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On this day...6 September 1946

I am pulling together some facts and stats about what happened on 6 September 1946 for my dad's 60th birthday (6 Sept 2006). any interesting, unusual snippets welcome!

flip-flop

Profiling at Airports

Why don't we simply stop and search ALL young Muslim like men travelling alone and subject them to rigorous searches at airports? Let's face it, the chances of my blowing up a plane (white, mid 30's,...

tali122

chip shop vinegar

why is chip shop vinegar not available in supermarkets, it , i assume, is malt vinegar but all the malt vinegars from shops are far too bitter and hence completely different and certainly not chip...

yassa

Is it true that muslims prefure

I have heard many many times that muslim men like women for babies and men for fun, if you catch my drift. I have been told it is because mohamed was born of a man,, is any of this true?

jerlaw

virtual memory & RAM

What is the difference between virtual memory & RAM (random access memory)?

OLIVEBUS

Happy Mount Park

In the 70,s i spent my Summers in Morecambe and visited the illuminations in Happy Mount Park .Does anyone know where i can find information/pictures of them and what happened to the tableaus and...

morbidstorm

Anybody been to Hell and back?

I know there is a place called Hell in Africa, has anybody been?

mycats

"Peace corps"

Why is the word "corps" pronounced as "core" in those kind of things?

bluebonnet12

nanna use to say

my nanna use to say to me " if you are not carful my girl i will see your head above your shoulders and knock it off" can any one tell me where this saying came from and could it be from the days of...

Susan123

Housewarming present

I am going to a party on Saturday night, someone I don't know very well, and he has moved into a new house recently. Does any one have any ideas as to what I could buy as a small housewarming present?...

damage78

Snooker lesson

How can I arrange a one-to-one snooker lesson with a top professional snooker player for my boss' father's 70th birthday present? Please help!

pomsta

stone `chips`

l was driving behind a large tipper type wagon the other day, when a large stone came off the back and as much as i tried to avoid it ... it hit my windscreen and left a big spiders web type crack,...

liquidspace

road casualties

Always wondered if someone has a special responsibility for removing dead animals from roadsides. If I see one, I wonder if there is someone who I should tell?