Fifty years ago I carved a sculpture in Carrara marble weighing about one and a half hundredweight, and at that time I was able lift it onto and off the bench. This morning I tried to move it and was...
Isn't this all nonsense? We each have 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 gg,parents, 32 ggp, 64 gggp, 84 ggggp, 168 gggggp, and yet it is presented as if it was some form of direct linear,...
A new development over the last few days is that sometimes (not always)when I boot up my PC, I have a long - maybe 5 minute delay, and then I get a message 'Your computer may be at risk, no firewall...
I have just watched Sky News review of tomorrow's papers and a journalist from the Sun said "Simon Cowell dominates our living rooms" ; well certainly not mine, I haven't the slightestest idea who he...
When on a rocky river-bed of a shallow-ish river, the current hits a large but submerged rock, the water folds back on itself above the surface and creates a continuing 'foaming wave' against the...
The cost of overhauling my mechanical watch was so expensive that I decided to buy a new quartz driven one, (a Rotary Aquaspeed Chronograph). Never having had a quartz watch before, I'm wondering how...
I have just seen (in Germany) the largest caterpillar ever, it was bright green and about 7cm. long and about 15mm in diameter. Has anyone any ideas what it was and what it might become please ?...
What does 'Mülk Allah' mean in Turkish please? Google translate says "Propery of Allah". I want to use it in something and need assurance that this is correct....
What does 'Mülk Allah' mean in Turkish please? Google translate says "Propery of Allah". I want to use it in something and need assurance that this is correct....
I wonder how wise it is for bookmakers to offer odds on the naming of the royal baby. Normally odds are given against future events which are at the time unknowable. What would stop Kate telling her...
Our leaders must know that it doesn't work, so why do they continue to throw public money at it? Despite the cuts, this once again remains ring-fenced. Isn't it a case of the poor of a rich country...
The temperature hit 39 degrees this afternoon, I left it as late as I could and tried to play a round of golf but nearly melted. At sundown I sat outside in the shade and drank a couple of cool beers...
Back in January 2012 I posted this question; http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/Question1100784.html asking why some people treat rabbits so badly, particularly relating to a rabbit...
In O.E. I tried to send an email to an address which no longer exists. I have sent the message now to the new address, but I keep getting a box telling me 'You have an unsent message, do you want to...
Diplomat awarded £300,000 following accusations of inappropriate behaviour A former diplomat has won £320,000 from the government after he was accused of behaving “inappropriately” to wards a...
