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vertical dignity

What is the meaning of "vertical dignity" in the following sentence? Despite the aluminum braces on his legs, he carried himself with a resilient, vertical dignity that seemed more a by-product of...

netibiza

Pope's staff

Does the Pope (any Pope that is) have normal staff bth male and female or are they all male and vicars and suchlike. I am referring to chambermaids, cooks laundry et al?

Dom Tuk

Loch Ness Monster

have there been any sightings lately. When was the last reported sighting?? is it me or are these sightings of monsters, Yetis, UFOs on the decline

ken c

separate topics

Could you not have a separate topic sections for Garden & Home? Maybe Home & DIY. and one for Gardening with gardening days out questions

Woodstock

Not sure which topic to post this question under but hope someone out there knows what I'm talking about. Can anyone tell me (or tell me which site to view) for the protocol on church flowers through...

c00ky83

Fine tooth/toothed comb

You know people say they'll go through something with a "fine-toothed comb", meaning to examine it thoroughly. I presume this is the correct phrase? So many people, even on TV, say...

Kingaroo

punctuation of re

Most of the time you see the word "re" it's at the beginning of a memo, where an e-mail would have its subject line. Though you often hear people spell it out as if it were an abbreviation like...

ken c

Tomato seedlings

When is it safe to put out my Tomato seedlings into a un heated greenhouse?they are on the window sills at the moment but I need the space they are also getting a bit leggy, 2" high I live in...

plop1389

eyes

is there any eye excersies, foods eyedrops etc. that can help improve eyesight?

rutineli

Echoes

My recent question entitled - Bit Fikk Reely - or similar resulted in four quite acceptable answers, but over 20 e-mails to inform me of them. Why so many? Who were the others from?

garryguitar

post or metpost

I am wanting to erect a garden fence and am not sure whether to use metposts or ordinary posts. If i used ordinary posts what would be the correct size for a 5 foot high fence?

Lozbabes18

history

can you please tell me who invented self tan and why

donegal

april fool

when was the first april fools day?

piptik

april fool differences

Hey, my German friend thinks we're stupid for stopping doing practical jokes at midday - apparently our continental cousins carry on fooling each other for the duration - any idea where the midday...

peters cute

the north

wot do u think of the angel of the north

mrknowledge

many chins..

how does one get rid of a double chin?

Morrisonker

what gym equipment?

I'm going to the gym tomorrow for the first time in my life with a friend. I'm not going to try anything too strenuous (weights etc) just the bikes and so on. I was just wondering what...

feelap

Housemate needed ASAP

does anyone know of a site where i can find a housemate(s) i prefer a site which lists sane, normal, safe and easy going people. cheers

gingerflaps

week day names

now i know monday has somthing to do with the moon, they used to call it moon day, but how did all the rest of the day names to about???

spezza123

How do I get rid of a small lawn?

I have a small lawn about 15sq ft. I don't want it!! Whats the best way to get rid of it. I started trying to dig the thing up and got very tired doing this. It weighs a tonne...

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