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The Laws of Hywel Dda

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Does anyone know where I could get a good, English translation of The Laws Hywel Dda? Preferably in ebook format.

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So Sad - First and Last Night "Out on the Town"

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A teenager celebrates "coming of age" and winds up losing her stomach by drinking a "super-chilled" cocktail. In the very early days of the automotive industry, alcohol was used as anti-freeze.

Teenage girl has stomach removed

I suppose this means a liquid diet for the rest of her life? I don't know.

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Push the Red Button

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Does the BBC have a "backlot?"

I think the "backlot" of Universal Studios in Los Angeles is a grand place to visit. You cannot walk down a single street without recognizing a scene from this movie or that. Turn one corner and you're in 19th century New York City, around the next and you're in 1950's suburbia. Look! There's Beaver's house and over there! It's 1313 Mockingbird Lane--home of Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) and the rest of the Munsters. Reach out and touch the brick, stone and mortar and you'll discover it's all made of foam rubber. Your eyes cannot believe what your sense of touch is relaying to you.

I can tell that many of the sets used by the BBC are "on location." But I have also wondered whether the BBC has, somewhere, its own version of the "backlot."

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Darling Buds of May!

Hide the "'still" and the colour TV Ma! 'Dem revenoors from Inland Revenue be knocking at the door!

All jokes aside, thanks for the great information everyone.

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Jack, I know you're not kidding about the license thing.

However, I've always felt that the common-held belief that the BBC has secret vans which can triangulate on unlicensed tellies to be dubious.

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Ahhh. Great to know!

My remote has a red button but when I push it the power goes off. I thought perhaps they were saying, "If you want to learn more about Wales turn the stupid telly off and read a book!"

Jack, I've heard about those notorious BBC guys in their white vans stealthily patrolling the neighborhoods sniffing the "airways" for unlicensed television sets.

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I've been watching the Story of Wales on BBC. What does it mean at the end of each broadcast when they say "...if you want to learn more about Wales press the red button?"

I hope POTUS is not watching.

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That's grand! I purchased a copy of your book for my Kindle. My granddaughter is 8 years old and I look forward to reading it with her!

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Part Six:

These YouTube videos might be blocked in Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. I don't know--but that's often the case.

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Part Five: