Hi My Dad served as a merchant seaman during WW2 and was part of the Arctic Convoys. I am wondering if any body out there can recommend a "good read" concerning these convoys, with reference to the...
I worked hard to get a couple of answers for people on Sunday and it appears neither of them have 'picked up' the answers. I was feeling very pleased with myself as I usually either don't know the...
With such successful response to my second question at AB, I would like to know what one song makes you smile and cry at the same time? For myself, my partner died in 2010 but whom I still miss and...
We have a slug that lives in our bathroom and comes out at night. Now, I am terrified of slugs but if he leaves me alone I'll leave him alone but I stepped on him the other night, not a full squish...
Yet another commemoration - this time 70 years of the Atlantic campaign http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22434753 Given that WWII lasted about 5 years by the time you've commemorated a VE day anniversary...
In the negatives and positives threads, the 10 commandments have been mentioned. Who has one or more of the commandments? 1. You shall have no other gods but me. 2. You shall not make unto you any...
This may sound a bit weird, but I have always been interested in this man - what made him tick, how he became what he was and, in particular, why he seemed think that what he did was absolutely the...
Planting out some bedding plants today and in one old plant pot came across an ugly looking thing! It was about an inch long, quite plump and had two tiny black eyes and a short black spike at the...
The Dyson, bladeless, hot and cool fan works by what that nice Victoria Wood, in her voice-over, calls 'inducement'. Quite. But how does it work, described in scientific or layman's terms ? I'm...
Hi pondering as to which one of the above phones I should get when my current contract expires. I notice the galaxy ace 2 only has 768 mb of RAM whereas the galaxy s3 mini has 1,024mb..............is...
I need help with a song I have heard. I really don't know many lyrics, all I know is the lyric is something that ends with 'me'. This is repeated as the chorus, and it's an indie sounding song with a...