metagirl Member Profile in The AnswerBank

New Cross

I currently live in Watford and am moving to a new job in New Cross, London. Anyone know a good place to live around there? Is it best to live outside and commute in?

Dorothy1

American Lit. - Raymond Carver

I've always enjoyed the 'stripped down' minimalist style of writing and have recently become aware of Mr Carver's work. I have a copy of 'Will you please be quiet' and find the stories immensely...

milly143

Why is it that when people are in debt, they always blame the credit card/loan company? Twice today I have heard people moaning about how its the banks fault because they shouldnt have given them the...

featherboa

Favourite books that have had a positive impact on your soul?

I like "The Alchemist", "The Little Prince", "Bridges of Madison County", and "Follow Your Heart" (Susanna Tamaro)

Peri

Bush again / Hurricane Katrina

A follow on from the thread below. Did anybody hear about the comment that Barbara Bush made - I think to a reporter, not sure about that but she apparantly said that the hurricane did some of...

camille79

I think somebody is feeding my cat......

I'm starting to suspect that someone is feeding my cat. I have a catflap and she comes and goes as she pleases but I've noticed that she hasn't been around as much recently and isn't really...

splodge24

is being 25 and single a bad thing?

im 25 and thinking of breaking up with my boyfriend who i have been seeing for 6 years. But am i getting too old? i always pictured myself with a house, marriage and children before i was 30. Am i...

Oneeyedvic

Yob Britain

Have a read of this story: To give you a precis - A gang of 15 year old boys tied a 13 year old to a tree, bound his legs together with his tie, placed a monkey mask over his face and gagged him. They...

slimfandango

Bush-Hurricane

Could Bush go over this?

metagirl

Cauliflower

I have a vegetable emergency, If i don't use my cauliflower today it will go off. Anybody have a tasty cauliflower recipe? A soup maybe?

Englishbird

Why are western disasters more important than eastern disasters?

I read in the paper yesterday that 7 years ago thousands of people were killed and 3 million left homeless when torrential floods hit Pakistan. It was reported on page 17 of most of the worlds...

HAnn521

My dissapointment...

You know, I have just finished reading yet another thread related to Hurricane Katrina...and I know some of you are sighing right now in reaction to this being nearly my 10th post on this...

bernardo

New Orleans

Why did they stupidly and idiotically build a city below sea level?

january_bug

Tabloid papers

This is NOT an essay question.. I'm interested to hear your views... Did modern society create the tabloid press... or has the tabloid press created modern society?

Dom Tuk

USA hurricane....not much sympathy

There does not seem to much sympathy for the plight of the US states caught up in the devastation. Is there a part of us that relishes something like this that happens to a rich country. It is...

MargeB

11 year old murdered

Tragic, tragic event, I feel awful for the parents. During the investigation, the police said they would 'come down very hard' on any perpetrator (not sure when the police are called to come down hard...

flano

Road Trip Stuff

Has anyone got any querky things we could do on our road trip of California to keep ourselves entertained on the long journeys. Any cool games? there's just two of us. He'll be driving...

flano

Californian Strip Clubs

I'm going on a road trip wit my buddy so Where are the best strip clubs out of L.A., Vegas and San Fran? Pray tell which ones? Cheers