100 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since hostilities began. Was their sacrifice worth it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/74 43331.stm
Some of my colleagues have said that some US appliances don't work in the UK. I know about the voltage difference but evidently there is also a difference in the TV broadcast format and frequency. Can...
I have a really bad farting problem. I suffer from IBS and on some days I can be farting non stop. I know that diet dictates the amount of methane gas being released. Ok I dont consume carbonated...
when we go out for the night my friend is quite often sick after having just one or two alcoholic drinks.she's so used to it-she thinks it normal so she just carries on.' i don't know anyone else who...
I love the English language. It has so many vagaries in grammar and vocabulary. I posted on another thread how an identically sounding word can mean the opposite of itself; eg Raise/Raze. Can you...
I have owned a small hi-fi system for about 5 years and in recent months it has refused to play some CDs. These have tended to be ones I haven't played for a while but recently this has increased...
been trying to help my mum today through live assistance and cleared (i hope) any issues she had. but she says her computer doesn't shut down and she has to switch it off at the plug every time. i...
just looking for some support. my b/f and father to little girl went out on saturday after i had asked him to change his plans and stay home with us, instead of going out again. the way he was...
hi all,my pc sometimes wont turn on, i have to turn the power to it off then back on again to get it to start ,any ideas as to what the cause of this might be please.
I've been seeying a guy for about a month and he came round to my house last week to hang out. We were going to have sex for the first time but he lost his erection which obvious was slightly awkward...
This may seem an odd question, but what did people use for period protection year ago? Like in the victorian era and further back? Because we don't really learn about those sorts of things at school!
Does anyone know how to fix the autostop mechanism on an oldstyle piano key tape recorder? It keeps cutting out after a few seconds & I understand this is a common problem.
Here in Australia , the council and residents of a small country town south of Sydney have unanimously rejected an application to build an Islamic school. They are now being branded as racists by the...
everything was installed with the laptop.there was not a cd with it.i put microsoft office on earlier and another product key came on and this was accepted but it is only activated for 60 days.i hope...
Which Americanism(s) that have crept into the English language, do you hate the most? The one that jangles my nerves the most is when people want to buy something in a shop and say "Can I get a"...
