http://www.answerbag.com/profile/194890 New Answerbag questions from Peetee Tue, 29 May 2012 11:13:03 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:13:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1310912 Okay kiddies, why am I still addicted to Answer Bag??? Insults welcome!!! (just make sure they're good ones XP ). Intelligence and imagination also welcome / sought after. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:17:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1310912 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1258947 Okay, its half past midnight, I've been in bed for an hour but I still can't sleep, but I know damn well that when the alarm goes, I'll be too tired to get up. Any cures out there? Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:37:11 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1258947 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1108163 What weapons are at your disposal when you commit to being polite? Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:42:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1108163 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1060271 Does anyone remember the speech George W Bush made after Enron went belly-up? (Something about corporations getting their act together and not looking to get bailed out or something, I really can't remember, can you?) What was it? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:10:20 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1060271 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1054338 "With the internet, you can download lots of stuff for free ... and it's worth every cent! ;) ". What examples have you got that either support or contradict this statement? Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:02:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1054338 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044473 Did you grow up in Australia and then move (permanently) to another country? Where did you go and why? Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:21:33 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044473 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044453 After the American dollar collapses and the Chinese discover they can make more money selling stuff to each other than they can by selling to the rest of the world, will we still have enough capital and knowledge available to build our own stuff again? Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:01:45 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044453 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044437 If people still want to buy stuff then why do we have unemployment? Couldn't we employ the unemployed to build the stuff they want to buy? Does it mean the wrong people have the money? Mis-allocated skills? Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:35:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044437 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044391 Yesterday's headline: "Global (financial) disaster averted". Today's headline: "Predicted 1000 000 (Australians) out of work in 2010". What is tomorrow's headline? Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:29:20 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1044391 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/975178 What computer games do you play while waiting for your computer to do a time-consuming task? e.g. I play Freecell while waiting for snail-internet downloads. Do you have anything more fun? What about while waiting for the computer to turn on? Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:56:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/975178 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/965830 What if time travel does work and our lives are the result of an infinite sum of us travelling back in time and changing things? Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:12:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/965830 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/965792 Does your boss give vague instructions and then complain that you take too long? Do you think it is from stupidity or deliberate deviousness? Any details you'd like to share? Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:57:39 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/965792 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/884254 What if we Did dig all of the gold out of the ground? Then what? What if All of the gold ended up in the same place (eg Fort Knox)? Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:15:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/884254 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/841753 Tell me again, why did we have to wait for China to have a boom before we could have one? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:24:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/841753 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/812218 It's been twenty years since Chernobyl. Where are all the superheroes? Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:59:39 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/812218 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/797684 Tell me again, why does AB take so long to post answers that are only a few lines of text? Maybe I should get a PO Box and you can mail me the answer! Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:28:33 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/797684 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/709967 How much of our wealth is due to technological advancement and how much is due to plain old-fashioned slavery? Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:57:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/709967 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/695243 The easier life becomes, the more complicated the mating ritual becomes. Waddya reckon? Agree/ disagree / other... Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:29:28 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/695243 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/693822 I post a comment. It says it's posting, but I think it's lying again. I forgot to copy it before posting. Is there any other way of making sure I don't have to type it out again? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:24:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/693822 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/685251 Any mathematicians out there with type 1 diabetes? How do you go regulating your insulin? Have you managed to smooth it out or do you still get wild readings? Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:48:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/685251 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/619293 What is the most 'one dimensional' animal (Snake, tape worm,....)? What is the most 'two dimensional' animal (flying fox, stingray, .....)? And which animal has dimensions closest to a cube? Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:08:39 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/619293 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/619167 What is bravery? Does it really exist? Is it a form of stupidity? Can you really say you're brave if you enter a fight thinking that you will win it? If you enter a fight, thinking that you will lose, are you brave or stupid? Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:39:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/619167 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/573267 How do wide tyres give better grip? Sure you might double the contact patch but you also halve the pressure. Shouldn't it stay the same? Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:10:30 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/573267 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/571449 What car/motorbike do you drive? How much power does it put out? How much does it weigh? How fast does it go in first gear? (It doesn't matter if you're fast or slow, I just want to compare.) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:22:49 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/571449 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/544681 Have you ever built a simple radio receiver out of discrete components (No ICs) for receiving frequencies over 10MHz? Got a schematic? Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:42:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/544681 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/544678 When, how and why did mudguards on bicycles become an optional extra? Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:38:12 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/544678 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516631 Iriver e10: I can charge it in my car but then it won't play. Is there any way you can use it while it is charging? Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:08:47 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516631 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516629 I have an iriver e10. It stopped working, I took it back to the shop, they fixed it, but now it's stopped working again. Anyone know what the problem is? Anyone had a similar problem with one? Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:06:40 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516629 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485252 It seems to me that Madonna succeeded where Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole failed. Waddya reckon? How did she do it? Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:34:12 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485252 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/476232 Usually, we are limited by the amount of money we can gain control of. Has anyone out there been able to totally ignore a lack of money in order to pursue truth, justice or mercy (or anything else)? How? What happened? Tell us about it. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:24:42 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/476232 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439286 By how much does a medicine have to beat the placebo effect to be deemed effective? Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:33:39 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439286 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/437740 How much of global warming is due to direct production of heat? eg ovens, toasters, even cars give off alot of heat, generators, motors, hot water systems ... What about heat generated by the human body, other animals? Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:05:42 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/437740 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/420979 If someone maintains eye contact with you while talking to you and they are driving, do you get scared? Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:48:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/420979 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/420001 Why does AB sometimes take so long to post my comment? According to my net status nothing is being transmitted or received so what's it waiting for? Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:44:42 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/420001 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/418738 Does anyone know if they or some world leader is a direct descendant of the biblical King David? Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:55:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/418738 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/418736 Are there any Jews out there that know which of the 12 Israelite tribe(s) they have descended from? Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:53:28 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/418736 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/416648 If your job doesn't pay you enough so you can buy a house to live in, should you do it? (Yes I do understand no-one owes you a living and starving isn't pleasant but should you rip yourself off?) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:21:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/416648 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/416645 Are you working full-time? If so, then can you afford to buy a house or somewhere to live (one income only)? And by 'afford' I mean that after mortgage repayments you still have enough money for food, clothing and bills. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:18:12 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/416645 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/412186 Who decided which words were swear words and why did they always pick the short ones not the long ones? I think whoever decided we shouldn't use short words is a sanguineous fornicating masturbator. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:23:50 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/412186 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/404541 What do they do with all the fat that they take out of low fat products, eg low fat milk? Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:26:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/404541