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Would a hail stone knock out a fly

I was just watching a fly fly around the office and was thinking to myself what would happen if a hail stone hit it?!?! Let alone a smaller fly type thing like a midgy or mosquito or have these...

hannibalsmith

The sun looking big as it sets over the sea on films and the moon looking larger then normal as it rises

Im going to assume that this is due to certain effects or lenses being used, But is there anywhere on earth that the sun does actually look bigger as it sets over the sea or the moon looking bigger as...

~Vulpine~

LG GB220 phone camera?!

Sometimes when I fumble with my phone I turn on a feature that lets you take a picture with the phone closed, i.e. of yourself... but as I didn't get a manual with my phone I have no idea how I...

josaphine32

Hi I have been n this sight for 5 1/2 years now, in animals and nature Rat catcher was always on here are you still about

There was a man on here a few years ago and i think/sure his name was rat catcher does anyone know who he was and how to get hold of him , as he was a great input on little critters,and i need some...

Connemmara

eye drops for dog

Picked these up for the dog and of course when I got home just put some drops on tissue and rubbed them over this eyes. However on reading instructions carefully I am to pull his eyelids back and drop...

tc573

engineering components

What is the protective plastic (the brown wax-like substance that you take off prior to fitting) that coats engineering components, like gears,and how is it made?

Letmelooktoo

Statistics and probability

In a competition there are 20 competitors. The winners of the competition are the competitors with the top 4 marks. The competition is based in 2 parts A and B Part A counts for 60% of the marks. Part...

philg

Copying contents of folder structure to a SINGLE folder

Hi folks I have a tree of folders, each folder containing a set of 36 scanned film images I'd like to copy the contents of ALL these folders to a SINGLE folder - is this possible, and how would I do...

jason.p

Human survival

Given all the apocalyptic disaster scenarios threatening the survival of the human race, what is thought to be the minimum number of survivors for a sufficiently large enough gene pool to ensure our...

ll_billym

Fish in lakes

This is probably a dumb question but why have lakes all around Britain have the same types of fish in them? How does a fish species get from the Highlands to Kent? The simple answers are that humans...

EDDIE51

Graffiti removal / old brick work ?

I have been asked for suggestions as to a safe way to remove graffiti from an old brick wall. The situation is: someone has spray painted graffiti over the brick wall around the grave yard of our...

McNoodle

Chicken & Hen....

What's the difference? - I'm thinking chicken is general whilst hen and cockeril denote gender..?

shirlthegirl_1

rabbits

bunny owners will know that they poo 2 types of poo one soft wich they eat and the normal hard ones well my bunnies don't seem to be eating the soft ones and just walk in it and get it over there feet...

tastymorsel

geese and hens

can anyone tell me whether geese and hens can rub along amicably? I saw a newspaper article about geese being plucked in china while still alive and was horrified.Just want to do my bit to protect if...

corylus

electronic pest control plug ins

do these plug in things really work? Have caught 9 mice (humanely) in kitchen in last few weeks. Cat not interested in mousing

learntojive

How good is scanner on all in one printer?

I've been looking at the cannon and hp all in one wireless printers. I want to be able to scan all my old photos in and put them on my computer, will this do the job or would I be better getting an...

kev100

cat question

Can you help with cat question please. I feed my cat 2 sachets of felix and 2 x 2oz portions of dry biscuits (Go Kat complete food ) but she is always coming to me for more meat , am I giving her...

monty0703

Animal tracks in the snow

I saw animal tracks in the snow this morning and I can't work out what made them. They consisted of a line of single imprints in the snow (oblongish) around 6 inches long. Anyone any ideas?

ultraman

do you have to go to church to go to heaven?

i have always been told ever sense i was a kid that you should always go to church and read the bible in order to go to heaven. I do believe in god and i do believe that god does take care of everyone...

NoMercy

Famous People Who Smell

Good or bad... (Join in - I promise this is the last one now) Fart Malik Rebecca Loos Skunk Anansie...

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