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Phule's Company? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phule%27s_Company

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Could it be "The Keeper of the Isis Light"? Not so young girl but engineered to the planet and had to hide her true appearance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keeper_of_the_Isis_Light

I'm trying to recall a children's (young adult, I guess) series set in a boarding school. Read about 15-20 years ago, I thought the first in the series was "Ghosts of Buxton (or possibly Brampton) Hall" but this has produced no results. The books involve a small group, mixed sex, of students...

Thanks for the suggestion, Spade. Certainly old enough (1979) and has aliens and a machete - not many books with specific mention of that. I'm not sure it is wha I was thinking off, I'll try to get hold of a copy to check.

Would anyone else be able to help? All I keep getting via google is a film called 'Machete' and this is not it. I'd really like to remember the series, but the only additional information I can recall is that he had companions, which does not narrow things down at all.

On approach to the store David and Co. see two military convoys coming the other way, the first convoy has its headlights off and the second convoy only has the right hand, as you face the front of the vehicle, lit - the one on the side of approaching traffic. I was wondering if this was...

Thanks to you all for the suggestions. I went with the majority (photobucket) and I found it surprisingly simple to get an account and get my photos up.

Unfortunately Facebook was not an option, hence seeking advice. I'll give it a go at the weekend.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have a look at these sites.

I have some photos from a group holiday that I'd like to put up so that the others can see them (there are a few too many to e-mail round). I was hoping that someone might know a good free site to use as although I've heard of sites like Flickr, I've never used them before. I'd particularly...

I'm pretty sure that there was a game (though it may not have been a major commercial one) that had the gun on the left as default when using a pistol as the character was supposed to be left handed. It was a bit odd to start with but you get used to it. Edit: I wonder if it was Die Hard...

Doesn't look like Half-life source comes with the sequels. Half-life, Opposing Force and Blue shift all come together. They are, or used to be, all stand alone games. Half-life generations (includes all 3) can be bought off Amazon used for a fiver. Don't know about using a gamepad. I don't...

Also the 'Rogue Agent' series by K.E. Mills has 'Janitors' (though the focus is on the main characters rather than much detail of the department), who clean up magical problems though not specifically to protect non-users it is part of their role if I recall correctly.

Just bought another two and no problems at all. It seems that the book depository has access to one of those fancy new machines that prints books on demand as my e-mail said that my books were 'being printed'.

Re: Anthology of short stories from 1990s – someone invents cleaner which removes hai I remember this story ' In another, a group of children...' but I am afraid the anthology escapes me.

This has been bugging me for about a week after reading an article on jungle equipment. I read this book quite a while ago so probably 10-20 years ago. All I can remember for definite was that the hero was armed with a machete. It was definitely a machete, not a sword etc. The rest escapes...

Perhaps these, the Magician's House series by William Corlett. Starts with The steps up the chimney. The children change into a bird, otter and a fox as best I remember.

I'm not so keen on Terry Goodkind, Wizard's first rule was Ok but I tend to go off his series if I try to read them through, and I've tried a few times. Might just be me though. L.E. Modesitt jr. I like. I've still two to read at somepoint, but I generally prefer the black focused books...

Thanks for the replies, I had wondered if it was very old myself, which would explain why finding the origin is hard. I believe the phrase is used in Lucifer's Hammer (Niven and Pournelle) as well, but I can't find my copy to check. Following the 'civilization is four meals from anarchy'...