that these days they are blaming everything out of the ordinary on climate change. In the 50s they used to blame that sort of thing on "the bomb."

I wonder - once "climate change"...

Oh what it is to be so wise. What hope is there for us poor mortals.:groan:

Thank you very much, Wainui. That worked well.

And thank you as well, Zqwerty. Out of curiosity I tried that as well which also worked.

Much appreciated. Thank you to you both.:thanks

Yes, you could be right. A mad friend of mine said that all the rails are delivered pre rusted.:lol:

A friend has posted a video of my family on FB that he took a year ago and I would like to save it as an mp4 to send on to one of my cousins. How do I do that, please.

Thanks for your help. :thanks

I recall railcars carrying a small amount of parcels, newspapers, that sort of thing in the luggage compartment. That was also where the guard rode. They did not call it freight in those days, they...

There is another thing that I have wondered about: I watch quite a few amateur train videos from the driver's point of view and I notice that there are a lot of rails lying alongside the line. There...

My father told me there have been many instances of new ideas thought up over the years and the petrol companies bought their concepts and shelved them. They are making too much money and just don't...

And, of course, you know what the government means by "multi-lingual" - maori and English. No matter that there are at least 45 other languages spoken in this country and that there are few people -...

The answer might be nuclear fusion which is different from a usual nuclear reaction. The good thing about fusion is that it does not leave any dangerous byproducts. That could be used to generate...

There were a couple of deaf boys at the hostel where I went to school in the late 50s. They did not use sign languague to communicate between themselves or us. Besides none of us would have known...

I knew that you would find the following interesting - taken from "How The World Really Works" A scientist's guide to our past, present and future, by Vaclav Smil.

How soon will we fly...

Thank you, Smithie. Given the area that it is in, that sounds correct.:)

And your second response, 1101, sounded good.:D

A friend of mine sent me a link to a video entitled "SOL and Taranaki Trains 1991" and I asked him what SOL meant. He said he was going to ask me.:rolleyes:

Perhaps there is someone out there that...

Surely it does not matter what it says. Overseas travellers will have absolutely no idea what the maori words mean. Perhaps they would have better to have written "Bonjour" or "Guten tag" as I am...

We stayed at the camping ground in our motorhome a year or so back and loved it. The pools were great. It is a bit out of the way but worth the trip.:)

Thanks for that, zqwerty. Very interesting. I see that Aktiengesellschaft translates as public company - owned by shareholders as you say.

Watched a rather interesting programme on Bayerische Motoren Werke AG but it did not say what the AG was for or what it meant. Does anybody know?

Thanks for your help.:thanks

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I don't know what the spokesperson means by "several times a day" as that has not been what I have heard. I listen to their frequencies most days and have been listening for...

Have you not heard of the prohibition in America? It just drove alcohol underground and onto the black market. If the government banned cigarettes the same would happen here. Rather than ban them...

And it's usually the "poor/middle class" who can't afford it - they are usually the smokers.

But I don't understand why it is so difficult to give up. My experience is that you need a reason to...