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  • Can anyone find the name of this book? OLD WW2 POW Camp tale?

    It was a very old book given to me by my dad, the book itself was likely printed in the 80s, and my dad, who is now over 60, read it when he was a young teen, so the original had to have been printed in the 50s.

    A WW2 POW autobiographical story about a young British Airman who's plane (possibly a bomber but im not sure) crash landed in German territory and was captured, and lived in multiple POW camps over his time before failing to escape then successfully escaping a second time a couple of years later. I don't remember his name.

    His fly on the wall writing and personal takes were fascinating to read and his escape attempts were interesting as well, but i cannot for the life of me remember the name, and google books was useful, but i couldn't find the one i was looking for despite a great deal of effort.

    A common insult he received from Germans throughout the book was "british pigdog", if that helps anyone.

    2 AnswersBooks & Authors1 year ago
  • How do you allocate extra ram to old pc games that need it?

    I used to have a simple as hell program where i could teach a game to use more than 2gigs of RAM up to 4, i used to use it on killing floor 1, now i need it for another game, but i cant find it on my pc, or on the internet, what is the name of such a program? and where can i find it?

    2 AnswersPC5 years ago
  • How do i text someone in Hai Phong, Vietnam from West Australia?

    having trouble, tried like 5 different sequences of extenstions, none have worked, i do add in the multiple '+' signs i keep seeing? or leave all those out?

    Yes i know to get rid of the 0 in the original number. its from mobile to mobile if i matters.

    2 AnswersOther - Vietnam8 years ago
  • I keep breaking out in hives? hot weather?

    On all parts of my body, only patches at a time, i keep breaking out in heat rashes and hives, its very frustrating its summer in australia at the moment and i live in a city with the worlds highest pollen counts what should i be eating or taking to reduce or eliminate this? it's getting unsightly.

    Any treatment tricks i could use?

    2 AnswersSkin Conditions8 years ago
  • So how come this isnt ALL over the american news outlets yet?

    Last time i checked, when the already much hated banker elite have been exposed for racketeering $43 TRILLION dollars from the US treasury, whilst being arm in arm with multiple government departments including the obama administration, that's a pretty good reason to rise up and do a whole lot of lynching, comon you guys are all gun toting maniacs isnt this your chance?

    Although watch out, apparently the first news outlet (aside from the legal company who have filed the accusation's website that is) to post it had the CNBC's vice presidents 2 kids stabbed to death by their illegal immigrant nanny. This is far bigger than watergate could ever have been, yet nobody knows?? What gives?

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/major-banks-gover...

    3 AnswersMedia & Journalism9 years ago
  • What exactly does a catholic priest say when he gives last rites?

    The lines and everything please, this has been bugging me lately, and none of the movies ive seen them do it in do they say it audibly.

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Windows 7 thinks its not genuine?

    I was forced to get some mouth-breather to come to my house and install a new HDD in my dell laptop due to the old one bugging out, and he installed a new windows 7 OS from a new disc in it. its been fine and dandy after 3 months yet all of a sudden the OS is telling me its not genuine, not giving me the option as far as i can tell to re-enter a cd key or anything, and wants me to buy a new version.

    Is there any way i can re-verify it without re-formatting the hdd? and if i dont will it affect any processes i do? and IF i do re-format, what the best way to keep from having to re-update the dozens of different drivers that need to be re-dled? system image?

    3 AnswersSoftware9 years ago
  • How do i clear all data from an external HDD?

    i had backups on it, but now i want to wipe it clean so i can use it again for another pc, but even after i manually deleted the images, half the 1T hdd is still in use, yet theres nothing to delete. Or more specifically theres nothing left im allowed to delete, but those few things left supposedly take up no space.

    2 AnswersOther - Computers9 years ago
  • Why do people still beleive in this horoscope crap?

    I mean alot of atheists get all butthurt over christianity and its sects, but for crying out loud guys this is quite clearly a scam why arent you guys targeting this festering turd covering a full page in the newspaper every day, this horoscope crap is ridiculous!! anyone with an iq above that of the average barn animal should have figured out decades ago this stuff makes zero sense, is written to be intentionally vague so its easy for suckers to think it applies to them, and helps you in no way shape or form.

    There's no scientific or theological argument that backs this crap up in any way, yet yahoo answers is filled with these mental midgets comparing their starsigns at each other like its a pissing contest or something, why do you insist on placing soo much value on this crap?

    2 AnswersHoroscopes10 years ago
  • Why are american christians soo psycho?

    Outside of maybe rome, american christians are truly the worst representation of religious types there is in civilised culture. At least the crazy islamists have the excuse of war-torn countries and poor education mixed with bad imams preaching the bad parts of the koran solely. These "christians" in america (the hardcore ones of course, a moderate is the same as any christian i imagine) seem to think its actually a good idea to disregard scientific progress if it goes against the bibles "teachings" (the freaking pope himself has said the world is billions of years old and there is probably alien life out there in the universe, and that they would try to convert these aliens if they got the chance too haha) whilst still managing to completely miss the spirit and the message of the book at the same time.

    Why these psychos cant see that they are literally one step short of being just as bad in EVERY respect as the islamists they soo despise baffles the mind (same thought processes, same instinctive reactions, same type of arguments when encountering something they disagree with etc). Dont they see why they are giving real catholics and christians everywhere a bad name? plus encouraging all those almost equally annoying militant athetists in their home country?

    Now im aware that all countries have their fair share of religious wackos, but the ones in america control the media, the education system and popular thought, this is a recipie for disaster, might even be part of the reason they cant seem to understand why the middle east hates america soo much (and no its not because HURR DEY HAET OUR FREEDUM HURR, imbeciles).

    6 AnswersReligion & Spirituality10 years ago
  • Why Is Nationalism Considered a Good Thing?

    The concept always confused me. I enjoy living in my home country (australia) but i dont consider it something to be proud of, its just how it turned out. It's always seemed to me a tool used by governments to take away attention from whatever it is they are really doing, or to lessen the political backlash of a bad policy. Arent we all one human race?

    Not to mention it encourages the idea that to "help" your own country you should be talking up how great it supposedly is and buying cheap flags made in china rather than keeping an eye on your political parties, breeding a large percentage of people who simply dont pay any attention to their governments and either dont vote or pick whoever looks cooler. Orrrrr how it silently encourages contempt for other nations and cultures which are different from yours, how many hardcore racists out there hide behind the veneer of nationalism for example? Be proud of living in a country with a culture of tolerance and equality for all sure (not that such a place exists), but why be proud of the land itself? its the people that make it great, and their vigilance of their representatives and leaders that keep it great. (part of why america is in such a bad way now, they ate the BS their political parties fed them for decades, and are finally paying the price)

    What possible benefit could nationalistic pride have for a nation?

    5 AnswersOther - Cultures & Groups10 years ago
  • What movie is this? set in britain?

    It was a post apocalyptic vision set in britian where all women worldwide stopped being able to get pregnant at once, and this went on for about 20 years or so, until 1 young black woman suddenly got pregnant. The main character is that british action actor veteran Clive Owen, i really wanna track this down, forgot about it until recently...damn good movie......

    2 AnswersMovies10 years ago