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Vic Patterson

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  1. Which disease does the BCG vaccine protect us from? Tuberculosis

    Which Greek island was the home to the Minoan civilisation? Crete

    What does a pluviometer measure? Rain

    Who replaced Phil Collins as lead singer of Genesis? Ray Wilson.

    Which football team won the English 1997-98 Premier league and F.A. Cup double? Arsenal

    Where would you find breast buffers and bottom buffers at work? Boot and shoe maker.

    What is a female trout called? Hen

    Who in Great Britain can never legally be a minor? Aged over 18, 16 in Scotland.

    Who was the eldest of the Bronte sisters? Maria

    Which Royal house ruled in England from 1461 to 1485? York

    On which day in April 1998 was the peace agreement signed in Northern Ireland? 10 April

    What do Americans call reindeer? Caribou  

    Is QI like" University challenge" used to be? or a game show?

    I found it, seems to be a popular game show!

  2. That was one of my jobs, Mondays at lunch time, collecting the peelings from our neighbours ,haul them to the allotment and put them into the kettle boiler, light the fire, then go back to school. (but did wash my wellies first!) and feed the chucks! 

    After school go and feed the grunters the pig-swill, clean the straw, empty the sump! collect some eggs, always amazed me to see the grunters eating lumps of coal!

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  3. Nice to see the quiz again, thank you CL it's greatly appreciated, I didn't get many answers before having to cheat! but it did get the grey matter working again.

    1.         What does the name ‘Spam’ (meat - not computer) stand for Special Processed American Meat.

    2.         Who was the World Darts Champion 5 times between 1980 and 1986 Eric Bristow

    3.         By what other name is a Dublin Bay Prawn known Norway lobster

    4.         Who said “The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won’t get much sleep”  Woody Allen

    1.     Which member of the royal family married Marina of Greece Duke of Kent

    6.         When politician Roy Hattersley failed, for the third time, to appear on ‘Have I got news for you’ his chair was                          occupied by what Tub of lard.

    7.         Which ex-England footballer is the father of a television weather forecaster Bobby Charlton.

    8.         What is the cube of 3 27

    9.         Which animal the scientific name  Capra hircus Goat

    10.      How many British pounds in a hundred weight (cwt) 112

    11.      Which parasitic plant was sacred to the Druids Mistletoe

    12.      In a game of poker which is the best hand: flush, straight run or three of a kind Flush

     

  4. On 01/06/2021 at 03:52, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

     

    Morning Vic - can't see any way around the problem when loading the system.

     

    VISTA, It's back Alan, my son was able to re-install and get it working, I don't go on line with it now but do like my old programs that are much more friendly than newer ones. Now to save anything I can before it dies again.

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  5. 1 hour ago, lilbill15 said:

    Sorry, when I learned to read we were told to start at the top of the page and travel down. I can’t understand the logic of following text UP the page x:book:😁🌈xxR 

    Seems logic to me. To follow a conversation I read the next posting, then it's answer, and so on, not the last posting and not understanding how the conversation arrived there! but as long as one understands how it is being posted then all is good!

    Could your "settings" be wrong or different? one for the experts.

  6. 16 minutes ago, lilbill15 said:

    Hi there @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948), no no idea at all except that I forget that comments read backwards, read the? Intro then had to travel up the page to read the main content. I should be used to this by now 😁🌈xxR 

    For me this appears to be the most logical way to follow the conversation! (But I do have difficulty moving around the Gallery especially closing pictures.)

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  7. I agree, anything above 22c is waisted on me, I'm in the garden 7am or 8pm watering etc, like the plants I wilt in the heat, otherwise it's put down the awning on the south window, and stay inside as much as possible.

    Tomorrow I've been asked to drive a wedding couple around town in my old T, I hope it has cooled down by then, July 1st should also be Canada day celebration but it was moved to Saturday (due to Covid) so that may be a parade drive!

    Luckily we have a very dry heat so it isn't as bad as in the east where it is humid, but this heat also causes the snow on mountain tops to melt and the rivers are high and if it rains we will have big floods!

    Now 52c is a bit too much, but temperature is a bit like age, just a number, it's how you deal with it! Eggy 20c at three in the morning was very welcome.

    On the bright side tomorrow in Alberta most of our Covid restrictions are lifted! 

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