[Can We Solve This]

Thanks for doing the update, but some of the 2's you've got repeated, sometimes once with an answer and once without.

like 2 PIAP and 2STES

You're so right about the annoying duplicates but they come from the original posting.

As soon as the tasks I get paid for gets too boring I'll try to fix it and update with your latest contributions.

[Ban alcohol]

Ah, yes - swift, simple and final solutions, those . But surely there must be alternatives?

[Ban alcohol]

Here in Sweden corporal punishment in schools was banned in the late 50's and altogether in 1979. Sure we have our share of ASBO's, alcohol and so on, but the situation is hardly any worse than in the UK, probably better. So (the fear of) corporal punishment might not be the simple solution.

I don't think that the occasional smacked bottom will damage a child for life. But my guess is that those of you who have own experience of such treatment, and find it OK, also have memories of parents who loved you, cared for you and had time for you. This, IMHO, is the crucial factor.

Parents who don't care for their children (and the children's delinquent behaviour) can be found everywhere. Among families on social benefit, sure, but also among the ones that are well off, with both parents working round the clock to manage the mortgage, the holidays abroad, the cars (no Skodas to be sure).

Swedish author Hjalmar Soderberg put it brilliantly in the novel "Doctor Glas" written in 1905 (my translation that's far from perfect):

One wants to be loved;

for want of it, admired;

for want of it, feared;

for want of it, hated and despised.

One wants to invoke a feeling in other people. The soul hates void and strives f

[Where did you meet your partner?]

We first met att the Uni 35 years ago, but in those days we were just good friends (should anyone here have memories of student's life in the early 70's you might remember that that could mean a lot of things but "good friends" is still a proper description).

Well, then she married this other guy and left town, I left town without getting married... in 1990 she (newly divorced) suddenly called...:eek:

There was no looking back. We even legalised our liasion three years ago. She drives the Octavia, I drive the Felicia...

As Shakespeare put it (although that might fit better in that other thread):

All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown;

Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.

[Can We Solve This]

And here's a totally unofficial but hopefully not too inaccurate update. I apologise for any mistakes that I've made. And I hope you forgive me for not having patience enough to put your signatures in bold one by one:

-273.3 AZ© = Absolute Zero (Centigrade) Daiking

0 BLSB = (no) business like show business Wet Kipper

0 FPOW = Freezing point of Water andy2407

0 LIT

0 RIAMO

1 DAAT = Day at a Time Chris G's SWMBO

1 EOAC

1 FITG

1 GLFM = Giant leap for mankind JamesGarner

1 GTDA

1 MWTM

1 SDMAS

1 AB

1 FOTG

1 FOTCN = Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest neilwilliams

1 FTR = For the Road andy2407

1 ITE = In the Eye andy2407

1 KE

1 MAHD

1 PIAPT = Partridge in a Pear Tree Chris G

1 SDNMAS = Swallow Does not make a Summer swedishskoda

1 SSFM

1 WOAU

1 YM(PWA)

1 QBIABH = Queen bee in a bee hive ZootyRS

1 UPIABIG = Under pair is a birdie in golf andy2407

1.414214 SROT = Square Root of Two - Daiking

2 GIAP

2 GOV = Gentlemen of Verona swedishskoda

2 HIAW = Halves in a Whole neilwilliams

2 HOABC

2 MIAS

2 PIAD

2 PIAP = Peas in a Pod Captain Sacrlett

2 PIAQ = Pints in a quart andy2407

2 SOALT

2 STES

2 SPITN

2 TDAAPIAPT

2 WDMAR = Wrongs don't make a right ZootyRS

2 WSIC

2 HABTO

2 LB = Little Boys andy2407

2 LDB = Little Dicky Birds Chris G's SWMBO

2 PIAP

2 QIAC

2 R(BAC)

2 ROAT

2 SOALT

2 STAA

2 STES = Sides to every Story andy2407

2 TD = Turtle Doves Chris G

2 UPIAEIG = Under pair is an eagle in golf andy2407

2 USIC

2 WIAF = Weeks in a fortnight andy2407

2 WOAB = Wings on a bird andy2407 or maybe Wheels on a bicycle Tom_vRS

2 GOV

2 PIAB

3 BITHE

3 BGG = Billy Goats Gruff neilwilliams

3 BMSHTR = Blind Mice see how they run Mr Grumpy

3 COAT = Corners on a triangle andy2407

3 FIAY = Feet in a Yard Chris G

3 GIAHT

3 LOAT = Legs on a Tripod andy2407

3 LKTLTM

3 LP = Little Pigs neilwilliams

3 MAAB = Men and a baby ZootyRS

3 MIAB = Men in a boat ZootyRS

3 PC = Primary Colours Chris G's SWMBO

3 S(CLAM)

3 SAYO = Strikes and you're out swedishskoda

3 STH = Steps to Heaven Mr Grumpy

3 TAL

3 WIM

3 WOAT = Wheels on a Tricycle Tom_vRS

3 WOMW = Wheels on my Wagon Mr Grumpy

3 BIAT

3 BM(SHTR) = Blind Mice (see how they run) Daiking

3 FIAY

3 HOAT

3 LOAT

3 LOAEFS

3 LR

3 MAAB

3 MIAB = Men in a Boat Mr Grumpy

3 NMIAL

3 NODD(HDL)

3 PIAT

3 WM = Wise Men Mr Grumpy

3 WOAT

3 WOMW

3 CITF = Coins in the Fountain Mr Grumpy

3 STHBEC

3 UPIAAIG = Under pair is an albatross in golf andy2407

3 WIM

4 CIAQ

4 CITFF

4 CITHH

4 FOMR

4 GIAP = Gills in a Pint Mr Grumpy

4 HOTA

4 IIAH = Inches in a hand ZootyRS

4 IIM

4 MWTD

4 PIAB

4 QIAG = Quarts in a Gallon neilwilliams

4 SIADOC

4 SOAV

4 SIM

4 WAAF

4 CB = Calling Birds Chris G

4 COTW = Corners of the world andy2407

4 GOTB = Gospels of the Bible andy2407

4 HOTA = Horsemen of the Apocalypse andy2407

4 IIAH

4 LC = Leaf clover andy2407

4 PB

4 PIAB

4 PIAQ

4 QIAG

4 SBV

4 SIAY = Seasons in a year ZootyRS

4 SOAC

4 SOAMB = Stations on a monopoly board ZootyRS

4 SOAV

4 SROS = Square root of Sixteen Tom_vRS

4 WAAF = Weddings and a funeral ZootyRS

4 SIADOC

5 BITT

5 GL

5 GR = Gold Rings Chris G

5 LATF

5 TOAF = Toes on a foot andy2407

5 PFOTIRU

5 PIAQ

5 ROTOF

5 S = Star andy2407

5 NPIAOS = New Pence in an Old Shilling andy2407

5 OOTW

5 SOAP = Sides of a Pentagon andy2407

6 DOS

6 ITBB(LC)

6 TZITUS = Time zones in the US ZootyRS

6 WOHTE = Wives of Henry the eighth andy2407

6 FIAF

6 FOAC = Faces on a cube ChrisG

6 HAD = Half a dozen ZootyRS

6 OOAHADOTO = Of one and half a dozen of the other ZootyRS

6 PIAIHT

6 PIAS

6 POAPT

6 POAST

6 SOACG

6 SOACP

6 SOAH = Sides on a Hexagon andy2407

6 WOHTE

6 BTAOIC

7 AOM

7 BFSB

7 LGSITBS

7 SOR

7 SOAFPP = Sides on a Fifty Pence Piece andy2407

7 AOM

7 BFSB = Brides for Seven Brothers neilwilliams

7 COTR = Colours of the Rainbow vindaloo

7 COTW = Continents of the world ZootyRS

7 DASW

7 DIAW = Days in a Week Bengie

7 DS = Deadly Sins Mr Grumpy

7 LGSITBS

7 POW = Pillars of wisdom swedishskoda

7 SOAFPP

7 S = Seas Mr Grumpy

7 BBIS

7 WOTAW = Wonders of the ancient world andy2407

7 WOTW = Wonders of the world andy2407

7 YI = Year Itch Mr Grumpy

7 YIT = Years in Tibet stevenh

7 DC

7 HOR

7 DOTW = Days of the week andy2407

8 BIAB

8 DAW = Days a week swedishskoda

8 DIAO

8 QIAP

8 BIAB = Bits in a byte ZootyRS

8 BIAQ

8 BP

8 CIW

8 COAC

8 DIAO

8 FIAM = Furlongs in a mile ZootyRS

8 FOAO

8 HCIAP

8 LIAOSP

8 LOAO

8 LOAS = Legs on a spider andy2407

8 MAM = Maids-a-milking andy2407

8 NIAO

8 PONA

8 PIAG = Pints in a gallon andy2407

8 POAC

8 QIAP

8 SIAF

8 SOAO = Sides on an octacon andy2407

8 SROSF

8 TOAO

9 SITTT

9 DW

9 LOAC = Lifes of a cat andy2407

9 PISA

9 PITSS = Planets in the solar system andy2407

9 POTS

10 POE

10 C = Commandments andy2407

10 CIAF

10 DS = Downing Street Chris G

10 DB

10 EITD

10 GBHOTW = Green Bottle hanging on the Wall Shifty

10 GH

10 MIAC = Millimetres in a Centimetre Chris G

10 TOAPOF = toes on a pair of feet swedishskoda

10 YIAD = Years in a decade andy2407

10 YM(TWA)

11 FIAC

11 FOAB

11 PIACT = Players in a cricket team andy2407

11 PIAFT = Players in a football team andy2407

11 PIAHT = Players in a hockey team andy2407

11 SOTC

12 DOC = Days of Christmas Chris G's SWMBO

12 DOJ = Disciples of Jesus andy2407

12 LOH

12 DIAG = Dozen in a Gross ZootyRS

12 DOC

12 DOJC = Disciples of Jesus Christ andy2407

12 LOH

12 MOAJ = Members of a jury andy2407

12 MIAY = Months in a Year Devonutopia

12 NOAC = Numbers on a clock swedishskoda

13 AF

13 CIAS = Cards in a suit ZootyRS

13 LIABD = Loaves in a Bakers Dozen Tom_vRS

13 LMIAY = Lunar months in a year andy2407

13 PATLS = People at the last supper andy2407

13 PIARLT = Players in a rugby league team andy2407

13 SOTUSF = Stripes on the US flag andy2407

13 TIAGS

13 UFS = Unlucky for Some Tom_vRS

14 DIAF = Days in a fortnight tdirob

14 LIAS

14 PIAS = Pounds in a Stone Tom_vRS

15 DOACF

15 MOADMC

15 PIARUT = Players in a rugby union team andy2407

15 RIS = Reds in Snooker Devonutopia

16 OIAP = Ounces in a Pound Chris G

16 OETM = Old enough to marry stevenh

16 WPOACB

17 OETD = Old enough to drive stevenh

18 HOAGC

18 OETV = Old enough to vote stevenh

19 AAOUSSIVW = Average age of US soldiers in Vietnam War ChrisG

19 HOAGC

20 FAT

20 FOIAP = Fluid ounces in a pint andy2407

20 HIAT

20 NOADB = Numbers on a dart board ChrisG

21 GS = Gun salute ZootyRS

21 P

21 SIAG = Shillings in a guinea ZootyRS

21 SOAD

22 BITHS

22 BOAST

22 BIAGOS

22 MATEC

23 POCITHB

23 PBRIT

24 BBIAP = Blackbirds baked in a pie ZootyRS

24 CIPG = Carat in pure gold ZootyRS

24 HFT

24 HIAD = Hours in a Day Bengie

24 LITGA = Letters in the Greek Alphabet

24 SIAQ

24 WOAAC

25 YM(SWA)

26 DINI

26 LOTA = Letters of the Alphabet neilwilliams

26 MIAM

27 BITNT = Books in the New Testament ZootyRS

28 DIALM = Days in a lunar month ZootyRS

28 LITAA

29 DIFIALY = Days in February in a Leap Year Devonutopia

30 DHS = Days has September neilwilliams

30 POS

30 YM (PWA)

32 BSOACB

32 DFFPOW = Degrees Fahrenheit freezing point of water ZootyRS

32 PIACS

33 RPM(LPR) = Revolutions Per Minute (Long Playing Records) Mr Grumpy

36 STS = Sic times sic andy2407

37 POWS

39 BOTOT = Books of the Old Testament andy2407

39 S = Steps neilwilliams

40 DANOTGF = Days and Nights of the Great Flood Mr Grumpy

40 DIL = Days in Lent neilwilliams

40 DTID

40 PIAF

40 W = Winks JamesGarner

40 YM(RWA)

42 WYGIYMSBN(DA) (I'll pass on this but andy2407 and ZootyRS have almost done it)

45 RPM(S) = Revolutions Per Minute (Singles) Mr Grumpy

50 LIMOAOSP

50 SOTAF = Stars on the American flag andy2407

50 WTLYL = Ways to leave your lover stevenh

50 YM(GWA)

52 CIAD(WJ) = Cards in a deck (without jokers) ZootyRS

52 WIAY = Weeks in a Year Devonutopia

57 HV = Heinz Varieties neilwiliams

60 DIAC

60 MIAH = Minutes in an Hour Bengie

60 SIAM = Seconds in a Minute Bengie

60 YM(DWA)

64 SOACB = Squares on a Chess Board Devonutopia

64 ES = Eight squared andy2407

64 YOQVR = Years of queen Victoria's reign andy2407

65 RA = Retirement age andy2407

66 BOTB

70 MSLOAM

70 TSYAT = Three score years and ten ZootyRS

73 LOHWIM

76 TITBP = Trombones in the Big Parade Mr Grumpy

77 SS = Seventy Seven mac67

79 ANOG

80 ANOM

80 DATW = Days around the world ZootyRS

88 KOAP

88 TFL = Two fat ladies andy2407

90 DIARA = Degrees in a Right Angle neilwilliams

93 MMTTS

100 BPOWIDC = Boiling point of water in degrees Celsius ZootyRS

100 CIAR

100 PIAP = Pennies in a Pound ruku

100 RIAC = Runs in a Century Tom_vRS

100 YIAC = Years in a Century Devenutopia

100 YW = Years War Mr Grumpy

101 D = Dalmations Daiking

112 PIAH

121 BDC

125 ICT

147 MBAS = Max break at Snooker Devonutopia

150 P

168 HIAW = Hours in a Week Devonutopia

169 TS = Thirteen squared ZootyRS

180 DIAT = Degrees in a Triangle Tom_vRS

180 HSIAGOD = Highest Score in a Game of Darts Devonutopia

190 DCOGMF

200 PFPGOAMB = Pounds for passing Go on a monopoly board ZootyRS

206 BITHB = Bones in the human body stevenh

212 BPOWIDF = Boiling point of water in Degrees Farenheit Andy C

220 YIAF = Yards in a Furlong Mr Grumpy

221 BBSAOSH = b Baker Street adress of Sherlock Holmes andy2407

225 SOASB = Squares on a Scrabble board ZootyRS

284 TSIL

300 HSIAGOTPB

350 GMFIDF

353 DCOI

360 DIAC = Degrees in a Circle Andy C

365 DIAY = Days in a Year (Bengie

366 DIALY = Days in a Leap Year Devonutopia

372 MFLTE

375 HSITC

400 TS = Twenty squared ZootyRS

500 SIAPR = Sheats in a paper ream ZootyRS

568 MIAP = millilitres in a pint ZootyRS

600 RITCOTLB = Riders in the charge of the Light Brigade ZootyRS

625 LOATVS = Lines on a TV signal (screen) ZootyRS

640 AIASM = Acres in a square mile andy2407

660 FIAF

660 SITHOC

666 MOTB = Mark of the Beast andy2407

999 TNFTES = Telephone Number for Emergency Services Mr Grumpy

1000 SLBHOT

1000 WTAPIW

1000 YIAM = Years in a Millenium andy2407

1001 AN = Arabian nights mac67

1024 BIAK = Bytes in a Kilobyte andy2407

1066 TNC = The Norman Conquest Devonutopia

1066 BOH = Battle of Hastings Devonutopia

1086 DOTDB = Date of the Doomsday Book andy2407

1215 SOTMC = Signing of the Magna Carta neilwilliams

1343 HOBNIM = Height of Ben Nevis in Metres andy2407

1410 LOHBIM

1415 BOA = Battle of Agincourt swedishskoda

1440 MIAD = Minutes in a Day Devonutopia

1588 YOTSA = Year of the Spanish Armada swedishskoda

1605 GP

1665 GP = Great Plaque Andy C

1666 GFOL = Great Fire of London Andy C

1690 BOTB = Battle of the Boyne Mr Grumpy

1753 BMF

1760 YIAM = Yards in a mile Mr Grumpy

1776 ADOI = American Declaration of Independence swedishskoda

1789 YOTFR = Year of the French Revolution neilwilliams

1815 BOW = Battle of Waterloo Devonutopia

1821 MI

1852 MIANM = Metres in a Nautical Mile andy2407

1865 AOAL = Assassination of Abraham Lincoln swedishskoda

1930 HPS

1936 YKEATT = Year king Edward abdicated the Throne swedishskoda

1940 BOB = Battle of Britain Andy C

1941 PHA = Pearl Harbour attacked stevenh

1953 YOTC = Year of the Coronation Devonutopia

1961 FMSP

1961 FMIS = First man in Space Devonutopia

1963 YPKA = Year President Kennedy Assassinated Andy C

1966 EWTWC = England won the World Cup Devonutopia

1968 MLKK = Martin Luther King Killed andy2407

1969 FMOTM = First man on the Moon Devonutopia

1969 FML = First Moon Landing = Andy C

1975 VWE = Vietnam War ended swedishskoda

1977 CCD = Charlie Chaplin's death stevenh

1984 BBGO = Book by George Orwell swedishskoda

2001 SO = Space Odyssey Devonutopia

2002 QGJ = Queens Golden Jubilee Tom_vRS

2240 PIAT

2468 WDWA = Who do we appreciate? Wet Kipper

3600 SIAH = Seconds in an Hour swedishskoda

4406 HOBNIF = Height of Ben Nevis in Feet andy2407

4840 SYIAA = Square Yards in an Acre Andy C

5280 FIAM = Feet in a Mile Andy C

6570 LIKOTRA = Length in kilometres of the river Amazon Bigw2069

7928 DOEIM = Diameter of the Earth in miles vindaloo

8846 HOEIM = Height of Everest in Metres swedishskoda

10000 SMIAH = Square Metres in a Hectare andy2407

20000 LUTS = Leagues under the Sea Devonutopia

29028 HOEIF = Height of Everest in Feet swedishskoda

43560 SFIAA = Square Feet in an Acre Devonutopia

63360 IIAM = Inches in a Mile Andy C

64000 DQ = Dollar Question Andy C

83300 AOLSISK (IMHO both Mac69 and stevenh are wrong)

86400 SIAD = Seconds in a Day Tom_vRS

[Can We Solve This]

3SAYOU = Three strikes and you're out

7POW = Seven pillars of wisdom

8DAW = Eight days a week

10TOAPOF = ten toes on a pair of feet

12NOAC = twelve numbers on a clock

1415BOA = Battle of Agincourt

K.G.

[Can We Solve This]

A long shot, but.....

42 WYGIYMSBN(DA) - What You Get If You Multiply Seven By Nine (Dodgy Arithmetic)

Might be a long shot but it sure hit the centre!

[Does Briskoda Discriminate?]

I guess that we all, from time to time, put forward prejudicated or discriminating judgements about this and that. And of course examples could be found here att Briskoda.net. But even then such opinions are most often discussed and refuted (by some) in a very civilised manner.

So IMHO the community itself isn't discriminating - see my earlier posts about a friendly atmosphere and so on. I haven't seen (yet) any replies containing "You stupid *ss" or anything like that.

[Can We Solve This]

2GOV = Two gentlemen of Verona

1776ADOI = American Declaration of Independence

1936YKEATT = Year King Edward abdicated the Throne

1975VWE = Vietnam War ended

K.G.

[Can We Solve This]

and of course:

7DS - seven deadly sins

why should that one take so long to crack?

K.G.

[Can We Solve This]

Have to make another try before going offline:

1865AOAL - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

K.G.

[Can We Solve This]

Thanks for the encouragment, Mater, then I'll try a few more:

1SDNMAS - one swallow does not make a summer

3600SIAH - 3600 seconds in an hour

8846HOEIM - height of (Mount) Everest in metres

29028HOEIF - height of (Mount) Everest in feet

K.G.

[Can We Solve This]

1588YOTSA - Year of the Spanish Armada (should a bloody foreigner have to tell you that?)

1984BBGO - Book by George Orwell (? I'm not pleased with that one, could be wrong)

K.G.

[Does Briskoda Discriminate?]

Although I'm a freshman here my answer to the original question would be No. When I compare Briskoda to some other fora and communities I think that the general spirit of the discussions is very open-minded and welcoming and that even quite simple questions are answered seriously. This I would say are good signs of non-discriminating behaviour.

This thread is a good example, I think: no lashing out, no sarcasm. The posting from Stuart J seems to me a bit provocative, but it could be me misunderstanding.

And the same goes for the other fora I've visited here. OK, in the Off-topic forum there might be some postings that could make you wonder if the door to the sty of male chauvinist pigs has been properly closed, but even those examples are pretty harmless.

But of course, it might be that I'm not able to notice everything. I'm after all white, male (and 53), born into the Lutheran Church of Sweden which I left reaching my maturity, of middle-class origin and with a university degree. So by and large I'm on the privileged side.

K.G.

[Oh dear...]

...should have posted this earlier. A nice forum to be a member of, I like the friendly and welcoming atmosphere present in the postings.

Two Skodas in the family: I sent my 15 year old Nissan into retirement this year (well-deserved with 200,000 miles on the clock) and got myself a -98 Felicia 1.6 Estate that have just passed 45,000 miles (just tuned in, that is). The Missus drives an -00 Octavia 1.6 Estate since last year.

Both cars still young enough to be reasonably reliable and trouble-free (I know, all Skodas are perfectly reliable...), but old enough for me to appreciate the tips and tricks I can find here. And hopefully I'll be able to contribute in the future.

Best wishes from Sweden!

[Leaking Felicia]

Suffered from the well-known windshield leak problem this summer. First I tried silicone sealant (done it before with success on our old Audi) but this time it didn't work. The glazier replaced the rubber seal using a good deal of sealant and now it's perfectly dry. I was told that old seals that have hardened a bit are almost hopeless to fix properly - replacement the only safe option. Cost me