I'm sure I remember a scene in which an action hero runs unscatehed through hails of bullets, multiple explosions as well as other dangers with hardly a grimace, but afterwards he gives himself a...
I have been asked by someone about a technique they heard called "bone tapping". I thought I'd heard of it, but numerous web searches turned up nothing. Does anyone know anything about this, or an...
How and when do they mow the grass at Heathrow airport, or indeed any other busy airport with grass. It always seems to be well tended. This may seem like an obvious question, but I need a definitive...
I've been looking in vain for a photograph of the Embassy prior to it's destruction, which I'm told was in 1966 when it was levelled by explosion. I have tried google and altavista image searches, and...
Something has recently come into my possesion and I have no real idea what it is. It consists of three aluminium tubes about 1inch diameter each, two of which are about 8 inches long the third about...
Some time ago I read a book, I can't find it anymore and suspect it has been lost, I don't remember the name or the author, but if someone can provide me with either, or ideally an ISBN that would bee...
Watching CSI New York tonight, there appeared to be a Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" on board the US carrier in New York Harbour. Anyone know if this is likely to be a common piece of equipment on a...
Does anyone know wher I can purchase mint syrup in this country, ideally in the London area. I brought some back from France on my last trip and my wife absolutely adores it, but the only time I've...
My father has an outboard motor with a plate stating that it was made by "Kelston Eng. Co. Ltd.", but I'm unable to find any data about this company online. Their address is listed as Lodge Causeway,...
This is the question, all the most obvious answers have been guessed i.e. 168,117, 126 and 0. It goes "NINETY DIVIDED BY FIVE MULTIPLIED BY TEN MINUS TWELVE" and the instruction is "Add all the...
I have a friend who has seen a car which she describes as "rodent-like" she doesn't know the make or model, but it's an older-type car, she says a classic. All she can remember is that she thinks...
Can anyone tell me the codes to watch the second and third episodes on the free DVD given away with the evening standard, I believe it was in the ES on Nov 3 2005, but I've only just got round to...
Would anyone have an idea how I'd go about finding a particular clip from an old BBC programme ? Is there an online resource for such items, I am looking for the top of the pops performance of "Young...
I was recently asked the following question "How many calories are there in a glass of water?" Although I answered the question in the quiz with the expected answer of zero, I got to thinking, surely...
