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Why save Huntley??????

I see on the BBC news that Ian Huntley is being treated in the prison hospital, for an overdose. WHY didn't they let the cruel pasterd die??????????????

william c

How many people would agree that HGVs and cars towing should only be allowed to use the inside lane on the motorway? Have noticed that when you get to slow, heavy traffic on the motorway you always...

Lindylou

Smacking!

I've been watching the news this evening regarding 'smacking' your children. What do you think about this? For myself, I've always felt a good slap (not a battering) immediately after the 'event' is a...

kwicky

Viruses

When a vrus searches for its host what senses does it use before latching onto it.? The foot and mouth virus needed to travel miles before finding a cow. I find it hard to believe random movements of...

Gromit

Cameron pays spin doctors half a million quid!

David Cameron has the most expensive spin doctors in the business. He pays Andy Coulson and Steve Hilton between them some ?500,000 a year. Is Cameleon Dave being ripped off?

Myriad2112

Getting off a speeding fine

I read this article about getting off paying a speeding fine. Has anyone tried it or knows if it is legal or not? http://www.derbygripe.co.uk/realuk/spcam.htm

Mags2007

US Electricals in UK

I am cosidering buying an american light fitting, for installing in a UK bathroom. Does anyone know if it is likely to be ok? I know the USA is on 120V supply, and I'm not sure whether UK bulbs will...

ruby27

Books on the French Revolution

I fancy doing some reading on the French Revolution. A period of history that fascinates me. I am just doing this for my own pleasure, not serious studying. Does anyone know of any books to recommend...

Mike lewis

The Sun and the moon

How is it that sometimes we can see the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time?

Scungilli

Searching for People in Britain

Is there a search engine or similar site where people liviing in England can be located? Names with email addresses? In the U.S. we have 411.com and a few other sites, but searches are limited to this...

carsonking

Burma

If anyone protests, they will be gassed or shot,,, terrible, but we have the jock t0sser with a tick saying it's out of order and we should do something... Yeh right, try and protest about it outside...

kwicky

The Earth getting heavier

I read last week that the Earth attracts thousands of tons of debris hitting us from outer space. Over time this must make a considerable addition to the mass of the Earth. Does this have any effect...

BIG DAD

Lottery odds?

Are the odds of getting the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or any sequencial combination in any order on the lotto higher than random numbers coming out i.e 23,1,5,17,11,14,31. or to put it another way, if i...

WaldoMcFroog

Breathtaking ignorance through religion

A Catholic Bishop in Mozambique has claimed that some European condoms are deliberately infected with HIV. He has claimed the same about some retro-viral drugs....

ojread2

Parking Ticket Enforcement

In one of the big ASDA superstores in St Helens they are going to start giving ?60 paring tickets to people parked in disabled and mum and toddler bays who are neither disabled nor have children with...

Stinger42

French Language

Why do the French use a logical numbering system up to the number 69 ( soixante-neuf), then go haywire - sixty-ten for 70, four-twenties for 80 and four-twenties-ten for 90? The Belgians and the Swiss...

eyebrows

Autoglym

Hey All, I have just purchased a new car......woo hoo... But the sales man was trying to sell me a product called Autoglym (or a bundle of products) telling me it would prolong the life of my car etc...

spaced

DNA Sample at birth

why cant a DNA sample be taken of everyone at birth, so when a crime is committed and DNA is left at the scence or on a body, the true identit of the criminal can be known immeditaley. It makes total...

Tichman

True or false?

I watched a documentary on Discovery about the coliseum how it was built and the all the cruel games the romans thought up. I was suprised when the narrator said although the romans loved blood...

sinbadp

Underpinning

I am having a look at a house this evening which is in the middle of a row of terraced victorian cottages. The asking price is ?145,000 cash buyers only as the whole row have suffered from subsidence....

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