"In the 1960's between 50% and 60% of household income was spent on food.....today its less than 10%." I have encountered this claim twice in the last week, both times arising from debate about the...
I am always answering the door to some young person, holding and showing me a written typed car with a small picture of themselves on (some sort of identity card) which could easily be home-made, and...
This is one of the main reason I've become really anti-religious in the last few years. These parasitic practices are way beyond the [i]live-and-and-let-live[i] attitude one should be able to apply to...
In view of the fact the Pope appoints his electorate , the cardinals, in his own image, does that mean , almost inevitably , that Popes will be highly conservative. The Rome based Vatican is out of...
I have no formula for this; I'm working off prior knowledge and general intuition. So far I have: 9.8 m/s^2 (acceleration in free fall)/2 = 4.9 m/s (average speed over 1 second). So in one second the...
I swear ive tried.. i cannot get it.. 1. You must be able to easily take it with you on business trips. 2. Its main processor must be able to process 8 or more bytes of data at a time at a speed of at...
I was speaking to a friend recently who said in a passing comment he didn't believe in "Gods and all that heaven bunkham but did believe in the immortal soul " His words not mine. The comment came...
I have a small statue of a horse. It was my grandmothers now mine. Is there a test I could do to see what it is made of. I will not be happy to have it on my shelf if is made of ivory. It is cold to...
When you breath in oxygen does it instantaneously reach every cell in your body including your brain cells or does it take a little longer like a few seconds? Say someone took in a breath of oxygen,...
When an object with an elliptical orbit is at its nearest to the Sun it must be experiencing a certain force of gravity. As it moves away from the Sun it must reach a point when the gravity that once...
I have had a weding invite that just says my name on it - not +1 or my boyfriends name does this mean only i am invited, or is it kind of a given that you will bring your partner? I can't decide if i...
Can one record live tv programmes onto a USB flash drive/pen drive.And can one then watch them on a tv .This,of course,if one has a tv with a USB socket.
I live on a main road and have have noticed that a lot of smokers now stand outside their front door to ''ave a fag', I presume they have kids or don't want to pollute their homes ( why don't they...
Yet again this morning I have awoken to 7 ebay messages asking me about the bike I am selling ......... except I an NOT selling a bike. The messages come through with pictures of items I am seeking...
I have noticed that when horses are standing still, they keep one hoof on its point. Is this because horses lock their leg joints so that they can sleep standing up and the bent hoof is to unlock the...
