café ABsite ~ answers

...this is where the answers are!

the home of random obscurity since 1998

      Welcome to café ABsite answers, the place with the answers to lots of questions you'll probably never ask. This site was set up because someone asked me what the largest towns in the UK were and I didn't know. Because I had to find this out for my dissertation, together with another set of useless (but interesting) numbers, I decided I should make somewhere for all this useless knowledge to go.

      You will also find here the answers to various questions that have bugged me that I have managed to find the answers to. Items without links are things I have the answer to, but haven't typed out yet.

      In a change from the previous revision, questions are now categorised. In theory it makes it easier to find things, just pick a letter corresponding to the thing you want to know about... more randomness can be found at five kilograms...

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Amiga

How do you convert your Amiga to use an (S)VGA monitor? (A.Boodoo)
What has happened to Amiga anyway? (Amiga Inc.)

Coffee

Where can I get good coffee? (café reviews by A.Boodoo)
What is a "Mocha"? (A.Boodoo)

Depression

What is depression? (Wing of Madness)

Health Services

Where is my nearest doctor, dentist or hospital? (NHS)

Manchester

How do I get around Greater Manchester by train and tram? (Alex Holden)

Maps

Where can I get a map of where I'm going? (Multimap)

Poetry

Where can I find poetry events? (Poetrykit)

Postcodes

How does the UK postcode system work? (A.Boodoo)
Where can I find a UK postcode? (Royal Mail - requires registration to use it)
Can I find a location by UK postcode? (Multimap)

Sheep

How do I identify breeds of sheep? (Sheepnet)

Shopping Centres

Which are the largest shopping centres in the UK? (A.Boodoo)

Telephones

What calls are local from my area? (Clive Feather)
      or the more useful UK Telephone code locator at Warwick University, which includes charging info and much more (Thanks to Mike Henry for this)

Where can I find phone numbers? (BT 118 500)

Ticky Tacky

What are "little boxes made of ticky tacky"? (Frank Petersohn, thanks to an obscure comment on an email from Annabel Smyth)

Towns & Cities

Which are the largest towns in the UK?
      as above, excluding London boroughs, probably more useful (A.Boodoo)

Which are the largest conurbations in the UK? (A.Boodoo)

Trains (well, railways)

When is my train? (National Rail)
How do I get around Greater Manchester by train and tram? (Alex Holden)
How is the UK's railway organised? (A.Boodoo)
How does railway signalling work? (Clive Feather)
How does the weather affect trains? (A.Boodoo)
© A.Boodoo, 28-May-04, r2.1