Dropsafe

Regards the accident, Cynthia now has a a write-up explaining precisely what went wrong, and what her current medical status is; that’s augmented by Phil Hawksley who has been talking to her, and we who are the members of her vicarious maillist are organising pledges for a potential fund-raiser to send retired bike mechanic Reg…

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From [groups.yahoo.com] From: “Phil” <lists@…> Date: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:04 pm Subject: Bad News Hi Folks, The bad news is that Cynth had an argument with the dirt in Argentina on Friday. The good news is that she is at least alive to tell us all about it in due course (like when she…

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jon katz: I think I just accidently put lighter fluid in my hamburger alec muffett: explosion imminent alec muffett: could be worse alec muffett: could be intentional

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Despite Becher’s Brook and The Chair and all kinds of other terrible obstacles my son has come through and I’m very proud and wish them well Is Her Majesty intentionally trying to suggest that her son is riding a horse? ( for explanation if this is not transparent, see [news.bbc.co.uk] [www.bbc.co.uk] and [www.google.com] )

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As spotted by Tom Meyer: [www.theregister.co.uk] Blair to ditch ID cards As predicted by El Reg here the Government looks set to ditch its unpopular ID card legislation if Tony Blair calls an election today. Blair is widely expected to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament today – the trigger for a General Election on…

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2005 Apr 08: Hybrid Solar Eclipse The first solar eclipse of 2005 is of an uncommon type known as either annular-total or hybrid. This is a unique class of central1 eclipse where some sections of the path are annular while other parts are total. The duality comes about when the vertex of the Moon’s umbral…

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AFGHANISTAN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COMOROS, CONGO (Democratic Republic), CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KOREA (North), KOREA (South), KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA, NIGERIA, OMAN,…

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Astronomy Picture of the Day: [antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov] (Via Dan)

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[news.bbc.co.uk] A teachers’ union has said it is alarmed by an increase in lessons which teach that Adam and Eve was the literal truth, rather the fable which science believes it to be. The rise in creationism is not just an American phenomenon. For many British people, belief in a six-day creation seems to be…

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Just found this: [web.canon.jp]

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After chatting with Alan & Telsa at the weekend, and with Simon-the-Monkey-Boy yesterday, I spent last night disassembling my 20+ year old washing machine in order to access and unblock the filter. The machine dates from before an era where ease of use was not terribly important, so to empty the filter normally would require…

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[www.wired.com]

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