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• November 27th, 2007

  Need help with listening to Mozart.

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• November 20th, 2007

  What can you do for free in Chicago?

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• December 10th, 2007

  How did the Romans (for example) date the year before Christ died?

  They counted the year in terms of Emperors’ reigns. For example the year Hadrian IV, Augustus VII; that kind of thing. In England, that practice carried on well into christian times. They would say something like “The fourth year of Ethelred”.
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• December 7th, 2007

  what is the best kind of cheese to melt over french onion soup?

  I came in here with the intention of saying Gruyere, but I see I’ve been beaten to it. It has a taste which is distinctive but will not dominate all the other tastes. You’ve put me in mind to make French Onion Soup now.
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• December 4th, 2007

  what is it called when one labor union strikes in solidarity with another in another place? does it have a name?

  Secondary Picketing. (That’s the British name anyway). Famously, Margaret Thatcher made it illegal.
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• November 29th, 2007

  Will global warming force us to be more primitive?

  It depends on what you consider to be more primitive. We might have to start taking public transport, or sharing cars, instead of everyone driving on their own. But is that backward or forward? I think it’s more civilised than what we’re doing now.
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• November 29th, 2007

  In a stick shift car, is it easier on the clutch to pop it and get some jerkiness, or to ride it a bit for a smoother transition?

  You need to ease up on the clutch very slowly coming out of 1st gear. You can take it a bit quicker with each higher gear, until at 5th you can just pop it right in. A smooth ride is the thing. Here in Ireland, automatics are almost unheard of, we all use stick shifts. You would fail your driving test if your gear changes were too jerky.
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