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berty2001

24 hours in a day???

Why is there 24 hours in day. why is the day not broken up into ten segments or twnety, and why have two halfs???

iluv486

letterbox

what purposes are served by letterboxes?

TommyC

New insect classification...

If I were to turn up at a university science lab or other research laboratory with a specimen - alive or dead - of a previously undiscovered / unclassified insect, would I make any money out of it...

greenbanks

telephone number

which song had the telephone number 5705 in the lyrics?

Wraith

I use the net every day and like to keep my computer tidy, so every night I run DiskeeperLite to defrag my computer. I download a few programs at times (from the web), but on the whole just look at...

tubbs

Home & Garden

I have frogs in the garden, but I have a fear of frogs, how can I get rid of them?

John Bell

cracks in walls

I have cracks 1 cm wide on the interior walls

Dee52

Creaking pine bed

Does anyone know how to stop a pine bed creaking? Every move we make causes it to make a horrible creaking noise

GuavaHalf

Why ask?

Why do people ask questions here when typing a few words into 'Google' will often give them the answer?

ludwig

film poster fonts

Why is the small print at the bottom of film posters and ads always written in the same bizarre elongated font? It looks a bit like arial that's been stretched and squashed for no apparent reason. I...

Janetex

Am I in the right category or am I confused (or just going mad)?

I'm not coping well with AB lately, tho I cannot be the only one, surely. Is it moving along oddly, strangely, quickly, aimlessly?

Elfin

Something of the night...?

Frankly, I'm deeply unsettled by the way Michael Howard speaks. The accent he has - well, it just doesn't sit right with me at all. Do any of you "peepill" know what it's all about??

KAZ

Windows Media Player

How do I copy music from my CDs onto Windows Media player? Every time I try to copy it says "protected content" Please help??

Raydude

Isaac vs. Ishmael

Why do Muslims think that Ishmael was the son that Abraham was to sacrifice? Surely the Bible / torah is an earlier work and thus puts Islam's belief that Ishmael was to be sacrificed into dis-repute?

enigma

Can anyone help me with suggestions for a baby boy's name please ?

Help ! I'm going mad trying to pick a name for a baby that my hubby , parents , in-laws and I can all agree on. I'm due my baby mid December and although we don't know the sex of the baby , picking a...

fookwit

Art tekkint raise owter meeh, Lad?

Hi, can anyone identify which 60's film & book this quote comes from? "Art tekkint raise owter meeh, Lad?"? My apologies if the dialect conversion is lacking. Thanks in advance.