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Movie about a woman trapped in a house hearing noises a mysterious room that is locked/unlocked. At the end she realizes she is a ghost in the house and has being dead all along. (no answers)

I watched a movie a really long time ago. It's about these parents whose son has cancer and he is really into western robbers and police chases and it's his dying wish to do those things. The father sets it up so they go on a road trip and they rob a bank and the police chase them and it was really all a set up the the son doesn't know. I'm pretty sure its based on a true story. (no answers)

How do so many cleaning products make the claim : "Kills 99.99% of all germs"? Would the 0.1% they don't kill kill me? (no answers)

I saw a crime drama on TV starring Sam Neill but missed most of it. Set in Australia, he played a business man. His wife thinks his secretary is entering their house and shifting things around, but he assumes she's paranoid. Does anyone know the title of the movie, please? It looked as if it was good! (no answers)

As a Catholic I was called a"left footer" what is the origin of this phrase? (no answers)

If one inch of rain falls on the whole river catchment area of the Thames or Severn in 24 hours, what quantity of water will the rivers have to drain? What effect would dredging have? When I lived in Tewkesbury in the 1970s, Severn-Trent were enthusiasts for removing trees and vegetation, and straightening our watercourses in the name of good drainage, though it was I suspected merely to ease maintenance, at some cost to the environment. (no answers)

When did the 200 bus start running through the Phipps Bridge Estate, Mitcham? (no answers)

My wife has been suffering from a cutaneous disease since mid 2011. The problem is that there occurs a dark pigmentation in facial skin. Several dermatologists have been consulted. A few were of the opinion that the disease is melasma. So was she treated. One of them opined that the disease is photo contact dermatitis. Having no fruitful result, another dermatologist has recently been consulted. He opines that a chemical called ‘aldimine’ gets concentrated over the skin and so is the disease. Can an expert in this field suggest me about the chemical ‘aldimine’ and how is it responsible for the disease? What sort of treatment can cure this? (no answers)

When I consider where I live (S.Cumbria, once part of Lancashire) and when I watch football, I consider my country to be 'England.' But when I watch the Olympics I cheer on 'Great Britain,' and when I sign posts such as this I sign 'UK' because there are worldwide contributions here, BUT in what contexts (if any) is it actually correct for me to refer specifically to my 'COUNTRY' as anything other than England? (i.e. is my 'COUNTRY' ever GB or the UK??) Thanks. (no answers)

What would happen to the UK economy if the Government stopped all subsidies, tax breaks etc to private companies? (no answers)

Trying to trace an old black and white movie about a family who have financial problems and the bank is threatening to take their farm. The main star is a tame wild bird possibly a jackdaw or raven who leads them eventually to an old tree full of gold rings and other valuable jewels. I think it was set in America. A really good family film. It was a B movie. Unfortunately I cannot name actors or title. I watched it no TV in the 1980s. (no answers)

In the BBC4 series The Bridge Saga is Swedish and Martin is Danish. When they talk together are they both speaking the same language or is each one speaking his/her own language? And can any comparison be made between the sound of the two languages and two different forms of global English? (no answers)

What is the origin of the phrase "for toffee", as in "I can't do that for toffee? (no answers)

What is the name of the film, seen in the Lyceum cinema in Slateford Road, Edinburgh in c1959, about people who go up a mountain but none of them ever return. A man (a detective maybe or journalist) decides he'll go up and find out why. This is all we know because my mother then wanted to leave the cinema and my father never found out what happened. Please help. Thank you. (no answers)

Im trying to find the name of a film I saw on tv about ten years ago and possibly a DVD of it. It was a film about two airline pilots in America set in the eighties the is a big storm brewing in the sky. One pilot has to battle with the storm the other is routed around it and has a flight at low level pointing out landmark s to the delight of his passenges. It been driving me nuts for years trying to find the name of the film. Any ideas ? (no answers)

In the Guardian Family section December 20th there was an article about Christmas birthdays in which one woman had two daughters with birthdays were Christmas Eve and Christmas day, and one woman shared a Christmas birthday with her mother. What are the odds of a grandmother, mother and daughter all having a birthday on Christmas day? (no answers)

Trying to remember the name of a B-movie from the early to mid 80's: Early to mid 80's, three guys in their early twenties go camping in the desert – probably CA, maybe AZ. One becomes separated from the other two, and when they find him he's surrounded by an outlaw gang (not bikers) that hide out in the desert. They're taunting the camper and as his two buddies watch from hiding, the gang leader shoots him in the head. The rest of the movie is the lead character trying to find the gang leader and get revenge or justice. The denouement takes place in and near an abandoned factory building, also in the desert. One of my favorite scenes is when the lead and his surviving buddy enter a diner and the gang leader is there partying with one of his cronies and two women. They're arguing over who is ugliest and gang leader pulls lead character into it (not knowing who he is at this point), asking him, "Which one of us you think is ugliest?" Lead character glares at him, "You are." Gang leader senses lead character's intensity, starts to look serious himself as he asks, "How ugly?" Lead character says, "Butt ugly." I can't remember any of the actors but I seem to have the impression that the three young campers were recognizable up and comers at the time. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, A. Decker (no answers)

I would love to know the title off the British film in wich a woman wins the lottery and does not tell her husband but secretly gets him a better job etc. and in the end he leaves her for his secretary. Thanks for helping me! Regards, maria (no answers)

What is the difference between British brewed tea and tea brewed in the U.S.? The taste difference is obvious and I much prefer a cup of tea brewed in England. Also, I heard that milk is used in England with the tea because British brewed tea still has tannic acid in it, whereas in the US, the tannic acid is not an ingredient. Will you please put my concerns at ease? Thank you so much! Elizabeth (no answers)

i want to find out the movie that has story like a teenage girl is murdered in the way back to school by a man lived in her neighboures. but her parents could not find out her dead body. (no answers)




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