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NDWDave Sep 2018 3:01pm, 21 Sep 2018 7,718 posts	0 NDWDave A micropolitan area is one with between 10,000 and 50,000 population. Above 50,000 is metropolitan
Jenelopy Sep 2018 11:41pm, 21 Sep 2018 243 posts	0 Jenelopy 4kg of grapefruit contain 40g of pips. [from our tree at least!]
Dvorak Sep 2018 12:27am, 22 Sep 2018 16,737 posts	0 Dvorak Ex footballer Dion Dublin has invented a percussion instrument called the Dube. Also, he plays the saxophone, and after training, used to jam along with Nobby Solano, who played the trumpet. (Your own grapefruits! Excellent, Jenelopy :-))
Jenelopy Sep 2018 12:45am, 22 Sep 2018 245 posts	0 Jenelopy Dvorak: we have a grapefruit and a lemon tree. The lemons are really useful, the grapefuit tree usually doesn't produce much fruit, and they tend to be a bit small and tart. This year we got 4kg (plus more on the tree), so I'm making marmalade.
swittle Sep 2018 8:31am, 22 Sep 2018 50,428 posts	0 swittle In an occasional series, Paul Anka, 60-70s popular songster, appears in an episode of 'Kojak', playing a detective who crosses the incorruptibity line.
Wriggling Snake Oct 2018 2:31pm, 2 Oct 2018 19,573 posts	0 Wriggling Snake That 'mouldy old dough' was the second highest selling single of 1972, 790k copies.
McGoohan Oct 2018 2:49pm, 2 Oct 2018 35,613 posts	0 McGoohan I just looked that up. Did you know it was the only UK Number one single to feature a mother and son?
carolyn_t Oct 2018 2:49pm, 2 Oct 2018 235 posts	0 carolyn_t The male peregrine falcoln is approximately one third smaller than the female. It is known as a "tiercel", which comes from the French for one third.
McGoohan Oct 2018 12:14pm, 5 Oct 2018 35,666 posts	0 McGoohan That there is a Dave Castle in Belgium en.wikipedia.org
Diogenes Oct 2018 1:01pm, 5 Oct 2018 30,565 posts	0 Diogenes George Robey (The Prime Minister of Mirth) was an accomplished sportsman who played football for Millwall (amongst others) and cricket for the MCC. He also made violins, and was a competent artist.