mr_pointment Member Profile in The AnswerBank

Rhubarb

I've just made a rhubarb crumble for pud tonight. Apart from rhubarb tart or rhubarb fool does anyone else have any good recipes for rhubarb. I love the stuff and it seems to be having a bit of a...

paintrag

emulsioning over washable wallpaper.

I have my lounge wallpapered in washable wallpaper. If i lightly sand it with fine sandpaper, would I then be able to apply emulsion over it, that would then stay on? Otherwise, I will have to strip...

hiflier

history

when was the last armed rising on british soil?

Outdoorsman

Sports in space.

With large space stations and Lunar stations likely in the near future, what kind of sports and games will be developed for low and zero gravity - and how will Earth sports be adapted? For instance:...

Lore

Starter engine knackered :(

I can't start my car up - I had to call out roadside recovery last night and they said I had to get my starter motor replaced. The problem is I'm at home now, no homeside recovery and I need to get my...

SteveD

Bouncing questions to the top of the page

This has probably been requested before, but would it be possible for questions to be bounced to the top of the page whenever they receive an answer? I recently received an answer to a "whatever...

jamwan55

roundabout

im approaching a small roundabout to go straight through it, i can see a car coming towards me opposite the roundabout, with no indicators, i presume he is going straight through the roundabout, as i...

potterfan3

Watches

My Step Dad thinks that your body generates electricity, that makes your watch work. He says that it absorbs the static, and makes it work.....LOL can you tell him what an idiot he is for me?

mr_pointment

heated debates

dear ED, could we please have a new thread specialy for heated debates as im sick of people continuing my questions on (mainly political views) argumentative status.if my inbox does'nt get a rest, its...

netibiza

Hen or chicken

Not a q or suggestion, but would just like to say how proud I am that one of my q's has ended up on the current question list for all to see. Thanks Ed. No replies needed.

bizzylizzy

Most comfy mattress and pillow

OK everyone. This is the most difficult question of all. How the heck do you find a comfy pillow (I've tried about a dozen different types in the last year) and also a mattress. I have to buy a new...

Drisgirl

Where are my specs?

There must be an invention where you whistle or something to locate your specs.I only need mine for reading (struggle even then) and then I put them down and cant find them.I've even lost a lens but...

leanne2986

Madonna Booots

Does anyone know who made and where i can get a pair of the silver sparkly knee-high boots madonna wears in her ' Sorry ' video?

Carol Anne

car air conditioning

My 'new' used car needed a re-gas as there was none in the system. No leaks were detected during the re-gassing. Where could the original gas have gone?

DaSwede

the tree died at 4 pm...

Alright folks, I know I'm going to get seriously mocked on this one, but I'll ask anyway. When a human being dies, or an animal, it's possible to call the time of death. Would it also be possible,...

funkymoped

Snowbows

we've just had a snow shower, and it was snowing fairly heavy for a while,and we were wondering...can u get snowbows...like u get rainbows? It might be a silly question but are they possible?

MangoPete

unlevel edwardian quarry stone floor with damp

HI folks I did have three layers of vinyl on the kitchen floor an insurance flooding means its all come up. and the tiles are bare. I want to seal them and put vinyl down again Carpet right said put...