Has anyone heard of the 'purnell's History of the second world war specials' They are great but I only have to volumes where can i find them cheeply and are they rare?
I have been told, more than once, that at the instant the sun sets into the sea, a green flash can sometimes be seen just for a fraction of a second. I've never been able to make up my mind whether...
does anyone know how to clean one of the old bread carving boards properly. I have put it in a dishwasher but feel it needs other cleaning than the machine. many thanks.
When a question is asked, where is it routed to? Is there a main-frame computer somewhere that stores all the questions and answers? If so, where is it? What sort of computer or computers are used?...
Where can I buy bombay duck? Curries without it are just not the same. Some idiot banned it years ago, but I seem to remember the ban being lifted, though I haven't seen any in the shops since.
7^2 ? 7^-5 = 7^-3 apparantly. To me this is incorrect. when dividing indices of the same type (7), you subtract the powers. now, 2 minus negative 5 should equal positive 3 yes? if the 5 was positive...
While posting an answer recently I wanted to use the division sign, the code for which is Alt 0247. When I did so, instead of printing ?, I was instantly ejected from the AnswerBank website and...
At the bottom of the character map are codes for each symbol as selected. At the right is an Alt code, if there is one - this I understand. At the left is a code, and character description - e.g....
A Scotsman, an Irishman and a Chinese man were set on to work as labourers on a building site. They were taken to an enormous pile of rubbish by the foreman who explained that it must be moved. He...
The inhabitants of this island are either knights or knaves. Knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie. A visitor to the island meets three inhabitants, A B and C. A and B make statements as...
bit cliche- but who do we think is the best boxer of all time? you are able to include fictional fighters- from the rocky movies eg mr t in rocky 3, or eg robert de niro in raging bull... but who do...
Can anybody say which is the correct way to hang toilet paper? So the paper rolls over the roll or from under?? You will help out in a debate at work. And yes before you start we don't have anything...
It has been stated that the US wishes to place surface to air interceptor missiles in the UK as a line of defence from ICBM's from terrorist states. Two questions, 1) What is the range of an ICBM 2)...
When I invoke Windows XP's backup wizard, after I've chosen which files I want to back up, the wizard asks me where I want to back them up to. But it doesn't give me a choice. I want to back up to a...