I'm stuck with a word puzzle thing, all answers are film titles (supposedly well known!). ?e?? i? ?i?e ?e???a? ?o??o?? ?a?? and another one ?e?u?? o? ??e ?u??y for which the only answer I can come up...
How does one go about buying shares in private (IE not listed on the stock exchange) companies? I can see 'ask a shareholder if they want to sell' would be one answer, but sure if you had to contact...
This Napoli (or whatever it's called) that has beached, had containers stacked up on its deck, perhaps 4-5 high. There's nothing (apparently) holding them on. A quick look at container ships on the...
Do you think it would be an infringement of someone's human rights to prevent them from committing suicide? I'm thinking of an adult, here, not a child/adolescent, and someone of sound mind (apart...
There was an article in last weekend's Times about how the 'shoe rapist' (1980s multiple rapist from S Yorkshire) was caught using DNA evidence. When arrested he admitted the offences, and got life,...
Statement from someone being interviewed on Today this morning (I think it was a 'government respresentative'): "Tourism is not a frivolous activity" What does the panel think?
Aside from the actual sentiments in the alledged statement, is there anyone else whose first reaction is to believe the prision service bloke and not David Blunkett? Isn't it a sad state of affairs...
Why do so many of the Have Your Say questions not have mutually exclusive answers? Take the current one: I shred everything, I also never disclose PINs and I put the shredded paper in the bin. So how...
I hear that David Cameron has pledged to invest in the NHS etc etc etc. Which led me to thinking about just how big and expensive it could get, with both parties vying to be the biggest investor. A...
Can anyone tell me the procedures/conventions as regards the above? Can tenants in common take out a mortgage or secured loan? Do they have to do it together, or can (or must) each part-owner have a...
I see on the BBC news site that a mother has been killed by a rampaging 4x4. She was walking on the pavement, with 2 kids, and was hit by the vehicle. The kids are hurt, but fortunately should be OK....
Naturally, the front page of today's Times features the story of the Pope's speech. The headline is words to the effect of 'Muslims furious at Pope's speech'. This being the speech that (amongst lots...
<sarcasm> I see the South Yorkshire 'shoe rapist' has got life. It seems he had an perverse obession with sexy shoes, principally stilettos, and this obsession lead him to a commit a serious of...
All I ever see them doing is hanging about outside windows at night, trying to get in. What is their real job? And why do they have those ridiculous legs? What are they all about? Wouldn't shorter...
This stuff that comes into effect tonight: I can understand why it would wish to prevent recruiting being directly influenced by age, but is it true it is no longer possible to advertise for...
I see on BBC News site, that the government is finally addressing one of the huge problems of these troubled times, internet porn. Yes, I know it is prefixed with 'violent', but as the actual...
Does anyone know if it is true that the big, above-ground, reservoir with the mushroom fountain thing is fed with water from the Derwent dams, in Derbyshire?
