All categories - 14 July 2007

I'm 25 with two brothers, 4 and 6 years older. We were sometimes hit and I'm wondering if it was legal - this was in the UK in the 80s and 90s.

I got smacked on the bum or legs, usually by my dad, and *very* occasionally had my pants pulled down for a spanking (hand only). The last time that happened I was about 8. I wasn't really hit after the age of 11 except for being slapped across the face once when I was 13.

My brothers occasionally got the belt. I never did, but was threatened with it. The older one only got it once that I remember, the younger a few times, the last time I think he was 14 (so it was about 1992).

I only got hit with an object once - my grandma once spanked me on the bare bottom with a wooden spoon when I was six.

I've always wondered how much of this was legal and whether any of it was abuse. I have never known what the law was then and always wondered.

2007-07-14 12:12:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

I have been cheering for 5 years going on my sixth. I started trying to back handsprings my 4 year and still have not mastered a back handspring. I want to try and be able to do one before high school tryouts!! Any tips??

2007-07-14 12:12:10 · 2 answers · asked by ch33rlikeumeanit 1 in Other - Sports

What does this mean to you? Does it apply in your daily life? How so? If you were to make all things new, how would you interpret those instructions and carry them out?

2007-07-14 12:12:04 · 15 answers · asked by CosmicKiss 6 in Religion & Spirituality

they got money, lots of money.

2007-07-14 12:11:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

me and my mom haven't done something fun together for awhile, we wanted to go to a movie but the movie theater we were going to go to doesn't have any movies we both wanna see, we were thinking about shopping but my birthday is in a month and i don't like buying stuff soon before my birthday. (iono why u would wanna know but im 13)

2007-07-14 12:11:58 · 21 answers · asked by Me 3 in Family

So we went to the mall this weekend and HE suggested ring shopping. We've discussed marriage and know it's what we want but more importantly we both understand that it's not something that we want to do until we're BOTH financially stable or at least done with school (i'm not done, he is). We're going to struggle through a bit of a long distance relationship for about 6 months starting this fall so that I can continue my schooling in SC while he is in OH finishing out the lease on his apartment (which he can't get out of).

My understanding was that we were going to wait for a while to move forward with anything but the ring shopping caught me by surprise since that wasn't something we really thought was appropriate at this time.

Thoughts on why he may have done this.

PS. don't get me wrong i would LOVE to have a diamond on my finger but that's all, i'm not ready to plan a this upcoming week let alone a wedding.

2007-07-14 12:11:57 · 11 answers · asked by laughalot 2 in Marriage & Divorce

it has taken over three years to secure Baghdad, which isn't done, when the US defeated three countries (Italy, Germany, and Japan) in WW2 in less time?

2007-07-14 12:11:54 · 30 answers · asked by hanginleft17 2 in Other - Politics & Government

my neighbor bought a 500 dollar Angus Bull and it jumped the fence how do I call it or how can I lead it home???? KEEP IN MIND it weighs 400 pds.

2007-07-14 12:11:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hunting

YES!! Here's another one. (This one's easier)
Remember first one with the song and artist wins.
Ask if you need a clue.

"The jailer had a wife, and let me tell you she was awful"

Good Luck!

2007-07-14 12:11:48 · 5 answers · asked by Detfan 3 in Country

i have been trying to download songs off limewire for over a hour and still none will download before i could and my new laptop has vista and wont let me
whats something eles like limewire that is compatable with vista or is there something i c can do to limewire to get it to download.

2007-07-14 12:11:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

2007-07-14 12:11:23 · 53 answers · asked by Kirsty 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-14 12:11:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Hi I would like to give a thumb's up or down sometime's but when I press on it, it wont let me. I was wondering if it was because I was only on level one.

2007-07-14 12:10:59 · 9 answers · asked by Pooh Face 3 in Other - News & Events

2007-07-14 12:10:25 · 13 answers · asked by scrtlvss 1 in Other - Family & Relationships

I am a pretty avid baker, and every one I know raves about my cookies and cupcakes.

When I try to bake sheet cakes, however, the cake doesn't rise evenly, creating a mound down the center and dipping towards the edges, and there is always a long split lengthwise down the cake.

Most of the time, I end up covering it with icing to mask the split, but with the way that the cake rises, the cakes still don't turn out very well. They taste amazing, but look terrible.

I have tried both premade mixes and mixes from scratch, both with the same outcomes.

I have also used several different ovens, also producing the same outcome.

Any suggestions?

2007-07-14 12:10:23 · 10 answers · asked by bellusanimus 2 in Cooking & Recipes

I had a dream that my best friend died and i was crying hysterically. Where ever i went i would think about her and start crying un controllable. Also no one around me seemed to care that i was crying. and i was thinking about how lost i would be without her.

what does this mean?

2007-07-14 12:09:46 · 12 answers · asked by fashionfreak♥ 1 in Dream Interpretation

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I still don't understand how fantasy sports work.
I asked about them in Yahoo Answers before and was told the players are evaluated on how they play a game. There are drafts and fantasy teams and leagues. However, that is all meaningless to me without further information and a concept of fantasy sports.

What is a draft?

How do the players play?
How are they evaluated?
Who evaluates them?
Are there real games?
Do they go outside to the sandlot and mash it out?
Are the games real or fantasy?
Is there a fantasy touch-down or fantasy score?

If a guy has a player from Detroit and another player from Dallas on his fantasy team, how do they play a single game together as team mates?
Aren't they rivals that play against each other?

How does the whole fantasy sports thingie work please?

Please do not assume I know anything (including terminology).
Who - What -When - Where - Why & How?

Please answer as if I just came from Mars. Or China!

謝謝 and 和平 - ♥

2007-07-14 12:09:08 · 6 answers · asked by Hello Kitty 7 in Fantasy Sports

I have leather seats so it didn't settle as much as cloth would have, but I smoked in my car for maybe 4 months. I always left the window down, which did not help as much as I wanted it to. They sell all kinds of 'New Car' scents, but none of them actually smell like it and none of them stay. I have cleaned & conditioned my leather, even replaced the Air Cabin Filter in my car. What do you recommend. I just haven't found the right thing yet. Please help!!

2007-07-14 12:09:02 · 19 answers · asked by ryanleagh 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-07-14 12:08:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-14 12:08:40 · 17 answers · asked by Lanice B 1 in Other - Education

I'm a hindu girl in love with a muslim boy.Our parents wouldn't except this and he broke the relationship for that reason.A few weeks on,we met up alot for a couple of weeks and ended up closer than we were before.He told me he loved me and we started going out again.He then had to go abroad for a month.

I am unwell and am undergoing treatment through this time. He has made a point to talk to me everyday, but it's been me calling and on his time.I know that i shouldn't be with him but can't stop thinking about him. I've caught him cheating before we broke up the first time.And now with him away he is not affectionate with me at all.Before being so close by he would call me by a pet name and say he misses me.But despite being in contact he is so distant with me.

I have cancer and feel that i am being selfish in expecting him to be there with me and wanting affection.I think there may be someone else and don't want to stand in the way.How do i forget him?is he messing with me?

2007-07-14 12:08:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

I live by the ocean. Everybody has to wear a bathing suit. Theres no logical explaination for it. Not long ago Russian girls made the local news just for changing out of there bathing suits to street clothes while on the beach

2007-07-14 12:08:29 · 10 answers · asked by capekicks 3 in Mythology & Folklore

You would love to see in concert that you haven't?

2007-07-14 12:08:29 · 31 answers · asked by ஐ♥Wench T-C-B 2ஐ♥ 5 in Polls & Surveys

I'm only a poor little ferret. But I miss my Mum and friends.

2007-07-14 12:08:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I don't know too much about equity. I know what it is, but I don't know what happens with it. Is this cash in the owner's pocket or is it just used for their a new home purchase. Why do people have Home Equity loans?

2007-07-14 12:08:20 · 4 answers · asked by Jron 2 in Renting & Real Estate

2007-07-14 12:08:19 · 10 answers · asked by Special nobody 5 in Polls & Surveys

Help! I was just recovering from surgery when I found out I need to lose weight for a special event in 3 weeks! Since I am still in the recovery process and can't really excersize for another 9 days, any suggestions on how to lose weight fast?

2007-07-14 12:08:18 · 54 answers · asked by dlightful2u 1 in Diet & Fitness

2007-07-14 12:08:06 · 8 answers · asked by steven25t 7 in Rock and Pop