I am about to sell my car & I have asked for a Building Society Cheque or Banker's Draft payable to me. I understood that this method was a guarantee of payment clearance but now am not so sure?...
My wife claims to have been sent as a child in Birmingham to an outdoor for a "stick & three" which she believes was a shandy!
A new one on me! Any ideas???...
Not easy this week!
3d Swedish city, thought Malmo but have M?L?E Is 10a Telegram right?
21a Word for scraping noise ?c?o??
22d Intellectually pretentious ??e?d...
I came across this puzzle in a 1951 Meccano magazine - aimed at young lads, and have been struggling to crack it for a few days. It is a long multiplication in code: XYZA mult by BC equals XYZA (times...
I am looking for some Alum for general use around the house - fixing dye colours. Any ideas on general suppliers, ie any that do not charge a bomb for postage?
All my life, I have always seen a rainbow on my other side relative to the sun - if the sun was in the west, the rainbow in the east. The other morning with the sun low in the eastern sky, the...
This was a favourite expression of my mother when something surprised her. Anyone else heard this or can suggest the origin? My mother grew up in Lichfield if that has any bearing.
It appears that a colony of Buff Tailed Bumble bees have taken over a tit box in our garden. I notice that the entrance now has plant detritus partially blocking the hole. Are the bees clearing out...
Could someone explain to me, quietly, clearly, and rant free, exactly what was wrong with the Poll Tax? Was it the principle or the application that caused so much unrest?
