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Life On Mars - BBC1 cop series

Just been on BBC1. Not bad at all. Bit of a strange concept, but seems to have been written and produced well. Were the 70s that bad though?

Golem

Spellbound

Do you think the kids who enter the Spelling Bee competitions, as seen in the recent Spellbound documentary, are more eloquent in their everyday speech or are their efforts at learning to spell...

Drusilla

Which words from our language history, be it from Chaucer's era, Shakespeare, or Dickens do you use, or would like to see return to common usage?I remember watching an episode of The Simpsons where Mr...

Vics

suffering catfish

My Father, who was Scottish, used this as a term of astonishment. I have often wondered where/what does it originate from???

ianandrea1

electricity

who discovered electricity and when

vicars

international time difference

Is the time outside of the UK always measured in hours difference or do countries sometimes use half hours as well?

Cayenne

Green Card Lottery - why?

How come there's a Green Card Lottery (!) when it's virtually impossible to acquire American citizenship by applying formally? What's the thought behind having a lottery, I mean, what's in it for the...

msemma

Mystery Shopping and Self Employment

I started working as a mystery shopper for a new company - I've mystery shopped before and this issue hasn't arisen). I noticed that after I submitted reports online there was a disclaimer saying I...

yummyumm

Retail careers with weekends off.

my hubbie works in retail management and has been considering a career change as he is fed up working all weekend every weekend. Does any know of any retailers that allow staff regular weekends off?...

micko1962

Heartbeat

How long has the series Heartbeat been running ??

xrayspecs

Late night horror

I remember, a good few years ago now watching a play on TV. It was a horror about a couple who bought a cottage and started renevating it. Bricked up in a wall they come across the mumified remains of...

foolish100

hdtvs

how much would a 17" HDTV (high definition TV) cost? or any HDTVs for that matter because i may not have enough

chris1970

juicers

HI, which is the best juicer on the market for?100-?150

Susan22_11

unhappy 19 year old daughter

My daugter has a very bad relationship with myself and her two younger sisters. She hates (strong word) her estranged father and myself. I have been a lone parent for 10 years now and I am at a dead...

Ian Grantham

Repairing a Crossed Plastic Thread

I have almost completed fitting a toilet when unfortunately I crossed the plastic thread coming out of the cistern when trying to attach the metal water supply connector. Is there any way that I can...

jamiescott13

aeroplanes

how do aeroplanes fly

MarkyP05

Heater Trouble

any have any ideas of how to get the pressure back up inside a central heating system. ours has packed in today and its bloody freezing! its a Ariston heater for those who know their heating system....

AliFlump

Photographs in Applications

Ive recently sent off a job application in which they asked for a passport size photograph. The job is for an administrator, i would understand if i was going to be model or something but surely they...

theelziebub

Any one know...

Hey everyone. Does anybody know what song Craig and Rosie were listening to in his bedroom, on tonight (Monday) episode of Coronation street? Thanks all! xox

mrgrumpy1011

How do cinemas make money?

More in-depth than that, who pays who for the films, why cant anyone buy reels, why are documentary-films and sports-films never shown in UK cinemas. The only one ive seen is a mountaineering film in...

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