I took my user name from the German verb for lost, though only because I was stuck for a login one day and this word came to mind. I'm a Brit in the US, so will be looking at cross-cultural items with particular interest.
Cheers, Paul Harris
St Louis Park, MN
Here's stuff I've done ("can you spell eclectic?")
Original Articles (may be from an existing stub)
Big Ben
House of Lords
House of Commons
Indoor rower
Palace of Westminster
Power storage
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Xerox PARC
SMES
Minnesota
BCS theory
Mel Brooks (amazing what Wikipedia can lead you into!)
Cottingley Fairies
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chandrasekhar limit
Blizzard
Code coverage
The Damned
Cockney rhyming slang
Alpha
STOVL
Cable television
Twin Cities
Madness (band)
Data mining
Julian Lennon
Major Contributions
Telephone number
Annual plant
NirvanaBand/Smells Like Teen Spirit[?]
Ice beer
Sean Connery
Aircraft carrier
Film director
Richard Bachman/The Running Man
Robert M. Pirsig
Argument from common consent
Flat tax
I'm also an active wikifier and tidier, but didn't feel this warranted listing for a number of reasons.
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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