What five letter word, derived from the French meaning 'cut' was once used to denote a large wooden warship that had had her upper deck removed in order to reduce her in size? Any help would be...
Where I come from originally (Yorkshire), we used to call them ginnels or snickets. When I met my husband he'd never heard of them. Just wondering how many 'names' there are for these things. Would...
While training to be a driving instructor and working nights to pay the morgage, I am thinking of answering an ad from a well known mini cab company IN MY AREA. I have a decent four door car. I have...
I have found a picture I'd like to use as a backdrop on my PC monitor. the problem is, when I save it, the picture is too large to fit - is there any way to re-size it so the whole picture fits? At...
This is bit of a long shot but I've got a Bosch 'Cooler' KSR3421GB/03 larder fridge which is 4 yrs old now and its not cooling food anymore. The power light is on but the compressor isn't...
I brought my car on finance on a high apr and im now wanting to get a loan from one of the high street banks with a lower apr to pay it off. I got the car finance no problem and i had only been ion my...
What are the commonest cliches of the murder mystery genre? Either, flim, TV or book? Either in character, plot, etc For example, there's frequently a showdown in the Living Room where the detective...
Did anyone watch the crimewatch UK the other night?A hot and run was featured and the car involved was a rare blue coloured Range Rover (parts were broken off in the collision and left at the...
All I remember about this ad, is the boy telling his Scallie mate that Ian Rush told him that if he don't drink milk, he'll only be good enough to play for Acccccccccrington Ssssssssstanley. (Ooo ar...
How many squares of 3 inches by 3 inches can be cut from a rectangular strip of paper (or cardboard) that is 2 yards wide by 14 2/3( fourteen and two thirds) feet long ?
in 1688, at a time when James II was obviously on his way out, a group of people (in favour of William of Orange) conspired in a room with a window in each of the four walls-so they could see if...