Hi I'm looking for suggestions of any good novels set in contemporary Japan. I know most of the popular Japanese authors, so I'm more interested in any western novel set there, for the western...
Our fridge isn't keeping its cool these days - but starngely the freezer is fine. We've got the temp in the fridge down as low as poss, but it's not really cold enough for keep food fresh. Any ideas...
Does anyone know the acoustic guitar sounding song in the cinema ad for a new Sony flatscreen TV? It's where the loads of coloured balls go bouncing down the hill in San Francisco.
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Please could someone explain in very brief layman's terms what this means? I've just read an article that refers to visceral fat as being metabolically active. Does it mean that it needs calories to...
Please could someone explain in very brief layman's terms what this means? I've just read an article that refers to visceral fat as being metabolically active.
I'd like a bit of colour in the front of the house, so I've bought window boxes. I'm after easy to care for plants, pref. flowering, that will be colourful even this time of year. oh, and I've even...
I was surprised to hear so many people praise this film. I thought the script and casting were awful and I was astounded by how many huge liberties they took with the story. Any lazy students relying...
Don't spose anyone is collecting the Eurostar passwords and wants to share a few? I need three more and recycled the ones from the past weeekdays at the bin at my train station, forgetting all about...
Hotmail, ebay and even dear answerbank are becoming sites I loathe visiting because of the HUGE number of pop-unders that come up, which delays loading the actual desired pages. I have a pop-up...
What was the French hip hop music playing near the end of the final episode of Sex and the City. It was while Miranda was running after her mother in law and Carrie was wandering round Paris...
In the past, I've enjoyed the American Southwest (Grand Canyon, etc), the Ile de Re in France, Martha's Vineyard, etc. I want to go around September, want warm weather, but not too hot, lazy days with...
I have an Apple iBook running US version Quark 5.0 - is there nay way I can open UK version Quark 4.0 files? When I load them onto the iBook, it doesn't seem to recognise that they're Quark files at...
I don't remember hearing this in the Two Towers(though it could be there), but they play it on the ads and trailers, I think sounds similar to some music from a film called Requiem for a Dream...
Why do the bus drivers never strike (not that I'm complaining) - the train and Tube drivers do, and I can't believe the pay or safety issues are anymore satisfactory for bus drivers....
I am temporarily having to work on Mac after years of PCs. Does anyone know a good online source for command keys, etc.? I don't like using the drop down menu all the time...
The man in the flat upstairs from me is constantly doing loud DIY projects (banging, sawing, drilling) - this is all day, every day. I work from home and it is getting increasingly hard to get any...
