What is the meaning of "An opera could barely be heard in the background." in the following sentences? "Thank you," he said stiffly. No calls, no cards, no letters, no flowers, not one word of...
My father has a book, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thakeray, measuring approx 6" x 5". A semi-secured note in the front of the book (which is volume 1) advises that there will be 2 volumes...
I recently moved in to my friends house whilst my house I was buying was ready for me to move into. I have now moved into my new place and accidently left a few clothes round my...
What is the meaning of "pull-no-punches" in the following sentences? What started as an honest, pull-no-punches discussion left terribly hurt feelings in its wake, and the participants didn't...
I have contacted the technical peepsbut while I am awaiting a reply does anyone else know why my posts don't 'wraparound' anymore? I have to hitenter at the end of each line becauseif I don't the...
Survey out today of 1000 teenage girls (15-19) shows: half see Abi Titmuss as the best role model, against 33% for Jordan, 9% for JK Rowling and 7% for Anita Roddick. 11% want to achieve something...
What is the meaning of "wrote her off" in the following sentences? He had decided to have dinner with Kaley before he went South for a while, and before she technically became a former student....
I suppose this is an impossibillity, but is there anyway to stop the submit button from working once you've hit it? So many times I've seen a need to add to or change something just as I've hit it.
If it is possible for the user asking a question to rate the answers they get, would it be possible for other users to rate the same answers too? I suggest this could be done separately, and obviously...
Hey, I'm doing my history coursework on Prohibition and links with gangsterism etc. Does anyone know roughly when gangsterism actually started, as we have been told that Prohibition wasn't the actual...
I watched this film about two years ago, and I am SURE it has Jerry O'Connell in it (from Sliders). It has a very strange title (which I think was two words) and the storyline was that whenever he...
My son wants to visit Australia for 12 months on a working visa - his brother has been living there for 9 months having married an Australian. Does anyone know of an extremely cheap way of...
Has any one come across: www.thankyoutony.com ???? It appears that one can contribute a personal thankyou to Tony for taking us to war. I just cannot think of the right...
