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How to interest a keyboard neophyte?

I was trying to provide support at a computer basics session today, and there was one person who couldn't wait to get away. During the session I got the definite impression that she had never used a...

chirpychirpy

goldfish in an outdoor pond

when the pond freezes in weather like we're getting now, what happens to the goldfish? Is there any truth in the theory that you're not supposed to feed goldfish in an outside pond during the winter...

mollykins

farenheit scale

Is the above temperature scale based on anything? For example celsius has a 0 of water freezing and 100 for water boiling and kelvins has it's 0 at the point where even atoms stop moving or something...

Jemisa

A Little Christmas Story..

A Little Christmas Story When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs. Claus...

derekpara

Virus Warning - True or Fake ?

I have been warned of a new and dangerous virus which has apparently been confirmed by Snopes. It appears as a seemingly harmless e-mail headed ' Here You Have It' . If you open it a message appears '...

ludwig

Is it religion that's the problem, or just people?

Is religion directly responsible for this kind of barbarism, or will people always find reasons to want to kill each other? http://www.bbc.co.uk/...d-south-asia-11930849...

dizmouk2009

Argon gas under freezing temperatures

Hey all, I can't really find the right subject/category for this question so 'science' it is. I'm using a tig welder using around 5-8 lpm (litres per minute) of argon. Due to the current weather...

bilalimam124

what is a substance?

A SUBSTANCE IS A SINGLE KIND OF MATTER THAT IS PURE-MEANING IT ALWAYS HAS A SPECIFIC COMPOSITION AND SET OF PROPERTIES. AN EXAMPLE IS TABLE SALT-NO MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM, IT HAS THE SAME...

slinkycat

Humane mouse trap

I have a mouse, or more likely several mice getting into my chicken coop. Obviously I don't want to use any chemicals and I wouldn't want to risk injury to one of the hens should they stand on, or...

DTCwordfan

Old joke about Boobs

following another thread on this 'educated' subject... Guy goes to the doctor...... "Doctor, I have a fixation on big boobs" "Well, let's explore this.." Doc pulls out a table...

Groupie

merry xmas

The other day I was looking through one of my son's school books when I saw something that made me rush up the school straight away to see his teacher--------------------------------------...

carrust

Stage stuck...?

A little boy gets home from school & asks.... "Dad, Ive got a part in the school play. I play a man who's been married for 25 years." The father replies... "Never mind son, maybe...

wyzard66

Man. The religious animal.

Why is Man the only animal to have religious tendancies?

Rev. Green

Billions

We've lost the battle for billions, trillions, etc. to be sensibly ten to the sixth, twelfth, etc. Let's use them as ten to the sixth, ninth, etc. That way it is easy to work out that an octillion...

ossian

Sea Level

If all the ice in the Antarctic, Greenland, and all the glaciers worldwide melted, how high would sea level rise, approximately? Stu.

mibn2cweus

Is religion an intellectual virus?

Following on from Wyzard's previous question, "Man. The Religious Animal." - http://www.theanswerb...y/Question964570.html Is religion an essential component of our evolutionary intellectual...

Theland1

Still limping along lifes rocky road ....

I do not feel that my question in the previous thread was adequately answered. The evidence for a first causeis based on our experience of cause and effect. Nothing in our experience can ever explain...

Uberloitenment

Seeing the difference between paper and papyrus

If someone were writing on papyrus would it be obvious or easy or impossible to tell that they were not writing on paper (and vice versa)?

EDDIE51

Meteorites ?

Just seen 2 very bright meteorites within a few mins, came from the North north west. Just chance or is there a meteorite shower due ?...

AB Editor

Twitchers, Ornithologists and Feathered Friend Fanciers Thread

Dear All, Due to requests from many Bird-loving ABer's I am offering you a sticky thread for the next month. If it goes really well we may start up a separate category for you all. I'll start: My...

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