I read in a research paper that the total length of roots of a maize plant was 5 km. It is true that there are thousands of root hairs which you can see under a optical microscope but being as they...
I recently asked if faith schools were divisive. On the news today the government were saying there's not enough PE in the schools and the BBC showed a sports hall .. There dominating a whole wall was...
In view of the fact the Pope appoints his electorate , the cardinals, in his own image, does that mean , almost inevitably , that Popes will be highly conservative. The Rome based Vatican is out of...
I was speaking to a friend recently who said in a passing comment he didn't believe in "Gods and all that heaven bunkham but did believe in the immortal soul " His words not mine. The comment came...
I want to remove various programes but I get the window say it's sharing files which are being used by other programmes or maybe needed . What can I do ? I also have several Apple files/which I have...
I am trying to clean up my disk . Disk Clean up shows : I have de-bug dump files 293 MB Recycle bin 234 MB System Memory dump files 294 MB This would save a lot of memory if I dould get rid of them....
Hundreds of Free Faith Based Schools are springing up in the UK. They are being touted as a new approach to improving education . Will it have that effect ? Will it have a divisive effect on our...
I frequently can't access AB or If I do the pages don't turn or I can't post a question or answer. Is it lack of capacity at your end. ?
I don't have problems on other sites....
Several of my foreign friends have told me they don't watch BBC because it's far to home based and spend far too much time on one subject and sport. Instead they watch Al jazeera , France and European...
I use google a lot for searching but when I use it and gmail i get the box saying Join Google but is there any advantage in doing so , especially as I want to remain anonymous.
I watched that headmaster on the news forcibly saying that his school was open as the education of the children was paramount. It sounded right but that was a sound bite he was playing to the media ....
If the light from the big bang reaching me took 14 billion years then what would be/been the situation in one billion years time or one billion years ago. So ( ignoring any expansion of the universe....
I have been quoted £250 for a tooth to be capped on the NHS and £700+ to have a false tooth attached to it. No NHS available for that work.
How can those costs be justified ?...
Can some one tell me the pros and cons of joining 'facebook' or any other forum as well as Answer Bank ? In particular with respect to preserving ones anonymity.
My remote controlled garage roller door tries to open but then stops. If I help it by lifting it a bit it will then work. It also closes OK. This first happened two weeks ago when it was cold. I...
This was sent to me from the US for my opinion and I thought you also might like to make a comment. .
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/capital.asp...
I had a visit from our baptist minister today who arrived in a heavy snow storm to yet again to try to save my soul. You've got to admire his efforts . I had just had an email from an American friend...
I was given a little jar of Black Tapenade which I believe is made of olives. What can I do with it ? Every recipe I have seen seems to require cooking it with something else. Can it be eaten as it is...
Most times I barely glanz at the till receipt but recently I have been doing so and I've found that items being discounted frequently aren't at the till. This even happens when there is a 'reduced...
I have recently left two Supermarkets before I had completed my shop and went to a different one because I got fed up with the loud obtrusive music. Why do some shops think it will help sales. The...
