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Happy Easter ! As a scientist I have a serious bone to pick with whoever records and reports the temperature. To report the temperature to 2 decimal places shows a total ignorance of numbers. The second decimal point is totally meaningless and makes you look stupid

I am trialling the ultraviolet cones. They certainly work in the bedroom as demonstrated by the absence of moths and mossies and the presence of their skeletons within the gadget

Firstly to clear up the misconception that marble is porous. This statement is one of the most quoted when it comes to marble. It has been plagiarized a thousand times and people just quote it without any thought. Marble is not just marble. There are hundreds of varieties and there are also...

Shades of Thailand and the infamous walls along some streets

Yes, I received one for the same amount as the $700 one and took it as being real. I took no action. The irony of this is that last year I received a similar letter from the ATO for a refund of $1100. And it was real ! I DID get that refund , purportedly from some super fund

So many cans might result in a cannibal symphony

There is no one correct answer. The grossest answer would be to smear your faeces on the walls and see what she says. I remember when a do-gooder Aussie volunteered to go to Calcutta to help clean the public toilets where the excrement had built up on the walls to a depth of 10cm. Back to...

troglodite - lol

exactly not precisely

you ARE slow or should I be more obvious? You arse slow

on a recent trip to China I was forced to make a selection at a restaurant without my usual assistants. From the photos on their menu I decided on some chicken "niblets". What I got was something a bit different and not very palatable. It was the little lump that chickens have under their...

woof woof

me neither but I might have a better chance if I lost 3-4kg

Must have been very satisfying

Reducing the seats would make it a lot more uncomfortable for most travellers. That's why the seats are bigger in business class. Reducing the seats would not result in an increase in tickets. And it would not be acceptable - no exceptions. Choose your words carefully

All airlines should do what AirAsia do - sell empty seats. I usually buy at least one empty adjacent seat but if I want to have a sleep I will buy both. You should see how aggro other passengers get when they see empty seats and can't use them. The biggest worry is when you have to go to the...

an element of inevitability

Was it too difficult to just make a few columns??

It still requires a certain amount of elbow grease. Not great if you have tears in both rotator cuffs. Looking for a young maid