I'm very confused about the name of the hamlet in which Joseph Conrad lived. I can't relate it to Richard Harris Barham. I saw the earlier post about Hamstreet, Aldington etc but it hasn't helped....
Is 31a Tengri Khan? I seem to recall someone suggesting Tendri Khan yesterday and I can't see where this alternative spelling comes into it. Many thanks.
Hi, ...I am unsure as to where to seek help for this one so I have posted this question in a few different topics... During a recent holiday my nieces favourite doll was packed along with various...
Its a powder. When you add aqueous sodium hydroxide and gently warm it, ammonia gas can be smelt and it turns red litmus paper blue. once dissoved in distilled water; when aqueous barium chloride and...
Does anyone else think that the Science board has suffered now that its within the Technology & Science Group? I always check science first, but nowadays there are very rarely new questions. I hadn't...
In our Kleneeze catalogue there is a device called a defrosting tray. Apparently you can place frozen meats etc on it and they defrost very quickly. Do they work, and if so how?
Why is it that , for example , if you are inside a bus or a building - and look at the width or the length, it appears bigger than if you stand outside and look at the width and the length ? Or is it...
I've got a strange problem with the above version of Firefox I'm running on my PC. When I type into the "What is your question" box everything is fine until I type the apostrophe key. This opens the...
I think the street is Lombard Street, but I am having problems with the name of the gate. Is it Bishopsgate? The Old Curiosity Shop seems to have been in Portsmouth Street , just south of Lincolns...
There was a song in the 60's or 70's sung by a black comedian in the UK - or at least I think he was a comedian as he had been on lots of TV shows. The song concerned a boy who went to his father to...
When I go to the local 'Recycling centre' (council tip) I am encouraged to put all the metal in to a separate skip for recycling. Looking in there its full of all types of rusty metal often with other...
Can anyone tell me what happened to the old chap from Hartlepool who, in the mid 80's, invented a paste which was completely heat resistant. In the show he painted an uncooked egg with the stuff and...
