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Sci-fi / fantasy novel...

Bit of a long shot, but... Several years ago I read a dust-cover precis of a modern fantasy novel in a bookshop.... Something to do with hi-tech machinery mal-functioning.,..robots gone haywire, etc....

ryanaldus03

riches

who is the richest man in the world?

Sylph

Why do hitchhikers carry numberplates?

I often see Hitchhikers carrying red and white 'numberplates'. Why is this?

cindy

Language

In what country is Pig Latin spoken?

Lotte*pearce

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - I've just read an article (on the fortean times site) about this band and their telepathy experiment they did in February 1971. The article included a fantasic illustration - I think...

slimjim

Grim places

What are the grimmest places in England? Barrow and Warrington come high on my list.

mironica

derren brown

is derren brown married, and if not why not?

Rossyboy

Wristwatch or Wristclock?

Ok - a timepiece on a wall is a clock, but one on your wrist (or in your pocket), it is a watch. So, why don't you have a wristclock or a wallwatch, and why are there 2 words for the same thing in the...

jashlaing

Binge drinking in spain

Do British tourists cause problems in Spain, e.g drunkenness, vandalism, loudness

barrie

trojans - how to get rid of them

I use norton antivirus, this program has identifided and quarantined several trojans but is unable to fix them. The trojans are known to norton but it's still unable to repair them and it will not...

johnmccarty1

Blue screen/Stop message

could anyone help me with this stop message. I have been onto MICROSOFT site but just cant find any info...... STOP: 0x0000008E(0xC0000005,0x805368A0,0xF1E29724,0x00000000........ Have encountered...

EliPledge

Esoteric Orders?

May seem an unusual question, but which occult/esoteric order would be the best to join: Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Golden dawn, any other?

jills

Streets

is Dry Your Eyes on the new Streets album one of the most beautiful songs ever written?? I think it is.

marion29

Thrush

What can I do to prevent further attacks of vaginal thrush? I have been advised various things by the medical profession. I have tried&continue to wear cotton underwear, no bubble bath etc in bath, no...

reddster

Love

I split up wih my boyfriend after 4 years, and it hurts - a lot! Anyone have any ideas of how to get over it and stop blubbing all the time.

GILLI8

DINOSAUR

A very large herbivorous, quadrupedal dinosaur with a long neck and tail

GILLI8

JEWISH

A member of an ancient jewish sect mentioned by josephus in the new testament

bennynorules

Carol Vordeman

Is it true that Carol Vordeman has a third class engineering degree from Loughborough University, and is therefore a complete mathematical and scientific genuis?