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78Nikon F5 : The Most Wanted 35mm Film Camera?
Does the Nikon F5 live up to its reputation of one the best 35mm film camera ever made? They say that some dreams should best stay as dreams. However, with the market prices of film cameras at an all time low, David Lloyd-Jones finally gets the chance to purchase his dream camera for a fraction of its original cost.
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81Top 10 Coolest Vintage British Motorcycles
Recently new motorcycles made to look vintage have become all the rage. This trend covers everything from cruisers to cafe racers to dirt bikes. While many of these bikes are really cool, they just aren't nearly as cool as the original. Here are...
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84What is a Beach or Dune Buggy?
What is a Beach or Dune Buggy? Essentially a rebodied Volkswagen Beetle with excelllent handling and quirky looks, it is still as popular today as it ever was.
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85Pedigree Cat Breeds
Like many other breeds, the Siamese is the subject of many legends and fables. Sadly, few of them have any factual basis. Some say the animal was developed in the last century from an Albino given to the King of Siam, crossed with a Temple cat and...
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73Discover the Snaefell Mountain Railway
Snaefell Mountain Railway - A Brief History. The story of the pioneering Snaefell Mountain Railway really starts with the Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Company (later to become the Manx Electric Railway in 1902), which had built a 3' gauge...
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77Scale Models of the Isle of Man Railway
Modelling the railways of the Isle of Man is not a new fad. People have been modelling the IoMR for over 50 years. While modelling the IoMR in the smaller scales is either strictly kit or scratched built, there are ready to run IoMR locomotives and rolling stock in the garden railway scale of 15mm to 1ft on 45mm gauge track.
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79Bobcat, Manx, Unusual cats
A few days ago I saw a wild Bobcat. That’s not unusual. I live in a very small, rural town in Louisiana & wild animal sightings on the roads and highways is quite common. What made this sighting a little...
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77UK, Manx, Jersey and Gibraltar Pound Coins
Circulating through the UK economy is the British pound coin. Even though being handled every day little thought or attention is paid to this humble coin until an unusual design crops up or a new design has...
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76Discover the Groudle Glen Railway
Groudle Glen Railway history - Hidden away, almost out of sight, is one of the most unusual 2ft gauge steam railways in the British Isles. The Groudle Glen Railway was built solely to carry passengers, and...
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72Ubuntu 10.10 New Features
Concept art for Ubuntu 10.10. Ubuntu 10.10 is definitely turning some eyes days after its release. Ubuntu 10.10 boasts a new faster kernel which greatly speeds up boot times and supports the BTRFS filesystem...
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