Hi, I'm trying to write something but I'm stuck on the correct word to use. I want to say I was "lying in a field full of buttercups", but should it be lying or laying? Have tried Google, but am still...
In a recent (!) episode of Dad's Army, "Getting the Bird", Frazer said there was a "rift in the loot" in Mrs Pike's household. I get what it means from the context, but I have been unable to find any...
When I was a child, about 1956-58 I had a toy scooter. The scooter was unusual in being propelled by a pedal at the front (not the Triang one). The pedal was like the handle on some garden spades and...
All things being equal (which they never are), the volume of a body goes up in proportion to the cube of a linear dimension. The volume of a sphere of radius 2r will be 8 times the volume of a sphere...
I just heard on the news that life expectancy in England has risen to its highest level ever. The newsreader said that a man now aged 65 could now expect to live to 84. What does this mean? Does it...
I had (or have) been a member for a long time. If I didn't come to the site for a month or more, it seemed that I had to sign in (whereas if I had signed in recently, the site seemed to recognise me)....
The title says it all, really. Should I enter the same question is several sections? The scooter was unusual in being propelled by a pedal at the front (not the Triang one). I just want to see one...