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Amps to kW

I live in the US and I am looking for a House Generator. I have no idea what the hell a kilo Watt is. I know Amps and volts. So I'm looking for a generator and everything is in kW. What kW do I need...

tgwht2732

translating into plain language

"vacate negative comparial sanctions and contribute to the deterioration of the F1 generation"

Peter Pedant

Which insect is attracted toward smoke ?

Hi boys and girls ! I learnt about thirty years ago that there was one insect that bit man and was a vector of something awful, flew towards smoke and not away, unlike all other insects, because...

Skids

Americanism

With reference to writing a letter why do Americans say "write me", "write her" and "write Bob" instead of "write to me", write to her" and "write to Bob"?

mightyWBA

Peking > Beijing

In my long ago youth,I was told the capital of China was Peking.However,now it is always referred to as Beijing. Who made the decision to change,when ,and why?

hottcheer3

Lord of the Flies

Why were the British schoolboys on the flight that crashed?

St Germain

"A funny thing happened on the way to the firing squad..."

Does anyone know where this quote originates? I think it's from a novel or short story but I've no idea which one.

Minnesota

Exorcism

Why is it that exorcism only occurs to Catholics or within the Catholic church? Has protestants or other christian religions never been possessed? And if they do what do they do about it?

DavidFenton

William11

Who killed William Rufus

Boxer342

numbness

I crushed my pinky finger in a ping pong table a few weeks back and I cannot fell it, it is just numb... Will I ever get the feeling back in my finger?

trouble16

Is this a coincidence?

O.k over the past couple of weeks ive been reminded of someone i was very close to and found solitude with. He moved away, a few years ago. Anyway, i had a very very realistic dream about this...

AngloScot

Fields

How many different types of fields are there in physics? e.g. electric, magnetic, can you name any more?

jannyneve

dna evidence

if someone charged with a crime awaiting trial with only dna evidence on a slide, nothing else,is proved by the defence after having the dna evidence tested by a scientist that it is not their dna on...

bobtheduck

the usa

what are they doing? they are making a complete and utter horlicks of the crisis in new orleans most powerful country in the world? beverly hilbillies more like

Louisebabe

6year old boy slashed to death..........

Horrible. A 6year old boy was slashed to death in his bed, by a man looking after him, while his father was working nights. The father found his sons body the next morning in his bed.....he had been...

kjc0123

meaning of "fire up", "bombed", "got him in the ground"

What is the meaning of "fire up", "bombed", "got him in the ground" in the following sentences? "Forrest(Ray's younger brother and a drug addict) called me last night." "This can't be...

bartholomew

What does proportional in this context mean?

I was given a task of doing a race equality impact assessment. I was told that in doing my analysis I should consider number of violent incidents proportional to numbers in the patient population. I...

pixi

Body Hair

Just wondering, if women carry on removing unwanted body hair for the next 100's of generations does this mean that women will eventually evolve to be naturally hair free?