madfairy

Am going to Perth shortly with my husband and 3 young kids, 9, 5 and just 1. I have heard numerous stories about them spraying whilst you are in the cabin, presumably to kill off any hitchhiking bugs/insects. I would like to know if anyone knows;

1; Do they spray whilst you're on board around you?

2; What exactly is the spray; pesticide?

3; Do they spray your main luggage on return from Oz to kill off possible bugs/insects?

4; Has anyone had any problems with the spraying business, particularly affecting their kids?

Thanks!

Am due with number three in 2 weeks. I do realise every pregnancy and woman is different, but am curious to know two things; Was the third labour faster, if so what was it like? Secondly, did your third arrive earlier than predicted? Am feeling like my body won't take another 2 weeks this time and the bearing down pressure is getting heavy! Comments please (nice ones!!)

I remember that Tufty was a squirrel, and the main objective was kid and road safety. In fact, I had a Tufty badge as part of my membership. Tell me I was not alone in this..! Oh innocent days gone by..

Just wondering why the cricket tournament or whatever its proper term is, is called the Ashes? Where does it originate and what's it all about? As you can tell, I know diddly squat about cricket...

Boycott Sainsbury's?! Following on from my previous posting, it seems that they are pinching a lot of people's great recipe ideas, probably to use in their advertising. I'm sure they pay people to come up with recipes/suggestions; in which case why are they getting yahoo answerers ones for free? I think it's underhand and not on. Anyone who agrees that they will boycott their supermarkets until they stop? I will now climb down off my soapbox...

Why do the peeps at Yahoo Answers insist on putting usually innocent answers hidden, stating that they are' below your threshold'? What exactly ARE they using as trigger words; I just saw one being hidden that said simply 'the i pod'. What's going on?.......

My husband has been receiving tons of anonymous calls on his mobile. Sometimes it'll ring a couple of times then stop. Others he will answer to hear a woman with a foreign accent saying 'hello'; when he responds, she doesn't appear to hear. She has left a voicemail saying something like 'why are you not talking/why are you calling me', but it's quite difficult to hear. We've looked online and found the number to be an Islamabad mobile; we have no connection at all to this place. Has anyone got any advice/experience on this, as the calls go on throughout day and night. We've not called it back but it is starting to get disturbing, in more ways than one! HELP!!!

Am interested in hearing peoples favourites; whether they are useful, stupid, funny or the like, or the ones you simply couldn't live without. I personally haven't got 10, but I love Freecycle; I have a new carpet and a car as some of the many things from there! So come on peeps, show us the big sprawly web according to you..!

I want to know which is the correct spelling; window sill or window cill? This is not a test, just that I have seen it spelt in both ways, and wondered if there is a different spelling purely for carpentry terms?

I have some leather boots which are quite stiff and would like to know what I can use to soften them without affecting the colour. Suggestions please?!

Why is Friday 13th traditionally a date whereby people are wary of bad luck? Where does it come from?

I personally cannot come up with just one..

Where does the funny letter g originate; when it is on a typewriter or printed in a book the letter g often looks like a kind of sideways figure of 8 . Why is it printed this way and where does it stem from?

They are the crusted on and gone brown variety, presumably from leaky taps. Like gone brown limescale? What will remove these that would make Kim and Aggie proud? ( Not that bothered about the last bit)

Are the card games solitaire and patience the same thing? If not what are the differences?

There's a card game my Grandma taught me when I was young called pelmenisum; not sure if that's the right spelling. It's a memory game; does anyone know it and why/ what this games' title means?

Never had a proper answer to this, but why the heck is a blokes' belly button fluff always blue?!! This has nothing to do with the colour of his top.

Why is the Autana Cave in Cerros Autana, Venezuela not one of the 'registered' wonders of the Natural World? Is it protected? My husband dreams of going here; has anyone out there seen it first hand?

Am assuming it's from the late 70's/early80s, but my husband keeps saying 'You can do it Duffy Moon'! What WAS this programme and what WAS it all about?!