Hi all, I'm building a 3m x 2m garden shed on our terrace. The shed itself won't be a problem (since it came with build instructions) once I have the base levelled. The problem is I can't decide the...
Hi all, I need to add a switch into our kitchen oven's circuit. It makes a very annoying noise (the clock) when it's not in use. A stop-gap solution until we change it is to install a switch into the...
What exactly is the shiny inside of crisp packets and other food protection packaging? It's shiny, which would indicate metal, but it's wrinkle resistant, which would indicate plastic. It's called...
Some of my little son's toys require batteries for the sounds they make. (Usually electronically prouduced familiar nursery rhymes. One of them, i've noticed, when the batteries are no longer strong...
Over the last couple of weeks there's been an advert for a female 20ish singer/songwriter who's described on the ad as the vritish norah jones..... She sings and plays guitar (at least that's the...
Someone in my family has a criminal conviction for fraud and spent a couple of months inside. Now he's out, he's discovered for the first time that he can't get insurance easily at all. His car...
A dinner party discussion turned interesting: I put forward a theory I'd heard that says that during human evolution, pelvic size had to decrease to allow for normal bipedal walking. The theory states...
A dinner party discussion turned interesting: I put forward a theory I'd heard that says that during human evolution, pelvic size had to decrease to allow for normal bipedal walking. The theory states...
If, as the advert tells us, salmon are pink because they eat prawns, how can this be true since all raw prawns are grey or colourless? My prawns only turn pink when cooked. (Many packets of prawns...
I'm married to a spanish girl (we live in spain - and we married in spain last year). In a couple of months she's going to have our first baby. I'd love to get him dual-citizenship, but I know it's a...
I was watching a legal drama the other night, and I was wondering: If someone pleads not guilty to something, and then gives evidence to the proof of it in their own trial (and defence), and then is...
Am just about to buy a 60gig iPod Video but wondered if anyone could tell me: 1) The Outlook synching - is ti possible to add Contacts, Tasks, and Calendar events on the iPod itself? There's no...
We've got this on our terrace. I just re-potted it yesterday as it was out-growing its plastic tub. www.tinyurl.com/g4m34 What is it? We're in Barcelona - does it prefer direct sunlight or shade ?...
Hi Just preparing our order of service for my wedding next month. (Adobe InDesign is the nuts). The three pieces below - are they correctly written? Or if not, what's the correct form of writing them?...
Have a look here: http://tinyurl.com/zaf7f This thing spends its life on the wall of my parents in law's house in a ski resort in the Pyrenees. I can't work out what it's for. It might be something to...
Hi Getting married in July and we want to do something different with our wedding list. We've been living together for some time and have the house setup as we want. We're going to ask people for...
I saw King Kong the other day in a fairly down-market multiplex, and was struck by a problem the projectionist seemed unaware of or unable to fix: Any closeups were in perfect focus, yet longshots, be...
