Big Al

I have always supported the back markers or up and coming teams (supported ferrari for years but it got boring after the second year of winnning). Always wanted the Orange and Minardi team to do will but sadly one no longer exists and the other probably never will. Don't like Jordan but feel sorry for them. This year I would like the Renaut team to will. Sure its owned by a set of Surrender Monkeys but its a new and up coming team and it should all be about close competition. Cmon you yellow and blue's!!!!! Al

I'd do it for 5 Mil!!!

Heres how to lose weight. I have lost 2.5 stone in the last year. *Cycle to Work *Go to the gym in your lunch hour *Cut out bread/sweets/savory snacks/beer 5 days a week (the weekend is free!! ) It will start to fall off you. Its all about putting more energy out than you take in at the the end of the day. .......and making your body work for the energy it gets so eat complex carbs like Potato's, Rice, Pasta instead of bread etc etc also its better to eat a fist sized portion of Complex carbs and fist sized portion of Protein (meat/cottage cheese etc etc) every 3 hours than it is to just nibble and then a huge tea. Breakfast is essential. Oats is best, palletable with skimmed milk, Raisons and Honey, all for less then 100 Cal!!! Its not a fad diet and its guarenteed to work. Al

ooh ooh do tell pretty please!!?? Not that I have broadband, but I may soon!!

*yawn* More children die from starvation in various countries every year than did in that one event!! The world is a horrible place but America only seems to think bad things only happens to them, get real!! Al

BMW's + Ford Focus drivers are all the same!!! ********!!! Al

He's a con (a good one mind) I saw a how he does it program and there are loads of camera 'cuts' and he learns many trick answers by doing it wrong the first time (enabling him to get a look at somthing etc etc) and then the camera starts rolling to do the SAME trick only he has prior knowledge etc etc. Clever but a fake!! Al

If I remember my physics correctly, H2O is the only liquid that freezes from the top down. IE the ice floats Al

Men have more accidents thats why their insurance is higher!! Women just cause them all!!! ha ha ha haha Al

without slugs we may not even exist!! Al

Fav films *The Good, The Bad and The Ugly *Dark City If you haven't watched either in a while, seek em out!!! Top stuff!! Al

Actually, if you all went to PORTUGAL for a week you would realise how polite we all are. They are seriously nasty!! Al

if you want a scientific reply try here!! http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html Al

Alaska Science Forum March 5, 1984 Does Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold? Article #650 by Larry Gedney This article is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Larry Gedney is a seismologist at the Institute. Every year, there are some questions repeated by readers regarding the same subject. The most common of these has been: would a glass of hot water or a glass of cold water freeze first, if left outside in subzero temperatures? Although the issue has been discussed before in this column, the interest generated merits repetition of the subject. Almost any scientist would scoff at the question and state that it is frivolous--I did myself. Obviously, so the reasoning goes, the glass of hot water has many more calories of heat to dispose of before it can become frozen, and therefore must take the longer time to freeze. "Not So!" say the proponents of the other side. "How come my hot water pipes always freeze up before my cold water pipes?" And "How come when I put out glasses of hot and cold water when it's - 40°F, the hot water freezes first?" I never put much credence into these claims until I started reading different accounts of the phenomenon. Most recently, the distinguished scientist and author, Isaac Asimov, in his Book of Facts (Red Dembner Enterprises Corp., 1981), flatly states in one of his "3000 facts," that "Water freezes faster if it is cooled rapidly from a relatively warm temperature than if it is cooled at the same rate from a lower temperature." This may be true, but only under certain circumstance. Dr. T. Neil Davis (editor of this column from 1976 to 1981) performed his own experiments, and found that only when he used Styrofoam cups at temperatures near zero, did warm water freeze first. Under almost any other circumstance, especially those which allowed heat to escape through the sides of the container, such as from a metal cup, the colder water froze first. Insulation being taken into account, we can now attribute the hot water freezing first to the fact that, in hot water, circulation currents move faster, exposing more water to the air, and resultant evaporation (hence, cooling) occurs at a greater rate. Also, boiling the water before exposure to frigid temperatures removes the dissolved air which inhibits freezing in the colder water. The stubbornness sometimes exhibited by scientists in accepting observations of laymen in favor of accepted scientific dogma sometimes leads to such comments such as those appearing in a recent Ann Landers column. An expert scientist was consulted and asked to reply on this same question--could warm water sometimes freeze before cold, given the same conditions. He said absolutely not. I would have said the same thing. We were both wrong.

Dandy, I had a big pile (well big when I was a kid) and kept em at the side of my bed. Unfortunately they got paper mites so my other made me throw em away!!! booger!!! Al