I'm trying to find a short story about an elderly person who lives alone (I think she is a woman) and who doesn't have the strength to get out of the bath. She considers her situation and how the bath...
I live and work in Canada and want to send $500 a month to my parents in the UK to help support them in their retirement. They have UK bank accounts. What are my best options for transferring money on...
I appreciate it's probably something to do with 'feedback', but often it seems to have no relation to the volume of background/foreground noise and just starts whistling. And how does the wearer...
A line in a book, "Then and now we age with the grace (in Cummings's careful metaphor) of polar bears on rollerskates." Am I correct in thinkng this is a reference to ee cummings, and if so, what is...
'statim' seems to have two definitions; 1) immediately, and 2) firmly, steadfastly. Can anyone suggest English words containing 'stat' that have the first definition as their root? Thanks
Why don't people take the paper or cellophane wrapping off the flowers they leave as memorials at sites of tragedies; eg Dawson College, Montreal; WTC New York?
If I'm walking down a narrow pavement with my wife beside me, and you are coming towards us with your partner beside you, who should step aside, us or you?
