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The terror threat level is rated severe. Is it safe to go out to the shops?

Is the threat directed at flights, transport in large cities, or what? To say there's a threat and give no further details might be called scaremongering.

missprim

Slow computer

My computer is really really slow, it drives me mad.Someone told me I need to buy more memory for it but I was wondering if there was another way I could perhaps get rid of stuff on it that I don't...

lil75

Finding out where someone lives

How can I find out the address of someone, I have the name, area, and the 1st part of the postcode, any ideas how can find out the rest?

chirpychirpy

time difference

what time is it in the UK when it is 5pm in Los Angeles?

karatant

minimum wage

my step daughter is distraught at working as an apprentice at a hairdressing salon for a year and a half having signed their contract at the outset, but i think she is being paid under the legal...

hartigan5

HOW DO I FIND MY MACRO AS MY PRINTER ASKES FOR IT AS IT WILL NOT PRINT MY OFFICE DOCUMENT

le-frog

FUEL PRICES

wondered if anybody has noticed a sharp rise in fuel prices again? although nothing has been said by the newspapers. WHY....

rov1200

Water Dowsers

Is there a scientific explanation why water dowsers appear to work (for most people anyway)?

Grandpappy

email addresses

Sometimes I get emails from people that have loads of email addresses attached to the message and I feel that I can't forward these messages to anyone else because I would be doing what the previous...

Davethedog

DAB Radio

Reading Wispy68's question and Another O.G's reply. I bought a D.A.B portable the idea was obviously to use it out and about. At home its basicaly unlistenable, most stations are unavailable and those...

dicmor

CONDIMENTS

what is eaten with the following poppadom mango chutney lasagne hummus...

jake-the-peg

What is English culture?

On a thread (that vanished) someone said that they felt English culture was being eroded I asked what English culture was but didn't get much of an answer What is English culture - surely not Warm...

Qaphsiel

Did you know?

During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex....

rov1200

GM foods can cause liver damage

http://www.dailymail....er-kidney-damage.html Was the British government right in refusing the sale of GM foods in the UK?...

Oneeyedvic

A total prat but is he deserved of a prison sentance?

A supermarket worker who was thought to have licked a chicken before putting it back on a shelf has been jailed. Adeel Ayub was believed to have carried out the act in a mobile phone clip, posted by a...

puzzfuzz

fear of death and the afterlife

Does anyone fear death? regardless of religion? I have really been thinking how awful it must be for there to be nothing when we die. It is on my mind all the time lately probably i am more aware of...

cora150892

Family Tree

I have been creating my family tree on genes reunited and its getting rather large, I am wondering about getting an external peice of software for my family tree... Does anyone have any...