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Cricket? Schmicket!

In chivalry, 'bowling a maiden over' is a reference to cricket or to the knights ability to enrapture and captivate a damsel? I find the overlap between cricketing terminology and chivalry to be...

gerry

When the price is different from the ticket

I was in a well known high street shop today doing abit of christmas shopping & saw something that caught my eye only because of the price.When i went up to the till the item was actually ?15 more...

vaa

What happens if I recharge AA primary batteries in a slow charger? The charger stops after a cycle of about 14 hours. I experimented with alkali batteries: after a cycle they were at 1,4 V from 1,19....

fly258

USB leads

What are the small barrel shaped things near the ends of some USB and power leads on computers?

Cambridge

e-mail addresses

I have recently changed my e-mail address and not divulged it to anybody. How would my ex-husband have found out what it is?

Emski

Nokia 3510 Ringtones

<PRE>Does anyone know if it's possible to send a ringtone from one Nokia 3510 to another?</PRE><PRE>Thanks</PRE>

calumimacleo

thermodynamics

A vertical cylinder has a cross sectional area of 0.2m2 and contains 2kg of water initially at 15C. The water is subject to a constant pressure of 7 bar by the wieght of the frictionless piston. The...

Mattk

pay monthly mobile phone contract

My son has a pay monthly mobile phone on vodafdone that i pay for !!!! The contract is up early next year and i do not want to renew as it has proved to be far more expensive than first...

saffstar

What's the best meal you've ever eaten?

I'll go first - ribeye steak with burgundy butter and garlic mash at the Holiday Inn on I-Drive in Orlando. I ate it over three years ago and I still daydream about it

Carlos26

Dicing with Death

Hi, first question posted for me, hope I do well. Anyone know the origins of the mentioned phrase? Is it, as I'm assuming, from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge?

JjP

Who was Jack The Ripper?

bertie21

Greateat guitarist

hello everyone, having some debate here, who do you think is the greatest guitarist of all time - rock/blues. Cheers!

LeedsRhinos

Pearl jam song

I heard a Pearl Jam song on the radio & didn't catch the name. It was a cover of (I think) a 70's track. The lyrics mention somebody going to heaven & the vocals sound a bit like early...

Natalie7890

Lucky Charms, where did they go?

Does anyone remember the Lucky Charms cereal? It was about 10 years ago now but it was the best cereal! Where did it go?

druiaghtagh

Downloads

 When you are downloading music, does the bit rate determine the quality of the track please?

thepheebster

Monkey To Man...

I'm confused. If monkey's evolved into men/women...then why aren't they still evolving?

Diablod666

What causes Eczema

what causes the skin disease eczema? is it some sort of virus, an abnormality in the skin cells, or other?

PinkDD

Stamp on envelope upside down.

Hi everyone, I would be grateful if someone could explain to me why it is considered 'bad form' to put a stamp on an envelope upside down. (which I did by accident) and it caused a bit...