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Back In The Day

"Back in the day" (meaning looking back on one's life) I am hearing this more and more these days. Is it another americanism creeping into our language?...

dave50

Using A Knife And Fork Correctly

Has anyone else noticed how a lot of young people these days don't know how to hold a knife and fork correctly? Especially the fork, they have some strange ways of holding it.

sandyRoe

Tomorrow's World.

We didn't all end up owing our own helicopters and electricity never did become so cheap to produce that it's wasn't worth metering the supply. Did any of the inventions mentioned in that BBC...

youngmafbog

'ello 'ello, Whats Going On 'ear Then?

Must have been quite a punch up http://news.sky.com/story/1374770/severed-ear-found-following-city-brawl...

billymac

Metal To Plastic

For my uni course I have to design something in plastic that is usually metal and not already been done, any ideas PLEASE would be fantastic.

tooj

Shingles

My wife and myself have been advised by practice nurse that we can now have and injection to prevent shingles as we are now approaching eighty. Has anyone else had this, is it as easy as the flu...

derekpara

What Should I Be Doing ?

What should I be doing in my small (8'x8') vegetable plot in the next few weeks ? Cheers. D...

weecalf

I Admit

Is there anything you good people of answerbank just for fun would like to admit to .Nothing personal ,to heavy you know .So here goes .....I am not a calf .

kopend

Cheque

what do americans call a cheque ?

ToraToraTora

How Did This Savage Escape Jail?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29931463 absolutely horrific serial killer....

sunny-dave

Could You Kill To Eat?

An interesting question which this thread sort of wandered towards : http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1377438-4.html If we can avoid the argument about 'enjoying the kill', could you...

woodelf

Echinacea

My partner takes 75 micrograms of Thyroxine daily and wants to know if she can safely take Echinacea to boost her immune system? Ta Muchly.

Chipchopper

It was late Autumn in North Dakota and tribal members on the Indian reservation, asked their newly appointed Chief, what the weather would be like in the approaching Winter. The Chief was a young man...

Cobwebs06

Older People

Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information stored in their brains,...

spathiphyllum

100% Wool Fleece Lined Hoodie

I have a 100% wool fleece lined hoodie so its pretty much all wool. The hoodie is way to big and needs to be shrunk but defiantly not to much. What is the best way to do this? i was thinking wash it...

flobadob

Execution Vs Right To Die Drugs.

A while back there was a big hoo haa in the United States because the drugs used to execute someone didn't work properly and they had an uncomfortable demise. Apparently the drugs that they used...

anotheoldgit

Is It Racist For A Non Native American To Don A Feathered Headdress?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2821242/Ellie-Goulding-s-Halloween-fancy-dress-sets-race-row-critics-saying-Native-American-costume-no-different-wearing-black-face.html This just about...

jonnyhaw

Is It Normal To Dunk A Sandwich In Soup?

My friends think dunking a sandwich or chip butty into a bowl of soup is normal. I think it is weird and wrong. Who is correct?

Gromit

90 Year Old Arrested For Feeding The Homeless

// Two pastors and a 90-year old man have been arrested for feeding the homeless in public. The pastors, Dwayne Black and Mark Sims along with Arnold Abbott, an advocate for the homeless, face a...