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Bob Hope Wasn't The Only One Who Used Idiot Cards When Bob Hope moved into television, he lost the opportunity to hold his script in his hand , something he had gotten used to working in radio. The presentation would look too stiff to his audience. He tried to memorize his monologues, but that proved to be too cumbersome of a task and it took away from his golf game. The solution was cue cards, or idiot cards as they are known in the industry. This worked well for the performer, but was hazardous for others. On one of Hope's early NBC ...
How I learned to stop worrying and love plastic playing cards!
I can remember the first day I used a deck of plastic playing
cards at our weekly Thursday night poker game. I've heard that
many people have loved plastic playing cards right off the bat
and never looked back. Well let me tell you, I was not one of
those people.
I picked up that deck and all I could think was, "Why are the
cards so small? Why do they feel so weird? They're so damned
slippery, how am I ever supposed to get used to these?" I was
relieved when the next week the game location had ...
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Bridlington Harbour, East Yorkshire, England
In 1643 Queen Henrietta Maria landed at Bridlington with troops to support the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Bridlington Quay, which is the home of the tourist area and the harbour. It has excellent sea-bathing, and the parade and ornamental gardens provide pleasant promenades. The Quay was a only small fishing village until the discovery of a chalybeate spring which saw the emergence of the town as a Seaside resort in the 19th century.
Bridlington Harbour is the key ...
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne.
He rose rapidly in Queen Elizabeth I's favour, being knighted in 1585.
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Email Access
Do You Get More Spam Than Real Email? The unsolicited junk or bulk email that you receive is known as Spam. Spam is a very serious problem the people have to deal with daily. Sometimes the junk emails exceed the regular email messages that we receive in our email account. Spam filter can be a solution for you to get freedom from Spam mails. There are different types of software to keep out the Spam emails from your inbox. Spam filters can monitor the emails that come in your inbox and ...
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World Access Internet Services
Common methods of internet access include dial-up, landline (over coaxial cable, fiber optic or copper wires), T- lines, Wi-Fi, satellite and cell phones. Dial-up connections are the most common type of internet connection available from ISPs, they are also the slowest and (usually) the least expensive. A dial-up connection allows users to connect to the internet via a local server using a standard 56k modem, the PC literally dials (hence the name) a telephone number (provided by the Internet ...
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Glencoe Hotel, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Glencoe Hotel, 43-45 Marshall Avenue, Bridlington, YO15 2DT
Centrally situated between Bridlington's north and south promenades, the Glencoe Hotel is close to both the harbour and the town centre. Glencoe Hotel offers a warm welcome to all guests and provides exceptionally clean, comfortable and quality accommodation. Arrive to a welcoming hot beverage. Drinks are served in the bar, and pool and darts are available in the Games Room. ...
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Filey, North Yorkshire
Filey is a traditional English seaside resort with a friendly atmosphere, offering restful 'get away from it all' holidays. A fishing town on the North East coast of England, Filey has enjoyed a reputation of being a seaside resort since Victorian days.
If you want an active holiday, take the beautiful views of Filey Bay with Filey Brigg to the north and Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough Head further down the coast or just to quietly relax in peaceful the surroundings, Filey can meet your ...
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Whitby, North Yorkshire
Whitby's skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey, high on Whitby's East Cliff. Spreading below Whitby, a maze of alleyways and narrow streets run down to the busy quayside.
From the old town of Whitby, 199 steps lead up to the parish church of St. Mary, whose churchyard on Whitby's East Cliff gave Bram Stoker the inspiration to write his world famous book, Dracula.
Whitby has produced its own famous sons. Among these are Captain James Cook, the 18th century ...
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Ely Cathedral, Ely Tourist Accommodation and Information, Ely, England
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Ely is known as the "Ship of the Fens", a name inspired by the distant views of its towers that dominate the low-lying wetlands called The Fens.
The diocese of Ely was created in 1108 out of the see of Lincoln, and a year later the bishopric of Ely was founded.
The cathedral was started by William I in 1083, suffered the collapse in 1322 of the main tower, which was rebuilt as an octagon, and was completed in 1351.
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Malham Cove, Malham, North Yorkshire
Malham Cove is a natural limestone formation near Malham, North Yorkshire, England.
A well-known beauty spot, it comprises a huge, curved limestone cliff at the head of a valley, with a fine area of limestone pavement at the top. To the left-hand side of the 80-metre high cliff face are about four-hundred irregular stone steps: these lead to an uneven limestone pavement which slopes gently down from nearby Malham Tarn. ...
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Top Beaches of the World
Beaches are very popular on warm sunny days. Many flock to beaches such as Joss Bay beach in southern England despite its reputation for unpredictable and wet summers.
In the Victorian era, many popular beach resorts were equipped with bathing machines because even the all-covering beachwear of the period was considered immodest. This social standard still prevails in many Muslim countries. At the other end of the spectrum are topfree beaches and nude beaches where clothing is optional or not ...
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Caravan Holiday Bookings
All of the holiday parks featured are in lovely locations around the UK.
Each has been chosen for its ease of access to local towns and beauty spots or places of interest.
The sites themselves all have excellent facilities, with laundrette, shops, restaurant and fast food facilities, bars, cabaret, shows, swimming pools and children's play and entertainment facilities galore.
For a budget self-catering holiday with the best of comfort, freedom and top quality facilities, look no further ...
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River Derwent, North Yorkshire
The Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England.
The River Derwent catchment area includes the Upper Derwent, River Rye, River Hertford, Bielby Beck and Pocklington canal and their tributaries. It covers an area of 2057 square kilometres and includes the towns of Stamford Bridge, Malton, Pickering, Helmsley, Filey and Scarborough.
It rises on Fylingdales Moor in the North York Moors National Park, flows southwards through Forge Valley as far as its confluence with the river ...
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Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire
Eden Camp Museum occupies a former World War II prisoner of war camp of 33 huts and is situated on the road to Pickering from Malton at the junctin with the Malton Bypass.
After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. Its grounds then became overgrown.
As the museum was being set up, much clearing, as well as repair and renovation of the buildings, was required.
Some authors have written of the ways in which the museum uses interactive technologies and forms of ...
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Malton History, Malton Tourist Information, Malton, North Yorkshire
The town stands on the site of a former Roman settlement, although no firm conclusion has been agreed upon as to which this settlement actually was.
The uncertainty surrounds, in particular, the exact location of the Roman town of Derventio.
Contradictory records describe Derventio as being either 7 or 17 miles east of York. The former is consistent with the site of a Roman settlement known to have existed in proximity to the current village of Stamford Bridge, in which case the ...
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Flamingoland and Zoo, Pickering, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Flamingo Land Resort is located in North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for being the only site in the United Kingdom which contains a theme park and a zoo at the same location. Also on site is a gym, a leisure centre, a spa, a golf course and holiday accommodation.
The park is set in 375 acres (1.52 km2) of North Yorkshire countryside, in the Ryedale district with views of the Yorkshire Moors. As well as being the largest amusement park in North England by quite a size, the park is also ...
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Scarborough Jail
Gruel and bread, not fish and chips, was the staple diet of the unfortunate recalcitrants and ne'er do wells who were detained at Her Majesty's pleasure in Scarborough Jail. Having a pint meant 2 ounces of oatmeal in a pint of water for breakfast and supper; lunch was a pound of bread. Every other day the gruel was sweetened with a small amount of molasses. For those who were "booked in" to the Jail in Scarborough for more than 21 days, a little bread accompanied the gruel. ...
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Accommodation in Scarborough
The Chatsworth Hotel location is the ideal location ... for couples... for business guests... for seniors... and for families.
We are ideally situated, overlooking Scarborough's North Bay seafront, with views of the sea and Scarborough Castle, right next to Peasholm Park, and also within very easy reach of the town centre. Chatsworth Hotel is simply the ideal bed and breakfast place to stay whatever the reason and length of your visit to Scarborough.
Our hotel is overlooking the sea, with ...
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Scarborough Lighthouse
It is somewhat strange that whilst light-towers or lighthouses have been in existence, certainly since the time of the early Pharaohs, and Scarborough was regarded as a thriving and prosperous sea-port since the mid-thirteenth century, and by Elizabethan times an important naval base, there appears to be no record of a lighthouse in Scarborough until the start of the nineteenth century.A Roman signal station was erected on Castle Hill in about the year 350 and remained there for about 50 years ...
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Internet Connections - Complete Internet Services Ltd
What's Online?
The Internet (Net) is a vast world wide network of computers which are being accessed by a growing number of people and businesses looking for a wide variety of information
The kind of things you might expect to find on the Net is almost limitless and ranges from news and entertainment items, to articles and games. It is a mark of how useful the Net is as a means of reference and communication that the government has recently introduced it's use as an important part of the ...
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Castle Howard, Malton and York, North Yorkshire
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle.
Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It is familiar to television and movie audiences as the fictional "Brideshead" in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. ...
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Pickering Tourist Information, North Yorkshire
Pickering is at the centre of Ryedale, in North Yorkshire. It's the mid-point between four major Yorkshire towns Scarborough, Whitby, Helmsley and Malton . Beyond Malton is the historic city of York, and beyond Helmsley is Thirsk, further to the coast from Pickering is Filey, Flamborough and Bridlington .
Scarborough and Whitby are two very pleasant seaside towns and great places for days out.
Pickering is well known as the southern terminus of the North ...
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Roman Signal Stations on the Yorkshire Coast
The north east coast of Yorkshire saw the construction of a series of roman signal stations that were manned by the garrison from around AD 369. These signal stations consisted of a large square timber and stone tower, a small courtyard surrounded by huge stone walls, angle towers and on the outside were protected by a ditch.
They were used by the Romans as block houses as well as look out posts, each had a beacon at the top of the tower, used to send warning signals down the coast and to the ...
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Use This Formula To Have Pleasurable And Safe Internet Access
If you a running or plan to run a business, there are two big things you should consider about your internet access.
1. The safety of your internet access and, 2. The speed of your internet access
Safety
You need to apply the same care to your internet access as you do the rest of your business. In fact, if poorly done your days can become very frustrating and your business and reputation can become badly tarnished.
Why do I ...
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The history and romance of Flamborough centre around its sea tradition of piracy, shipwrecks and smuggling.
The rocky coastline and stormy seas make this part of the east coast around Flamborough Head a graveyard for sea-faring vessels. The many caves along its rocky shore were a haven for smugglers of contraband and in the 18th and also into the 19th Century tea, brandy, tobacco, silk and cotton were, by ingenious means, smuggled ashore under the noses of the excise men. Some of the older houses within the village are said still to contain 'smugglers' hole' cupboards. It is even said that ...
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Hunmanby
Hunmanby is a popular village perched on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
Surrounded by stunning scenery and beautiful landscapes this bustling village looks down over farmland to North Yorkshire's famous sea side resort of Filey and Filey Bay.
Once the largest village in Great Britain, Hunmanby lies directly between Scarborough and Bridlington. At one time the main road between the two towns passed through Hunmanby, it now runs closer to Filey.
The village name of Hunmanby ...
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Cottages in Whitby
Whitby's skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey, high on Whitby's East Cliff. Spreading below Whitby, a maze of alleyways and narrow streets run down to the busy quayside.
From the old town of Whitby, 199 steps lead up to the parish church of St. Mary, whose churchyard on Whitby's East Cliff gave Bram Stoker the inspiration to write his world famous book, Dracula.There are plenty of cottages in whitby to make your stay enjoyable. ...
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Bridlington Attractions, East Yorkshire
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