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Has anyone been on the London Eye

Hi there I am going to London in November for a few days and I am thinking of taking the London Eye only problem is I am claustrophobic is there a lot of room in the pods? And what would happen if you...

naomi24

Scientology - and the rich and famous

What draws highly successful, and apparently rational, people like Tom Cruise and John Travolta to Scientology?

goodlife

Has God’s Purpose for Mankind Failed?

Is God's purpose for mankind the conversion of the world to the so-called Christian religions? That is what the majority of the sects of Christendom teach.

numnum

Oil for wooden kitchen worktops - any reccomendations

I've ordered ikeas beech wooden worktops for my kitchen. I was wanting oak but it was out of stock and gone for the beech so we can get on with the kitchen They haven't arrived yet so I'm unsure what...

rowenj

On open sea how far away is the visible horizon?

Or from the coast at ground level how far away is the horizon when looking out to sea?

Marijn

sound activated key finder

Can anyone recommend a sound activated key finder key ring? I have looked on Ebay and there are some really cheap ones, but I worry the way I chuck my keys around, and how they get squashed at the...

naomi24

Higgs Boson – are scientific advances squeezing religion out of existence?

A number of ABers have asked for a simple explanation and this is about the simplest I’ve found. http://www.thesun.co....story-of-science.html...

RATTER15

So, just how excited are you about the discovery of the Higgs Boson?

Im really trying but........ ...

silliemillie

Are paid cleaners any good?

Due to health issues I can no longer clean my house as well as I used to. I was thinking of getting a cleaner but was wondering if they are any good. I have two trains of thought, the first is that a...

L00fah100

The God Particle has been discovered

http://uk.news.yahoo....rticle-073025008.html "Scientists believe they have captured the elusive "God particle" that gives matter mass and holds the physical fabric of the universe...

Johnysid

Do we know enough to know what it all means?

Meaning is a succession of events directed at a particular outcome. Say "now" - when is/was that word? A word is a succession of events. The challenge I set the contributors to this thread...

sp1814

The depths of depravity...

The response to the recent recent Muslim teenage girls 'grooming' stories are pretty horrific and disturbing...but are our responses to those disgusting crimes muted by the sheer <insert...

venator

Stamping out ageism

News reports give the ages of their subjects even when there is no other information. This is "culturally insensitive" and offends against the EU human rights directive number 2,000,000....

maggiebee

Well Done Murray

Nobody talkin' bout me t'nite? Is it cos I's Scottish? Andy ♥...

mrs_overall

What is the naughtiest thing you did as a child?

One that springs to mind is betting Angela next door that she couldn't fit a giant gobstopper up her nostril. She did, and it had to be surgically removed.

Matheous-2

Bread

I love wholemeal bread -but we are dieting and apparently breads a no no....Can anyone suggest anything that resembles it? Or is that a stupid question?

MoonRocker

What shall we do about these isms and phobias?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18588612...

harley_Husky

Google Earth Capture - any ideas ?

Hi All As per the title - screen capture from the Baja desert. Round marks on the floor. I'm curious as to what they might be. Cheers all. Eddie http://i192.photobuck...captureBajadesert.png...

Khandro

Religion for Athiests

In his new book of this title (Hamish Hamilton), Alain de Botton writes that 'atheism should not hector people about the error of super-natural belief: this is "boring". The real task is to...