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what is the weight in tons of the greenland ice sheet

Ovarian Cancer

Hmm ok I went to the Docs today because for the past 2 weeks, I felt pressure & slight pain internally when I sit down but the last couple of days I felt it when walking, twisting so decided I had...

Cant-do

Why all this harping on about Corporal Punishment will clean our country of the feral criminals that plague this country?

Do people actually believe this, As i think it will only deter those weaker individuals, does prison deter crime? NO, Does the death sentence abroad deter murders? NO AGAIN! As it wouldn't had it been...

Ankou

barack obama - nobel peace prize

"a best premature, at worst misguided". what do you think ? i don't know how such a highly regarded award can be given to someone actively involved in war, the npp sets out to give the...

R1Geezer

3 lane Motorways?

Why do people weave in and out of trucks etc in the left hand lane rather than reducing lane changing and therefore increasing safety by staying in the middle lane?

anotheoldgit

Is Rod Liddle a racist?

/// Rod Liddle has an impeccable Leftish background as a former Today programme editor /// Even so it would seem that he has dared to tell it as it is, he calls them 'human filth', whereas I call them...

R1Geezer

So is darling trying to capture the workshy layabout vote?

http://news.bbc.co.uk..._politics/8405028.stm Here we are right up the pictures in debt, so what's the obvious solution? Increase the amount of free money we give to workshy layabouts! Cynical, even...

wizard66

the right to remain silent

Hypothetical question.... I remember having a conversation, many years ago, with someone who had a degree in in psychology and had an interest in criminal psychology in particular, who once told me of...

Gromit

Subsidising the bumpkins

//The government's controversial broadband tax has been given the green light by chancellor Alistair Darling in his pre-Budget report. The £6 a year levy will be imposed on all households with a...

fender62

Sangatte II

new centre for migrants being built what are the french up to, why are they not deporting them instead http://www.telegraph....another-Sangatte.html...

flobadob

Jesus the son of Caesar and Cleopatra?

I've only come across this theory and was wondering could there be any truth to it. I've always sort of believed that Mary, the mother of Jesus was the daughter of a very wealthy family and the virgin...

Kerosene

£10K Bonuses To "Brave" Deskbound Immigration Chiefs.

How can this be justified? Virtually £300K of taxpayers' money is being doled out by the Government and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas justifies it by describing managerial staff at the UK...

flip_flop

Second Runway at Gatwick.....

.....is a great idea, isn't it?

tamirra

Inflamation of chest wall

Hello, ive just been told by the hospital i have inflamation of the chest wall, is this bad and what causes it? Thank you

anotheoldgit

What are they frightened of?

http://www.timesonlin...nt/article6945445.ece /// The Government is attempting to stop the Met Office from carrying out the re-examination, arguing that it would be seized upon by climate change...

what..the?

32 or 64 bit windows?

How do I know if I am running 32 or 64 bit windows? Thanks in advance...

Steve.5

Nobel PEACE prize Winner ??

Obama to send an extra 30 000 troops to Afghanistan its a funny old world init...

daffy654

Fair sentence?

http://news.bbc.co.uk...nd/london/8394494.stm Is the 7 year prison sentence this woman received too harsh? I don't think so considering she killed a child with her vehicle after she had gotten behind...

joggerjayne

faster than the speed of light

So, to paraphrase the well known paradox ... What happens if you are in a vehicle, travelling at the speed of light ... ... and you turn on the headlights?...