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:aussie: Carn! 'Avago, ya mug!
In the spirit of other threads with questions about countries, I hereby offer to answer questions about England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I will add I know plenty about England and Wales, some about Scotland and very little about...
Since Spitz' thread was popular I thought I'd start this thread in homage. I had threads about Ireland before but if anyone has any questions about anything in on or around this island don't hesitate to post.
I'm starting this thread at Zuul's suggestion! I don't hold a degree in anything animal related, but for the full 24 years of my life animals have been a hobby and passion for me. I currently teach (in a non-certificated position) animal science...
If you have a question on the books, I will try to answer it for you.
I had a bit of a conversation in chat about some music theory stuff, and Inner Stickler suggested I make a thread. So here it is. Disclaimer: my training is in performance, not music theory. so I don't have the knowledge base of a PhD in music...
For the past four years I've worked in personal banking. I started as a regular customer service representative in the call center and, after a month and a half with no previous banking experience, was promoted to supervisor. I know my 90's...
Anyone interested in starting an Ask the Expert thread is welcome to do so in Questions and Answers. When starting a new Ask the Expert thread report your OP to have the thread made a sticky. Ask the Expert threads will remain stickies until a...
I'm interested in finding some words where the US meaning is generally not understood outside the US. One example is "biscuit". English speakers generally understand what "cookies" and "crackers" are, and they use "biscuits" to refer to them...
Anyone have any questions for a random polytheist?* I can't claim to explain things about paganism in general (if such a thing even exists), but I'll do my best to field questions about my beliefs and how I arrived at them. I thought I'd throw...
Well, huh, yeah, why not????? We're not evil people here, well most of us aren't. Start posting and thread starting you shower. :sci:
Let's say the bad guys pitched me into a large pool of molten lava. Any guesses as to how long I'll survive, what will be the cause of death, and how painful it will be? Please tell me it's painless and instant; this will let me cross one small...
Per What Exit's suggestion, I am opening this in Q&A; would a mod please move it to Ask The Expert? I am a 5th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and own a school in Houston, TX. I have some familiarity with other styles due to cross-training. Feel...
I've been coaching baseball now for 24 years (holy shit, that's a long time) and I'm always happy to impart some info to people who are looking to pick my brains. So ask away! Here's a freebie: You see a lot of pros these days hitting with their...
That was a semi-organized attack where people alerted others to look at it. We had a huge (for us) number of guests on-line during it and it seemed to be 2-4 people creating the new members to troll us. The snarkpit , (Yes, I read there and even...
What can I use to get rid of it???
I will be holidaying with my family this summer in Orlando, we have been before but this time we are in self catering accommodation. I like Weetabix for breakfast, will I be able to get some and where should I shop for it ? I will accept similar...
Is it the clamato? Is it just the Canadian-ness of it? I can't seem to really tell a great deal of difference between the two cocktails.
OK. I shall attempt to spread knowledge and dispel ignorance on the topic of fur farming and the fur business in general. Ask away, Domeboians.
OK, I confess, I've been masturbating. And now I have a Lame question: WTF does 'FPB' mean?
I've always thought that revolvers are loud, prone to failure and slow to reload when compared to semiautomatic handguns, which was why the latter were invented in the first place. Here and there I pick up the notion that revolvers are more...
I'd done a thread like this back before this become Mellophant and I thought I'd start a new one for the Ask the Expert forum. I know I'm not the only trans* person on the board, though, so I figured I'd keep the focus on this one less on me and...
I've debated whether or not I should start this thread because in my brain, my life is divided into several categories, and never the twain shall meet. My message board life is different from my fandom life is different from my working life is...
Why not just say - "most successful"? "Winningest" sounds like a marketing catchphrase used to make someone feel better about themselves. Where did this travesty of a word come from?
I've been told that you can't *accidentally* concern troll, but I've seen this term bandied around, and used as an accusation etc. I read the definition, but I guess I'd like an example. If not actual Mello/GB/Durp examples, then a hypothetical...
So, BabyScotch is now 5 months old and needs a little extra help in the milk department. Up until now she has been breastfed, and I will continue to do so as well as giving formula. She is used to a bottle as I occasionally express milk so her Dad...
I have 3 compost bins in the garden and we throw all our food scraps in. We do not add any meat, but anything else goes. In the last couple of weeks I have had three different people say they have heard you shouldn't mix up cooked food (eg. left...
Whiling away a boring shift at work, I counted up the variety of different little energy shot drinks that we sell - things like 5-Hour Energy. We sell : 5-Hour Energy - Three different flavors 5-Hour Energy Extra Strength 6-Hour Power - three...
Howdy, As requested here, I am offering my services to answer any/all questions about poultry production. Free range vs. confinement, meat vs. egg laying, chicken vs. turkey, biology, food processing, how to keep chickens at home, etc. ...
With the next election less than two years away with the Republican candidates all deciding in the next few months whether or not to join in the fun and fiesta, something did occur to me. Could the democrats run someone other than Obama? Over the...
I don’t claim to be a firearms expert, as this is a subject that can attract the most detail obsessed people on earth, of which I am not one, but I do consider myself to have a pretty decent working knowledge of many aspects of the firearms world. ...
My 'scrip' is faxed to Wal-Mart from a city twenty miles away. By the time I arrive and wait in a ten minute line, they say they don't have it. No, hell no, I insist. You MUST have it. Go check. She meanders away, out of sight behind the big...
I don't think there is any doubt that these things exist, but their very nature seems to suggest that we can't learn much about them, other than they are there. The matter that falls into these 'whirlpools in space' would seem to have to reappear...
Seeing as the government is changing the details on what knowledge is required to move to Britain, here is a brief quiz to determine your Britishness. Citizenship test I scored 7 out of 15. I'll find my emigration papers in the post. :fail:
A bit of a stupid question. Suppose a group of you are shopping in the supermarket, and you become separated from the main group. The rest carry on shopping, with no effort to aid you (i.e. no standing still in one aisle), but you need to rejoin...
Reason I ask, I'm buying a house. Getting the money was the easy part. I just called the bank, they faxed over some papers, I filled em out and returned, couple hours later they call back to say I'm approved. I am a veteran, and will be using a...
After years of mostly wearing loafers and shoes with velcro fasteners, I got a pair of sneakers with laces. Said laces become untied the minute I go out the door. Well, likeliest assumption is that I'm too stupid to tie my own shoes. I can deal...
At the request of the chat room, I am starting this thread. Some background - I am currently at the University of New South Wales and am in my 4th and final year in a Bachelor of Science degree, with honours in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a...
Due to Hollywood and MTV a large amount of American culture has been accepted and picked up in the UK eg. Halloween has become a much bigger event, we have lots of House lights at Christmas nowadays. Can anyone think of a major cultural...
The last time I did so from the continental US was back in 1999 when all they wanted was a drivers license and to make sure you only had a few packs of smokes on you. I understand now that you need a passport to enter into Canada, but do you need a...
Sarahfeena and pepperlandgirl will answer your questions!
After reading one of the other threads on this board, I had the following questions, I thought this knowledge would be useful before jumping into a debate (or planning my summer vacation - j/k :tongue: :tongue: ) What is the youngest age of...
Banks in Great Britain are looking to get rid of them as more electronic methods of payment are rolled out and cheque guarantee cards are being phased out as well. Personally, I might use a cheque once or twice a year, but everything else is...
I've read about people being "written up" at work in the US. It seems not to be tied to particular workplaces but be a generic formal thing. What exactly is it? What are the requirements and consequences? Is it regulated by law or is it a local...
I was in Denver a few months ago; modern, American city. The sign on the shopping cart said that i took the shopping cart out of the parking lot, the wheels would lock up. Sure as shooting when I pushed the cart into the area in front of the...
Tomorrow I'm getting an MRI on my ankle, and they called to ask a bunch of questions - have you had an MRI in the past year, how much do you weigh, how tall are you, are you pregnant or breastfeeding, do you have any implants, etc. So I got to...
Let us be factual here. What is up with South Carolina? Over breakfast this morning, our usual discussion veered from Trotsky to the Palmetto State. Consider that in the American Revolution SC descended into outright civil war in a way no other...
Today one of our cats, as I've already seen her do several times, caught and ate a lizard (a green lizard, Lacerta bilineata, common species in western europe). With my partner we once again mused about the fact that all our lives, we've heard...
What is this structure? I've seen a couple ones like it in the past. Its near a river (actually somewhat close to a dam) but is uphill a bit and not directly on the edge of the hill. I don't think it has to do with the dam, at least not directly....
You know, those big ball shaped towers with your town's name painted on them. What do those things do?
Natasha Richardson's tragic death, after what seemed at first like a minor accident on the ski slopes, got me thinking. What kind of rates does skiing actually have for serious injuries/death? I would imagine the ski industry is reluctant to...
Tried to put this in the Ask the Expert forum, but was blocked. I have lived and breathed cars for most of my 40-plus years, and for the last eight have been paid to write and talk about them. I am an industry pundit, and new-car expert. I...
For decades, women have had handbags, bottomless pits of makeup, tissues, glasses, keys, lotions, mousetraps and in general somewhere that no sane man would ever venture. Then they invented manbags, for the discerning metrosexual to parade around...
The other day I was waiting on a customer who's son was with him. The son sneezed and I said gesundheit. The father looked very confused and asked me what I said (which confused me). He had no idea what I was talking about. He had a...
Are modern "dumb bombs" little more than a large amount of explosives in a metal cannister, or is there more to them, than that? How much more advanced are modern bombs over their WW2 counterparts? Do they employ shaped charges, and other...
Are cameramen at sporting events told to sweep the crowd looking for good looking women? I imagine it's quite popular with viewers, so they may get told specifically to do it (after all, they're pointing away from where the real attraction is, when...
Or when should I start getting worried?
Of course I know what it is about in very general terms but I am unclear on some of the practical aspects. Obviously the answers to the following questions will vary. Purely anecdotal data points are fine. I just want to get an impression what...
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