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Watch not working

My friend finds that when she wears a watch it either gains time or loses it or stops completely. Does anyone have an answer to why this happens and any solutions of how to overcome this problem.

christine847

ironing

I have just spent the last two hours ironing and I hate it! anyone else agree with me?

miker1954

around

"what goes around, comes around"

bubbles4920

is there a quick way of converting a farenheit temperature into Celsius without using any thermometer or technology? just moved to Chicago and everything is in Farenheit. i do know that 32F is 0c, its...

the 5niper

Stopping time and falling things

If you could stop time then that would mean that the earth stops spinning in space, as this controls gravity would airplanes and all flying things then fall out of the sky due to the absence of...

suffragette

Armenian Holocaust

Should Turkey be denied any chance of entry into the European Union until it accepts its moral responsibility for the Armenian Holocaust during the First World War?...

tigwig

What is this mark on my daughter's photo?

I have posted this on religion and spirituality as well but want to know if any of you have heard of it before. I have just noticed on a small photo I have of my daughter upstairs there is a small red...

studyone

sun

what are the dark marks on the sun called?

Sonak

Whats the difference between a Paedophile & a Racist?

Your thoughts please..............

4getmenot

What is

The opposite of opposite?

mariner2

What's the worst case of an errant apostrophe you've seen?

I've just found one in the otherwise splendid book "The Island" by Victoria Hislop, towards the end there's a sentence that goes "the term's of Anna's agreement" It seems there's a creeping cancer...

hook4

Tarnished Silver

How can I remove mild tarnish from a solid silver photo frame without damaging it ? Thanks

bligh

Dales

How many dales are there in Yorkshire

JillP

'The Holidays'

I live in Western Canada and we are now getting ads on the telly that start off with 'This holidays...' and then go on to prompt the viewers to buy gifts for 'The holidays' from their store. Does...

brionon

Santa up a wall

I saw my first Santa up a wall today -Monday 12th. November. Is this a record ?

pk333dee

bad cough

i have a really bad cough which hurts at the top of the chest/bottom of the throat. whenever i cough it leaves a metallic taste in the mouth, any ideas?

bodylice

Bourbon and ???

Following on from legend's deeply inspired question about vodka, I got to pondering and wondering - what should be added to bourbon to prevent a nervous breakdown ? And more important, do you give...

4getmenot