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Curiosity killed ...
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Eutychus, having googled a bit you might be able to look at the General Record Office books - you need a date and a district - more here and scroll down the page to find sites that let you do this.
Registers end up in the archive offices, but I don't think you're allowed access to recent books. From practical knowledge all the local church records pre-1980 are in the archives, requests are made regularly for copy certificates for baptism or weddings (or burials) but all that comes back is a copy certificate, I am sure that you don't get to look through them yourself. And there are fees to get a copy certificate - birth or whatever.
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Many thanks.
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Lamb Chopped
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Got my new glasses, thanks y'all for your input and info! The cranky argumentative person wasn't there when I picked them up, but the good-humored but not-too-clueful one was--and managed to tell me that the progressives were the distance ones and vice versa. I'm sure I'll get things sorted out eventually...
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I guess you're looking for The Investigator, Robert Armin
Brilliant! Thank you very much.
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Janine
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Surely somebody is into dream interpretation.
I recently dreamed I was forced -- my hands were restrained in some way, neither painfully nor frighteningly restrained, unknown just how (and no, I haven't read 50 Shades of Gray ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) ) --
I was compelled to play the piano with my elbows.
I do not play. For me, a piano is only a giant tuning fork, for use in pitching or learning an a capella song.
There I was, unable to use my hands, forced to play by banging away at the keyboard with my elbows... and it sounded pretty darn good. A sort of ragtime honky-tonk thing rippled out of that piano, better music than any (shadowy, unidentified) person around me in that dream could do with free hands.
I don't remember much about my dreams, usually, but the feel-good ones that seem to paint me in a positive light, those stick with me.
Any idea what it might mean/symbolize?
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Lamb Chopped
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Sounds like a lovely metaphor for most of our lives. Doing the best we can with the awkward situations forced on us--and doing a pretty good job in spite of it.
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Originally posted by Janine:
Surely somebody is into dream interpretation.
The one cardinal rule of dream work I learned was that only the dreamer knows the dream. Other people can ask questions which prompt you to think about the dream in various ways - what age are you in the dream? Who else is there? Who do they remind you of? What do you associate with pianos? With music? With performance? Are there ways that you are hampered in life?
By a process of meditative free association the meaning, which is for you alone to recognise, arrives.
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Eutychus, having googled a bit you might be able to look at the General Record Office books - you need a date and a district - more here and scroll down the page to find sites that let you do this.
Registers end up in the archive offices, but I don't think you're allowed access to recent books. From practical knowledge all the local church records pre-1980 are in the archives, requests are made regularly for copy certificates for baptism or weddings (or burials) but all that comes back is a copy certificate, I am sure that you don't get to look through them yourself. And there are fees to get a copy certificate - birth or whatever.
Sorry to be a pain, but GRO registers don't end up in archives offices. Even the early ones stay with the registrars.
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Curiosity killed ...
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That link if you scroll down, gives you links to find places where you can access the General Record Offices indices on-line, sorry if I conflated church records with GRO records in my phrasing.
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Qoheleth.
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Any locksmiths out there, please?
Our lovely old Edwardian Church still has its original Chubb mortice locks on key (sic) doors. I know they don't meet the latest insurance spec, but that's another topic ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) . Meanwhile, as they are heavily used and somewhat worn, I get periodic worried calls from keyholders because the brass "curtain" has rotated to blind the keyhole. This then needs to be re-aligned with a handy bit of wire, occasioning comments from passers-by.
Apart from expensive locksmiths and internet-based restorers, any simple suggestions to maintain the alignment of the curtain with the hole, please?
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Eutychus – Just to get my understanding right, you’re after a list of names of people born on a specified date at a particular locality from registration data? I regret that TTBOMK there is no way at all that this can be obtained, neither in person or on-line. This is because the GRO is only allowed by law to give registration information in the form of formal certificates. There is no other way until an Act of Parliament is passed to change this. (Though there might be a way to find the information if you had a limitless budget.)
Even if this obstacle was removed, the date of birth was entered in the register but not indexed, so you can’t search by it. In theory you’d have to get hold of the original register and look through every entry from the date you’re interested in for the following 6 weeks of entries (since birth registration can be done up to 6 weeks after the birth) picking out the entries with the date you want. (Even then you couldn’t guarantee finding all the births, as the parents could have registered late and paid the appropriate fine.) If by ‘for a given date’ you mean date of registration, then you’d only need to look through the register for that date, but then you’d get births from any date in the previous six weeks. But this is all hypothetical because you can’t do it.
With a limitless budget you could order all the birth certificates for a registration district for the quarter(-year) containing the date you want (and the following quarter if the date is within six weeks of the change of quarter) and look through them for the information you want. Cost? Well, **sucks teeth loudly** say about 2000 certificates (figure varies depending on which reg. district) at £9.25 a pop, best part of 20 grand. Mind you, given that the GRO are picky about birth certificates for births less than 50 years ago because of their possible fraudulent use, you’d probably get referred for investigation, or just refused... (Sorry, went into rambling brain-dump mode... ![[Smile]](smile.gif) )
A fully-digitised, publicly-searchable database of all information recorded on birth, marriage, and death registers is the holy grail of family historians. I doubt that I will see it in my lifetime, and it wouldn’t include information less than 100 years old anyway.
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Eutychus
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Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
Eutychus – Just to get my understanding right, you’re after a list of names of people born on a specified date at a particular locality from registration data?
Yes, that's right.
I think the nearest one can get is to look at the quarterly GRO indexes - which, according to CK's link above, can still be consulted in hardcopy form in some locations - for likely candidates and then start using the information supplied in the indexes (such as the parents' names) to narrow down the search before ordering a full birth certificate.
Thanks for your helpful answer, anyway!
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mrs whibley
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How do you pronounce 'Balaam'? I say it rhymes with 'alarm' (or 'salaam'), mr whibley makes it rhyme with 'Salem'. We both think it would be rather cool if pronounced 'Bal-ay-am'.
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I say bay-lam, rhymes with nail am.
Probably a potayto potarto thing though.
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In Hebrew, it's actually pronounced bil`am, (Stress on the second syllable), which may or may not effect how you want to pronounce it in English. The second syllable is like the one in "alarm" (if you're non-rhotic).
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Thanks folks!
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These boards and my emails are currently peppered with fake links - highlighted words not linked by any bona fide correspondents. I've clicked on one or two and stopped there - they seem to be part of a fyshing expedition, asking me to take part in a survey.
If I disable cookies and all add-ons will they disappear? Why hasn't my security system picked it up?
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These boards and my emails are currently peppered with fake links
I don't mean to junior host, but shouldn't you have posted this on the Technical Support thread in Styx?
If it's any consolation to you, Googling "random links appearing" seems to indicate that the problem is rather widespread. The consensus seems to be that it's some sort of combination of tracking cookies and malware. What is your operating system, and what browser are you using?
Set your antivirus software to scan for tracking cookies if it isn't already set to do so, and download a good malware detector such as Ad-Aware.
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Curiosity killed ...
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pimple, it's not a Ship technical issue - you've got a virus. I've heard of this on other boards where people are complaining of these links. I can't remember what the virus is or how it works
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Thanks CK, I'll buy some stronger security.
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@Pimple
It sounds like Buzzdock. Especially if you are using Chrome. It won't show up on a virus scan or a malware scan.
On a PC running Windows XP go to Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs.
Scroll down.
If you have a program listed called Yontoo remove it.
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I have read about all the bells in the UK ringing out for the Olympics, including Big Ben ringing for 3 minutes straight. This led me to wonder how they do the actual ringing. Is there still a human bell ringer ringing Big Ben or have they automated it somehow? I have googled it, but have not found the answer on any site so far.
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Originally posted by snowgoose:
I have read about all the bells in the UK ringing out for the Olympics, including Big Ben ringing for 3 minutes straight. This led me to wonder how they do the actual ringing. Is there still a human bell ringer ringing Big Ben or have they automated it somehow?
It is a chime, rather than a rung bell - ie the clock mechanism bangs it with a hammer, rather than somebody pulling on a rope.
The wikipedia article gives a description.
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I had read the article, but I didn't know the difference between a rung bell and a chime. Thank you. Now, is the chime mechanism worked by a person or is it automatic? I remember, when I rang/chimed the Wren Bell when I got my MS from William and Mary, I just pulled a little cord and it rang (chimed?) the big bell. Is that what they do? Sorry to be so dense, but I don't even know what to look it up under. Bell ringing is much more of an English thing than an American one, I think.
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Qoheleth.
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I have climbed the tower and seen the bells close up.
The chimes are mechanically driven from the clock -
some photos here.
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Brilliant, thank you, Qoheleth! A real person winds the "going train" 3 times a week. And they use old pennies (are they the kind with wrens on them?) to ever-so-slightly change the pendulum's center of gravity to keep the timekeeping accurate! I never knew any of this stuff, and it is sooooo cool!
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And they use old pennies (are they the kind with wrens on them?)
The wren was on the farthing. The penny, of course, showed
Britannia.
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Anyone know how to remove sweat stains from white business shirts??
TIA
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Originally posted by Evensong:
Anyone know how to remove sweat stains from white business shirts??
TIA
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Mix a teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda to a thickish paste with a little water. Gently work it into the fabric using the back of the teaspoon for a few minutes then rinse under a cold tap. You might need a to do this a few times before the stain disappears. Then wash as normal.
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Anyone know how to remove sweat stains from white business shirts??
TIA
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Wear black instead. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Dunno 'bout you, but industrial strength Louisiana sweat would just eat the black dye, leaving a gray spot instead of a stain.
Question, preceded by explanation:
My little daughter-in-law likes cop and doctor drama type TV shows. House has been a favorite.
I'd like to introduce her to some videos of Hugh Laurie in other settings. I do know of some good links to him dealing with his beloved Jazz music.
Can y'all suggest some of the best YouTube or similar videos of him in Jeeves & Wooster mode, for example, or any other things you liked of his?
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Janine, some time ago the Daily Telegraph newspaper gave away free Jeeves and Wooster DVDs. I have 5 of them which I'd happily pop in the post to you, but they have a "Region 2" code on them which means, I think, that they can be played in Europe, but not in America.
Can a more technologically minded shipmate advise?
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I'd like to introduce her to some videos of Hugh Laurie in other settings.
Look up Blackadder. He's bloody hilarious in it ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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I am always interested in getting other people hooked on Blackadder.
I am totally ignorant about the whole DVD regions thing. Mostly because I've never been exposed to it as a problem, because all the more tech-savvy people in my family take a look at the problem, and snort and cock their heads sideways like clever birds, then they spout off commentary filled with all sorts of incomprehensible (to me) computery Internet argle-bargle, then they say "eh, voila!", or maybe "I. Am. A. Genius!", 'cause they've solved the problem.
Eh, la la.
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Janine, Hugh Laurie also has a small part as Mr Palmer in one of the movie versions of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility - also on DvD.
Stayed true to the book., but made me see the character in a new light.
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Not sure if this is the place to ask. Hopefully someone can help.
A certain young man in my family loves Horrid Henry books. They Re just right for his reading level and they engage him.
S far, so good.
Now it would be good to broaden out a little. Same reading level but different engaging stories...
Any suggestions? Or, maybe, any suggestions how to find out!
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Originally posted by Huia:
Janine, Hugh Laurie also has a small part as Mr Palmer in one of the movie versions of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility - also on DvD.
Stayed true to the book., but made me see the character in a new light.
That was an excellent job on a very small part. It proves the saying, "There are no small parts, only small actors". And Hugh Laurie is no small actor; he fills the screen and obviously doesn't hold out for star billing.
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I have a problem I hope someone can help me with. My year-and-a-half old refrigerator suddenly has a lot of condensed moisture inside.
The owner's manual says that this happens in very hot and humid weather; the solution is to reset the thermostat. Unfortunately they don't say whether I should raise or lower it. There are separate thermostats for the fridge and the freezer. I have the fridge set on 40°F and the freezer on 0°F.
Does anyone know what I should do?
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Originally posted by Moo:
The owner's manual says that this happens in very hot and humid weather; the solution is to reset the thermostat. Unfortunately they don't say whether I should raise or lower it. There are separate thermostats for the fridge and the freezer. I have the fridge set on 40°F and the freezer on 0°F.
Are you getting the condensation in both the fridge AND the freezer? If you are getting it in both, that would sugggest that lowering the temp in the fridge isn't going to help--because the freezer is 40° colder and still getting it. On the other hand, it would also suggest that raising the temp of the freezer won't help because the fridge is 40° warmer and still getting it. So, if it is in both, playing with the thermostat strikes me as useless.
If it is just in the fridge but not the freezer, then colder is the answer. And the reverse if it is in the freezer but not the fridge.
But that is just me thinking it through in a manner that I laughingly refer to as logical. I don't have any personal experience. And years of bitter experience have taught me that what I think is logical has no bearing on the real world.
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Rapidly converting to Celsius, that would appear to be the same as the settings on my fridge and freezer. So if that is the normal range, it suggests unusually warm conditions would require lower temperatures. I can't imagine it would be a good thing to have foodstuff any warmer than -4 C.
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Lamb Chopped
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Ho-kay. Another weird problem.
I've got a seventeen-year-old boy in my extended family who is suffering from a great need for orthodonture AND an eccentric father. Specifically, T's two front teeth are buckled (as if you had a double door someone had pushed on the center of, so the inside edges are rotated closer to the back of the mouth, the outer edges toward the lips. Also, one partly overlapping the other).
Naturally he's selfconscious and desperately wants braces. Sad to say, Dad flat out refuses to spend money on any such frivolities or to allow anyone else to do so (being poor-in-his-own-estimation but proud-to-a-ridiculous-degree).
I am trying to figure out a way to circumvent him.
What I want to know is, is there any kind of braces/retainers/whatsit that might work in this situation but Dad won't notice? He's still got his vision, and I don't think T. can spend months and months walking around with his mouth shut.
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Could you not suggest to the generous benefactor that he could give an appropriate sum to the boy for his 18th birthday, and then he, as an adult, could make his own choice how to spend it?
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Lamb Chopped
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Would that I could, but Vietnamese children don't reach financial independence until they marry and move out (by tradition). And Dad is intensely traditional. And T is kindhearted.
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Here we have a style of brace called invisalign which are fitted on the inside of the teeth. I can't imagine how the dad won't notice the teeth getting straighter over time, though. They tend to be a bit more expensive, and I'm not sure if they're effective on such a large orthodontic problem.
It seems T has taken on more American culture with his worries about straight teeth than his family. It may well be outside normal Vietnamese culture to spend $5000 plus on a cosmetic issue on a boy. Maybe a Vietnamese local dentist or orthodontist may be able to talk to the parents, or perhaps the boy could do a contra deal with an orthodontist, paying for it in after school or weekend chores or work, so as not to have cash change hands.
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North East Quine
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Originally posted by Percy Blakeney:
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A certain young man in my family loves Horrid Henry books. They Re just right for his reading level and they engage him.
S far, so good.
Now it would be good to broaden out a little. Same reading level but different engaging stories...
Welcome to the Ship, Percy!
My 8 year old football-mad god-daughter likes Horrid Henry. She also likes Roald Dahl (the shorter ones, such as The Twits, are on a similar reading level with HH), and the Diary of A Wimpy Kid series.
I'll ask her for other recommendations.
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It seems T has taken on more American culture with his worries about straight teeth than his family. It may well be outside normal Vietnamese culture to spend $5000 plus on a cosmetic issue on a boy.
It is not necessarily just a cosmetic issue. Sometimes when some teeth are out of line, great stress is put on other teeth, and they may eventually break.
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Percy Blakeney, I asked my god-daughter and she recommended David Walliams childrens' books. I haven't seen them, but they've got good reviews on Amazon.
She also recommended the Beast Quest books, though I think they might be a bit beyond the Horrid Henry reading level.
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