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Hackles rising

What are the 2 errors most used in our language that really make your hackles rise? Mine is 'bought' and 'brought' and the worst in my book is 'specific' and 'Pacific'. A woman at work has just said...

cshelmo

Engineering Question Essay Help Please

Hi, I'm stuck on a question totally for a future exam and was wondering if anybody can help me out with this please. Thaks very much in advance. Chris ---------------------------------------------- a...

worried.me

can you reassure me or am i wrong?

i have not been happy in my job for a while and have managed to secure an interview for a position more suited to me. I had an interview 2 weeks ago and as a result they said i was over qualified for...

Ternigapp

H two O (answers associated with water)

Can anyone help me with the last one: 63. Lose contact with the road (9) Thank you

stanwixman

Compared with or to?

Please can somone tell me when its correct to use compared to and when its correct to use compared with as there is no consistancy with their use? My wife keeps telling me its compared with and not to...

eleanswers

Why a fork in the left hand?

Why is the norm for a right handed person to hold their dining fork in their left hand? It doesn't make sense when this is the tool that does the most precision work & also rises to and from the...

nightmare

overheating brakes

I replaced all the discs and pads on my BMW 525i ( 1989 G reg) to get through its MOT last October. Since then, it has done ~7000 miles. No problems. A few days ago, I noticed vibration whilst...

sandiebeth

bizarre quirky funny

what is the most bizarre/funny/quirky site you have saved on your favourites list?

flipflop104

Why and how can concrete burn someone?

Was following a cement mixer lorry the other day and noticed a wanring on the back that said the concrete could cause serious burns. How? I'm assuming it's because it's hot but WHY is it hot? If you...

c/w

Smoke alarms

How do smoke alarms work? What do you think of smoke are they good or bad? (state why)

whiffey

Lose or Loose ?

There is an irritating tendency these days to write LOOSE when you surely mean LOSE ? Loose is ill-fitting trousers, worn dentures, etc, and has nothing to do with losing something. Am I right, and...

Chep3

.22 Air Rifle Transportation

We are moving to Spain for good, I would like to take my .22 Air rifle with me, but will it pass through the customs at the ferry port?

legend758duo

Why are the british so rascist?

Following on from some previous posts about foreigners with rucksacks and jews and muslims im wondering why are the british so rascist? Britain was behind slavery,persecutionj of the jews,crusading...

webbo3

The French

In light of the recent bomb scares in London the French press have reported that the french goverment have raised its terror alert level from hide to run. The only two higher levels in france are...

typs23

the most powerful engine in the world

what is the most powerful engine in the world?

sambhav

scinetific name of h2o

what is the scinetific name of h2o

fairkatrina

Hot water

How come hot water goes cloudy? (Yes, it's *that* time in the evening...) From what I remember of school science, the molecules that form the water would start to seperate as it heats, surely making...

pat4bridge

phobias

what is the "phobia" for fear of work?

numan

Slugs and snails

PLEASE!! Does anyone have an EFFECTIVE way of getting rid of snails? My poor garden is being eaten alive! I've tried beer, but that just attracts them more and they just gorge themselves all the way...

Cockney_si

Funny things kids believe

This morning I aked my girlfriends daughter the question that if God created the universe with a bowl of fruit, what did he crate people with.... To this She replied L*GO.... We were in stiches. Have...

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