I went bear hunting in Canada but saw a roadsign that said 'bear left' - so I came home.
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2:23pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Ambiguous road signs. in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
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1:16pm
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Dust under the screen of my mobile phone in the Travel Tech Branch
I recently bought a second hand Nokia 6210 which was probably a cutting edge camera when it came out. The phone had some dust under the...
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1:05pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Tripod airport in the Travel Tech Branch
I had a bicycle lock confiscated as 'it could be used as a weapon'. Not sure if they would say the same about your tripod. What they stop...
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2:23pm
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15th March
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5:55pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Configuring outlook on a laptop in the Travel Tech Branch
I am using outlook so that I can download many e.mails ontlo my computer, then respond to them using outlook before I reach my next...
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5:55pm
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14th March
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7:30am
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called And less opportunities in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
Watching an informercial about Dubai on CNN, lots of people said what a wonderful place it is to work, and ends up with three people, A...
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7:30am
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12th March
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11:16am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called abdomen exercises which don't hurt your back ? in the Health Branch
I saw an ad for a machine for the electrical stimulation of abdominal muscles and they claimed to have sold 4 million of them. Has anyone...
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8:03am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called What is this language? in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
The script at 11 o'clock on your coin is Arabic but there are other scripts which are not Arabic.
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8:00am
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Configuring outlook on a laptop in the Travel Tech Branch
I have configured outlook on my laptop so that messages are left on the server so that I can download them onto my desktop when I get home....
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11:16am
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9th March
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11:03pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called custom dictionary only? in the Travel Tech Branch
Thanks for that. I think we've cracked it. By setting the language default as one with little crossover with English such as Turkish, a...
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8:19pm
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Dialect fun in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
You can have hours of fun with the dialectizer (http://rinkworks.com/dialect/) ! To be taken with some unhealthy pinches of salt.
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3:00pm
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called custom dictionary only? in the Travel Tech Branch
Using Word, is it possible to turn off the main dictionary and just use a custom one? I need to write some texts with limited vocabulary...
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11:03pm
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5th March
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11:57am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Day trips from Prague. in the Europe - Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Branch
There is a bus from the bone church to the centre of town but it only runs in summer. Last time I took it, the price was 35 Kc. That saves...
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11:49am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Noise-Cancelling Headphones in the Travel Tech Branch
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a go...
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11:57am
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4th March
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6:29am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Noise-Cancelling Headphones in the Travel Tech Branch
The Bose QC3 has a lithium battery which means you have to take ANOTHER charger with you. The Bose QC2 takes AAA batteries. ...
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6:29am
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2nd March
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7:30am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Google translator in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I tried out a simple Czech sentence with the Bing translator: Those umíš English, fine! How do you, what is new and I don't know ... come...
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7:30am
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22nd February
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2:02pm
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called An new Arabic English translation website in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
http://news.meedan.net// Looks interesting.
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2:02pm
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21st February
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6:58am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Können Sie Deutsch? in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I needed 33 attempts. A monkey would only need 42.5.... I wonder how the German native speakers will get on.
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6:46am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Google translator in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I found this at Google Translate Help: Google Translate is an automatic translator -- that is, it works without the intervention of human...
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6:43am
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Google translator in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
'thou knowest is symptomatic of a pretty dismal version of google translator. I agree with #9 that the Russian to English version works...
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6:58am
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20th February
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11:24am
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called candy in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I am pretty sure that the word candy can be both countable and uncountable. (How much candy did you eat last night vs How many candies did...
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11:24am
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18th February
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8:48pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Running routes in Prague in the Europe - Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Branch
I was in Petrin last weekend and there were quite a few runners there. You can see Petrin tower up on the hill (a mini Eiffel Tower) and...
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7:59pm
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Google translator in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I've used google translator a few times and have been very impressd with the Chinese to English translations, but the English-Slovak one is...
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8:48pm
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17th February
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8:03pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Breaking train journeys in the Europe - Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Branch
Well I asked at the station and the woman tapped on her keyboard, stared at the screen and said "Pocitac rekl ne" (A joke that I presume...
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7:58pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called car hire from Vienna driving to Czech Republic in the Europe - Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Branch
You could also check www.studentagency.cz (http://www.studentagency.cz) as they have buses which run from Vienna airport to many places...
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7:34pm
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Honeybunch in the Speaking in Tongues Branch
I think it's probably a corruption/modification of honeybun.
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