The official antonym says "forfiet/loss/penalty" but that does not describe what I mean. if you climbed Everest and left picture of a family member up there for example, what would the word for that...
Everyday I witness people who buy scratchcards eagerly scratching them off in the shop, outside the shop and just now a lady grating and grinding the life out of one whilst she was casually walking...
What does Answerbank bring to your life?
I see it as a window on the world and encounter people and views that I wouldn't find amongst my real world life, it is also satisfying to help where I can....
I'm beginning to think that half of them are fake. Today wasn't the first time I arrived home with a security tag still attached to my purchase. Each time i've returned them , to a different store...
I don't drink coffee but want to get a coffee machine as a present for someone who drinks Cappuccino.Latte and Mocha.Reading up on the subject it says that the 3 I've mentioned are prepared using...
Has anyone else noticed how a lot of young people these days don't know how to hold a knife and fork correctly? Especially the fork, they have some strange ways of holding it.
Woke up about an hour ago to discover a mantle of snow covering the ground. Not much, about an inch or so, but I don't want it. Anyway, the retailers will be happy: it'll put people in the mood for...
There was a lovely article in the family section of yesterday's Guardian by The poet, Wendy Cope. It was a list of things she remembers from her childhood. Just simple, eveyday o things which she has...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2834370/Incredible-footage-shows-moment-cash-machine-ripped-supermarket-wall-digger-operated-brazen-thieves.html Oh dear four such incidents in the past few...
How is it every now and again on this site the clever / snide / try to be clever comments come out? ( Just a Query, of late not happened to me, but there's time yet) I see some put a Q on and an error...
I am desperately searching for a loop end clock spring 96"long x 1/2" wide x 0.018" in order to build a completely wooden clock. USA seems to be the only place to find them...
I've spent a happy half hour looking at street scene photos from the 1950s and 1960s and it strikes me that the general population is much scruffier these days with trainers and 'leisure wear'...
