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Shortcut Cam Apr 2014 10:25pm, 5 Apr 2014 142 posts	0 Shortcut Cam Thanks Jackdaw. Grade 8 is one inch. Easy
Red Squirrel Apr 2014 3:43pm, 6 Apr 2014 14,825 posts	0 Red Squirrel What nonpareil capers are.
Dvorak Apr 2014 2:58pm, 14 Apr 2014 8,614 posts	0 Dvorak Post war German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer invented the vegetarian (soya) sausage. In fact, he invented it during World War One. But could not patent it in Germany - a meatless sausage! Impossible! So it ended up, still during wartime, being patented in the UK. bbc.co.uk
Wriggling Snake Apr 2014 3:01pm, 14 Apr 2014 6,707 posts	0 Wriggling Snake they have rules in germany, rules about beer and sausage.
Velociraptor Apr 2014 3:04pm, 14 Apr 2014 29,505 posts	0 Velociraptor Some snails are carnivorous.
Wriggling Snake Apr 2014 3:13pm, 14 Apr 2014 6,709 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Helen Skelton is bloody well married......
Night-owl Apr 2014 4:33pm, 14 Apr 2014 17,050 posts	0 Night-owl Hard luck WS
Dan1006 Apr 2014 4:52pm, 14 Apr 2014 68 posts	0 Dan1006 Only since 2013. They could be badly matched.
ChrisHB Apr 2014 5:03pm, 16 Apr 2014 10,288 posts	0 ChrisHB 1) The usual German word for zoo is Tiergarten 2) The Berlin zoo is located in the part of town called Tiergarten 3) However, those facts are unrelated. 4) The part of Berlin concerned got its name from being a royal hunting park in which animals were kept in order that they could be hunted. I learned 3 & 4 this week.
Night-owl Apr 2014 6:13pm, 20 Apr 2014 17,071 posts	0 Night-owl There was a film called I am the Cheese