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Aerlal lead

I am running a new tv aerial lead to my loft and wondered could you use the black lead that they use in sky installations instead of the normal white coaxial aerial lead. Thanks....

zzxxee

food not around anymore that you miss

I can think of several Vesta currys (havent seen them for ages) mojo sweets can you think of any more?...

anotheoldgit

Possible lead in the Jo Yeates's murder.

It has been reported that saliva which may have belonged to Jo Yeates's killer has been discovered on her body. Is this now a good reason why there should not be a nationwide DNA bank? If the answer...

ludwig

SETI - is it wise

This question is a follow up to andyvon's one below about the possibility of contacting alien life. The question is - should we actually want to? The example of life on earth (which is the only one we...

krista

what is a force ?

im not doing homework this time i just thinking about science since my mum is a teacher !! so dont have a go at me like some of you did last time cos im not doin homework !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andyvon

Is SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) a friutless approach?

Would anyone agree when I fear that SETI is barking up the wrong tree? The search for other intelligences in the universe is limited exclusively to a radio search. I can't help feeling that modern...

flip_flop

New Decade?

Had a conversation with a friend last night and she said 2011 was the start of a new decade - I disagreed. Its not a new decade is it? 1990 was the start of the Nineties, 2000 was the start of the...

David90

Australian floods

Should we not all be thankful that the floods which are devastating parts of Australia did not disrupt England's winning of the Ashes ?

daftgrandad

Pavement Cycling

I despair at the lack of knowledge,regarding the above. This morning,as I was walking home,a lady,riding a bike,asked me if I could let her pass. My immediate reaction was to let her know,that she...

what..the?

unblocking toliet without plunger

I have flushed a number of times and the water just fills the bowl and takes hours to flow away, tryed hot kettle water, even drain unblocker. Is there any ideas without having to buy a plunger. Is...

claymore

blasphemy

Blasphemy is a pretty hot topic in Pakistan at the moment . Is it still on the books of the catholic church along with heresy and all the other things that would get you burned at the stake in the...

rowanwitch

Thought for the day

If love is blind why is lingerie so popular?

mollykins

Breaking off stalks

is it illegal or anything to break off the stalks of fruit/ veg in a supermarket, before they're are weighed, so that they are cheaper, seeing as we rarely use them anyway. For example brocolli. . . ....

madmaggot

Banker's bonuses

Has it occurred to anyone that huge bonuses may not be a bad thing? If it keeps the high earners in this country then they continue to pay 40% of their large income in taxes for many years to come. At...

tearinghair

opening pdf files

You'll all be getting so fed up with me asking basic questions; apologies in advance! I can't open pdf files at the moment (now running Windows 7). I was having problems with Acrobat reader, and while...

237SJ

Why do we have a uvula?

I`ve read it helps us produce the sounds needed for speech but if we didn`t have one wouldn`t we just have learned to communicate using different sounds? I`ve also read that it moves when we swallow...

mollykins

breathing in helium

1) roughly how many breaths worth of oxygen are in your body (lungs or blood etc) at once? 2) Is the helium used to fill baloons pure helium, if not, what else is in it? 3) How come people seem to be...

annavc

Orlistat weight loss drug - advice please

My GP has recently suggested that I might consider going on Orlistat to help me lose weight. I have a lot to lose and although I know I can do it on my own (I've lost a stone and a half since October)...

carlton23

Unwanted Spam Mail

With IE e-mail I get about on average 50 unwanted spam e-mails daily, whereas with gmail and aol I don`t get any at all, and I`m fed up with them. Can I get Virgin Media, whom are my suppliers, to...

rov1200

Andromeda Galaxy

The pictures we can see through our telescopes of the Andromeda Galaxy are 2.5million years old. How do we know what has happened in since then? Could that galaxy move towards our own milky way. And...

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