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Fruit or Vegetable

If a fruit is the edible seed or seed covering of a plant and a vegetable is the edible leaf,stem or root of a plant, why does everybody refer to peas as vegetables because by definition they are...

kevo2k7

Can you indentify this creature???

I keep finding these small slithering creature's all over my flat, mainly in my bath but they are also in my kitchen cupboards and i caught one bombing it under the gap in the laminated flooring, i...

zoomer

Email scam??

Hi, I keep getting occasional emails offering a variety of offers. The lastest offers me a chance to win £1000 in vouchers for the store of my choice. At the bottom of the email are the...

bonylyons

Holiday Tour to Paris

Hey anybody has ever been visited Paris ? which place of Paris is really been amazing can you share it?

MoonRocker

Pensioners what's the point in trying?

work hard all your life to provide an income so not be dependent on the state, what happens? You get hammered, forced to sell house to pay for care etc taxed on what income you do get and generally...

robert551069

Weather in Australia

Someone is telling me that it is possible to go snow ski-ing in Australia. She has never been there and neither have I. I do not think that they have snow there at any time of the year. Any comments...

friedgreentomato

How many have you read?

According to a recent BBC poll the average is 6 books - how many can you claim to have read? I have read 64!! Wow!! 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR...

saintpeter48

manchester airport train station

i am going to liverpool soon and fly to manchester airport from southampton, we need to catch train on to liverpool and wanted to know how far the train station is from terminal, time wise walking,...

englishgirl

can anyone help please oyster card at watford

someone I know who is a war pensioner gets a free oyster card from TFL for free travel throughout TLF area I know he can use it at watford junction station but can he use it on the busses in watford....

atalanta

Small dollar cheque - can I give it to charity ?

I have received a small cheque from an American company, and I am sure it would cost more in bank charges to cash it and turn it into sterling than it is worth. Does anyone know of any charity which...

patrixcia

glasgow-peeples

can anyone help me with details of public transport from glasgow buchanan st. to peebles at Scottish Border. regards patrixcia...

Tilly2

Interest charge on money owed.

I am in contention with my Dad's care home over the rise in fees and the top-up I have to pay. To cut a very long story short, I currently owe them around two hundred pounds which should have been...

Duncer

Tips for Vienna

I've been all over Europe, but at ** years of age I am about to go to Austria for the very first time. Any tips as to what to squeeze in to a short space of time. Preferably cultural tips, museums,...

friedgreentomato

Flying to America with a stop

Hi all, Was wondering if some kind person can help me out - when we fly to the states we normally fly direct but we got a real bargain if we had a change in Chicago!! So what is the protocol? When do...

bednobs

chateau neuf du pap

(or something like that spelling) Anyway, does anyone know any supermarkets that sell the WHITE version?...

lainey4383

Executors and beneficiaries disagreeing over house sale

My father passed away in june last year. Myself and one of my sisters are executors of the will (I have 2 sisters and one disabled brother).The will states that myself and one of my sisters are...

thickoeric

Midwifery in the 1900s

My great-grandmother appears in the 1901 census as being in someone else's house and described as "Midwife" and indeed the other people in that house are a couple and "son, aged 1/2 hr....

bodyboarder

interest only mortgage

interest only mortgage .... we have a retirement plan mortgage and understood that when we are both dead the property would be sold by the executors of our will, the capital paid off and the balance.....

4444seagull

In which month do dandelion seeds disperse?

In which month in UK, do the white fluffy dandelions appear? Is it August, September or at some other time? Thanks in advance for any help. The Seagull...