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terminal velocity and moggies

Geniuses - there is a question in Animal and Nature about falling cats and terminal velocity. Is there a kind soul here who would be willing to explain it in a way that non-science people (like me)...

Kassee

Oil central heating

My mum has oil central heating, with a oil tank at the side of the house. Things keep going wrong with it now mum is on her own - no hot water mostly. Who would you call in to service oil central...

youngmafbog

Likely to be coming to a Street near you?

A protest to stop the eviction of an Ecuadorian family from their Spanish apartment escalated into a mass riot amid clashes with police. With more than one million Spaniards face a crippling mortgage...

anotheoldgit

Could our own countrymen be a threartt to the Olympics?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...gland-london-18604593 /// Roy Ramm, a former Met Police commander who specialises in terrorism, said security forces had to be sensitive and effective. /// /// If they move too...

anotheoldgit

64 year old, scales Pentonville Prison walls.

http://www.telegraph....g-makeshift-rope.html It's amazing almost from tales of the Great Escape, Colditz or Alcatraz, here we have a violent 64 year old murderer who has fashioned a make shift rope...

MoonRocker

Obama care....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ld-us-canada-18630837 Is the US finally on the road to having a civilised health system?...

jake-the-peg

If you cost your company $450 million....

...and were found to be in charge of "serious and widespread misconduct" in trying to rig financial markets. Would you expect to lose your bonus or you job? Is Bob Diamond a fit and proper...

paul1763

life cover

is it legal to take out policy on someone else without their permission??? partner's mother refuses to take out policy even though we will pay for it,as we will not be able to afford funeral when time...

Gromit

Wealthy pensions should lose benefits

Says the Institue for Fiscal Studies: // The Institute for Fiscal Studies argued that “relatively well-off” pensioners had benefited more than other age groups from lower tax rates and...

peterbaz

Shortlisting for interview

hello does anyone out there know if you have any right of appeal against an employer not shortlisting you for interview when you feel you meet the criteria

Sarkoz

Seances and contacting the spiritual world, undead or demons

Has this ever been done successfully? I don't mean the scammers who talk to large crowds and pick people to say generic things like they feel a man in a blue jumper who loves dogs wants to to say he's...

Johnysid

Is Anti-Racism a form of Racism?

About 15 years ago I was at a civic "do" and talking to a businessman who had emigrated from Asia about employment in Croydon. I mentioned that although South London was becoming equal...

kloofnek

SHINGLES

Is there anyone out there who can tell me more about this: twice a year I get a sort of boil(it is not one),which has like little water blisters on the surface.It gets very red, hot and sore....always...

Albertjo

Need a data recovery software?

I came back from a holiday after three weeks only to find that my entire office is flooded due to a pipeline burst. All my computer hard disks are now damaged and I have lost a lot of precious...

Daij

I know what the problem is with England.

I know what the problem is with England. The problem is not the team – it’s the pundits who keep on telling the public that England is a force in world football. That is a myth. The...

wolf63

chuggers

I detest chuggers - they are are getting paid to collect money for charity from people through intimidation. This video is just affirming all my negative feelings towards them...

anotheoldgit

The Muslim Brotherhood win the Egyptian election.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18571580 Well it seems that The Muslim Brotherhood have won the Egyptian election, what will this mean for Egypt and the rest of the Middle East? /// The announcement...

anotheoldgit

Taliban soldier wins fight to stay in UK.

http://www.dailymail....ecution--Taliban.html I thought the reason our troops were out in Afghanistan fighting and loosing their lives, so that we could keep the streets of the UK safe from terrorism....

Gromit

The Big Society - Aspirational Waffle

// [The Big Society] is seen by the public as an attempt to hide a “deeply damaging withdrawal of the state from its responsibilities to the most vulnerable. The big society, introduced in the...

anotheoldgit

Housing benefits may be axed for under 25s.

http://www.telegraph....t-from-under-25s.html Is this a good idea or is it fraught with problems? Would it also be a good idea to link benefit payments regionally – which would mean less money...

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terminal velocity and moggies

Oil central heating

Likely to be coming to a Street near you?

Could our own countrymen be a threartt to the Olympics?

64 year old, scales Pentonville Prison walls.

Obama care....

If you cost your company $450 million....

life cover

Wealthy pensions should lose benefits

Shortlisting for interview

Seances and contacting the spiritual world, undead or demons

Is Anti-Racism a form of Racism?

SHINGLES

Need a data recovery software?

I know what the problem is with England.

chuggers

The Muslim Brotherhood win the Egyptian election.

Taliban soldier wins fight to stay in UK.

The Big Society - Aspirational Waffle

Housing benefits may be axed for under 25s.

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