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Old 04-04-11, 03:12 PM   #1651
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How come Land's End is further west on my map then?
probs cos they just show GB in a straight up n down sort of way, when it's more of a 10 to 4 (to describe it in clock face terms),


Edinburgh on the east coast is actually further west than Bristol!!!!!!!!!.
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Old 05-04-11, 05:39 PM   #1652
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maybe its because lands end is actually known as the most South-Westerly point on the british isles
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Old 05-04-11, 05:45 PM   #1653
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How come Land's End is further west on my map then?
What map are you using??
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Old 07-04-11, 09:59 AM   #1654
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Jack daniels claimed welsh heritige
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Old 20-04-11, 02:26 PM   #1655
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The social cost of a hip fracture - excluding the potentila loss of earnings for a realtive to provide care - is £25,424

and that hip fractures as a result of falls cost the UK £725,928,865 per annum

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Old 20-04-11, 02:37 PM   #1656
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Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
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Old 20-04-11, 03:34 PM   #1657
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Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
can you imagine the amount of loo roll and toilet duck needed!
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Old 01-05-11, 06:57 PM   #1658
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Hugo boss was the original designer of the nazi uniforms.
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Old 01-05-11, 07:02 PM   #1659
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False . He supplied uniforms for the SS and the Nazi Youth , he never designed them , just manufactured them .
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Old 01-05-11, 07:09 PM   #1660
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False . He supplied uniforms for the SS and the Nazi Youth , he never designed them , just manufactured them .
Ahh fair enough then, same difference though :P

On another note,

If you took all the urine the world produced in a day it would take 15mins to flow over niagara falls!
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