<FONT color=#ff6600>I just bought 2 Scotch Highlanders as pets and they are all matted and such. Anyone have any suggestions on making them pretty again. Not like I can just put them in the sink...
How long do blackbirds generally live for? For 3 yrs I had a blackbird who came to a pot of raisins on my windowsill, & he certainly told me about it when it was empty! He brought his...
Part of my tooth was knocked out, and my dentist told me i will be getting my tooth filed down for a gold crown to be put on the tooth. What does he mean by 'crown'? And why gold? Will I...
I have an American recipe which calls for "apricot nectar". What is it? Where can I get it? Can you suggest a suitable substitute??! Be grateful for any help so I can cook "Beef Marrakesh"!
Has anybody bought a camera/radar detector? How effective are they? I have been warned that even traffic lights set them off. Cameras are easier to spot but radar guns hiden away are a nightmare! Can...
I know that in the following sentence, the word "instruct" means "teach" but don't know why it is used with the preposition "in". I guess that there is something different from "teach" in...
My husband has just started a new job and on the building above the enterance is "semper naviter populorum". The building has been there for a very long time, so it won't bear any relevance to what...
I once heard an explanation as to why horses, when they are standing still for any length of time, always only keep 3 hooves flat on the ground with the 4th one cocked at an angle - unfortunately I've...
Is it racist? I always assumed it was an inappropriate thing to say, and when my dad said it the other day, I told him he couldn't say it and he got out of it by insisting it was an abbreviation of...