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Old 28-07-08, 05:38 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Ah yes but can you tell me how many waltzes?
If your referring to the "Waltz in D flat major", opus 64, No. 1, popularly known as the "Minute Waltz" That could be between 3.2 waltzes and 5.3 waltzes

This is because despite its nickname, a typical performance of the work will last between one and a half and two and a half minutes; this is because Chopin's publisher, who coined the nickname, intended the "minute" to mean "small".

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If it was dark and you were in a car travelling at faster than the speed of light and you turned on your headlights would it make any difference
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A dog's sweat glands are on his tongue so if he drools on you then the slobbery stuff is sweat not saliva
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actually a dog sweat gland are on its feet.
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If it was dark and you were in a car travelling at faster than the speed of light and you turned on your headlights would it make any difference
Indeed, how much slower than the speed of light must you travel for a useful beam to light the road ahead. I want one of those cars!
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I want one of those cars!
Yes Indeedy, I have one of those

At least thats what my boss seems to think. I have the worlds fastest Volkswagen Transporter which also has wings
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If it was dark and you were in a car travelling at faster than the speed of light and you turned on your headlights would it make any difference
Any difference apart from having your sense of reality pretty screwed?
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If it was dark and you were in a car travelling at faster than the speed of light and you turned on your headlights would it make any difference
Answer , you would be in reverse, and possibly knock down a caveman, as you spiral into pre-history, mabe
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actually a dog sweat gland are on its feet.
So my useless piece of information was especially useless as it was not true - excuse me while I go and shoot the bearer of that info
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