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times garden quiz

osbert sitwell described the smell of moths and camphor balls and drowned sailors while Reginald Farrer saw a moulting mop dipped in stale lobster sauce. Which much prized flower of the working man...

kriskwery

How do I know it's silver?

I have an old vesta to sell. It's a bit special, with sovereign holder, place for stamps, small pencil & toothpick. I'd always thought it was silver but now realise there's no hallmark. How do I know...

Sunday Girl

BBC sitcom..

Can anyone tell me the title of the BBC or ITV sitcom that was on in the 70ties or 80ties, when at the end of the programme the two men neighbours used to sit together in the garden shed talking?????...

brawburd

Robins

Where do they go in the summer?! The existence of robins is generally confirmed to me by my cat bringing them home in various forms (i.e. dead, half dead or alive). He only does this in December. Do I...

rock1873

Mel Gibson

What was the name of the Mel Gibson movie in which he was a Vietnam War reporter. I think it was made in the 80's. One of the images was that of a young Vietnamese girl ,burned,after having been...

Ember

Maxine Carr

Now the Court Case is over and sentence has been passed, I am curious to know if anyone has just a smidgen of sympathy for Maxine Carr. I personally think she had no idea Ian Huntley was guilty as has...

Janetex

Does anyone have an intersting story or idea?

I come here to relax read and ponder and I'M BORED.

Harley

Services no longer listed in Yellow PAges

Can any one think of a service or business type that would have been listed in Yellow Pages 20 years ago but no longer exists...clog manufacturer comes to mind...any others?

Johnstone93

ALDI type supermarkets

Does anyone know why Aldi, Lidl etc give all their 'own brand' lines such contrived and obviously made-up brand names? Whereas M&S and all the other stores brand their own lines with their own...

truman

cola

what is cola made from

molly

Sir Mick Jagger

Well done to Sir Michael. It just goes to show that even the anti-establishment will become respectable if they hang around long enough. My question is this, did the Queen go into hospital to avoid...

TRINITY

Designer babies

Do you think that the families who have had children to help save their other child, are in the wrong, should we not be working towards stem cell research or will this really bring in the age of...

desertrat

Hairiness

Human males are noticibly more hairy than human females. Do other female mammals have less hair than their male counterparts or is this a human characteristic?

Tom McGregor

Michael Jackson - If Innocent

How do you think the world will react if Michael Jackson is PROVEN innocent?

molly

marriage question

Can a widower marry his dead wife's sister? I am particularly talking about the rights and wrongs of late Victorian times. This is relevant to my family tree.

ddlp

Dinner or tea?

So, my friend (from the south) is adamant that your evening meal is called dinner, but I (being from the north) call it tea... is not dinner taken at lunch time... and if not why are dinner ladies at...

Maudlettice

How wet was the heather?

Is it not appropriate at this time of year to remind ourselves that the blame for all of the ills and nastiness of this world falls fairly and squarely upon the Scots? Had but a certain Miss McLaren...

veoscar

Putting on

Do any boby please know a particular food to eat to put on, for i'm too skinny. I want an example of the food and not just the nutrients.

diane1

Living seat

I quite like the idea of a living seat a friend of mine suggested some sort of clump forming herb any ideas what type of herb would survive with being sat on?

alan beattie

Still stuck with Yuletide questions

1. GATHERING AT 12 (10/7) 2. SOUNDS LIKE THUS FISH IS GOING TO BE TIPPED (8) 3. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL PERHAPS (7) 4. A HINDERANCE PERHAPS (6)

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