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Hamilton Saint

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  1. "Life could be present...". Speculation that is not very useful. Think about it. To get accurate information would require travel to that solar system. The fastest manned rocket so far has been Apollo 10, travelling back from the Moon at about 40,000 km/h. The fastest unmanned probe, New Horizons, travels at about 57,600 km/h. To travel to a star-system that is 600 light years away (18,921,600,000 km) would take 473,040 years (manned), or 328,500 years (unmanned). Even travelling at the speed of light (!) would take 600 years!
  2. Ah ... the five-pound fee is due? I don't recall being reminded of such.
  3. Whereas yours is very prominent! And what's with the advertising? Does this mean there is no more 5 pound fee?
  4. Did I miss something? Wondering why my avatar doesn't show anymore. Anyone know?
  5. I remember him directing some excellent documentaries for the BBC in the 60s on famous composers - specifically, ones on Frederick Delius and Edward Elgar. Most of his films, unfortunately, still unavailable on DVD (at least in NA - how about the UK?).
  6. The newspaper you prefer probably indicates how good a reader you are, how intelligent you are, and how sophisticated your world-view is. It probably indicates whether or not you have a wide interest in news (local, national and international), politics, culture, sports and entertainment. It also indicates whether or not you're interested in thinking about things and having your views challenged, or just prefer to have your biases and prejudices reinforced. Or if you just prefer to look at the pictures and scan the headlines.
  7. Capricorn
  8. Paul McCartney?
  9. Probably - thrown in to check for cheating.
  10. You used it as a past participle - shaved. Shaven is the adjectival form.
  11. In 1968 Harold Wilson made a trip to North Africa, visiting several African leaders: one was Haile Selassie; one was Fairly Selassie; and one wasn't Selassie at all.
  12. I was higher than the average in sense of wrongness and "disgust"; I was lower than the average in wanting to avoid, wanting to punish, and sense of anger. My most significant trait was a low level of anger.
  13. Wie ist das wetter heute? Es ist kalt, aber nicht so kalt als im Deutschland. (First sentences I learned in first-year German course in Uni. Might be minor errors there, it was some 25 years ago!)
  14. You mean pedants.
  15. "May a diseased camel back into your linen closet". Carnac, the Magnificent (AKA Johnny Carson)
  16. Remembrance Day? I thought that was Canadian. Don't you call it Armistice Day any more?
  17. Wow! I would have kept it, myself!
  18. Which of those four books was your favourite?
  19. Art Gallery of Ontario Royal Ontario Museum CN Tower lunch in the Kensington Market area Toronto Maple Leafs (hockey) is nearly always sold out Hockey Hall of Fame
  20. Hamilton Saint

    WW2 Films

    Bridge on the River Kwai In Which We Serve Hope and Glory The Longest Day Band of Brothers (TV series) The Thin Red Line Downfall Battle of Britain Das Boot The Dam Busters Went The Day Well? The Great Escape
  21. Er ... no.
  22. Actually, they speak Portuguese.
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