What is the meaning of "without missing a stride" in the following sentence? Dell dashed by and somehow managed to refill both coffee cups and pat Ray on the shoulder without missing a stride.
Some of my colleagues grumble about having to come to work on their birthdays and feel that they should be given the day off. I disagree. Why should people have a free holiday on a certain day of the...
there are a lot of documentary programmes with film crews entering houses- do the film crews need permission from the occupier to film - and is it in writing with disclaimers?, as i never see a...
Ok, we've all seen odd gloves lying in the street or stuck onto a railing spike but why do we see odd shoes and boots on the sides of roads and motorways? How would you drop a shoe off your foot!! Is...
Has anyone else totally disagreed with someone over the end of a film? I used to have this friendly argument with the rest of my office over the end of Basic Instinct? The majority thought the...
Is there any way of finding out who a certain phone number belongs to? A friend of mine is getting horrible calls and texts and she doesn't really know what to do. She has been to the police and they...
can anyone tell me if i can use the rome underground to get from rometermini station to the vatican and if so at what stop should i alight for the vatican?
What is the meaning of "watch his eves carefully", "substantial back" in the following sentences? Harry Rex peeked through the blinds and saw nothing but Forrest's feet hanging off the swing....
What is the meaning of "Higginbotham boys" in the following sentences? "I had a client, one of those Higginbotham boys who sell used cars, and he told me he saw old Judge Atlee at the craps...
What is the meaning of "rat-hole", "You tell me" in the following sentences? Ray did some quick math. If the Judge gambled three times a week for five years and won two thousand dollars every time,...
i understand this is not a chat room, but if we are learning things from one another, why can't we type back and forth? for instance i'm from the usa, and corbyloon is not. he was teaching me some of...
A bloke I know is happy to buy cannabis/skunk for other people and makes a small profit out of doing it, but it often means that he is out doing stuff when he should be at home with his kids (he is...
Has anyone been recently? Is it suitable for a family (2 x 13yrs). I have been to Yugoslavia way back in 1985 but things have obviously changed a lot since then! Where is nice area...
