All categories - 20 August 2007

Ok first attempt at baking a cake today.

I put it in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees (gas mark 5)
instead of 30 min stated in the reciepe, i used a 24cm round tin, when i took it out i should have knifed the middle before i took it out i know but i thought it had been in long enough at 40 minutes considering it states only 30 minutes to cook it.

The outside was cooked and was solid and i did not want a dry cake, yet when i turned it out it collasped to a sloppy mess as the middle was not cooked and it looked like it could have done with at least another 20 minutes!?!

What did i do wrong, the mixture was fairly solid
before i put it into the cake tin, it was not runny or
anything, in fact i had to scoop most of it into the
tin out of the bowl as it was not runny?

Do i need to bake it longer than the 30 minutes thought at the same time i want to avoid a dry cake?

Or is it because i am a male :-)

2007-08-20 12:04:00 · 11 answers · asked by mafiaboss_nz 5 in Cooking & Recipes

2007-08-20 12:03:59 · 0 answers · asked by mikemo21 2 in Quotations

I am buying a new car, I dont have Car insurance this is my first car! Can I have someone else drive it home for me. that has Insurance

2007-08-20 12:03:57 · 15 answers · asked by trina? 1 in Insurance & Registration

2007-08-20 12:03:46 · 0 answers · asked by C.H. 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-20 12:03:44 · 9 answers · asked by cbn 3 in Polls & Surveys

Tomorrow i've got a Proscout interveiw for acting. DO i have fore anything?

2007-08-20 12:03:39 · 5 answers · asked by lil_deville10 1 in Theater & Acting

Am I lazy or do I just enjoy sleeping.

Do I need motivation to start my day!?

Do you find it hard to get out of bed? If so, why do you think that is.

2007-08-20 12:03:36 · 19 answers · asked by Miss Blue & Riley too. 6 in Polls & Surveys

i need video hardware do you know where can i get it from?

2007-08-20 12:03:35 · 4 answers · asked by dmciscool2007 2 in Add-ons

Seriously . . . were your parents overly protective?

2007-08-20 12:03:15 · 67 answers · asked by ♥ justbnme ♥ 6 in Polls & Surveys

The most importan hour in your life is the one you're living right now. The most important person in your life is the one you're speaking to at this moment - Monk's Proverb

2007-08-20 12:03:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Besides anything to do with girlfriends/boyfriends/romance...

2007-08-20 12:03:07 · 35 answers · asked by jokerz_joke 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm considering doing this in the future and was wondering if it hurts as bad as getting a regular tattoo?

2007-08-20 12:02:44 · 9 answers · asked by Clueless 5 in Tattoos

Here's the whole question:

Why do we choose our favorites? Is it possible that we respect one area over another due to a personal bias? If so, how can we identify these biases?

This is a theoretical question I came across. I thought it was interesting. Let me know what you think.

2007-08-20 12:02:35 · 6 answers · asked by g man 2 in Philosophy

I personally don't know why people watch this shoight!

2007-08-20 12:02:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

ok this will be quick .
what is an sn 7490
and explain what it does.
the very first correct answer gets my vote so go for it.

2007-08-20 12:02:04 · 5 answers · asked by emc.squared 1 in Engineering

I know I have asked this, if you have anwered, there's no point in answering again, but if you have not answered, this is the question for you. . . . . . ... .. ..
I will be going to China to study abroad in Beijing and I would like if you people can fill me in with what to expect. And I ask this because I answered one question (in this category) concerning a person's dislike for China after a few incidents he was involved in that had to do with theft/crime. And as I read almost all responses from people, it sounded as if China was a little dangerous.
I want to know: Who are you, why did you go to China, how long have you been there, anything bad happen to you or someone you know while you were there?
I want to know from the people living in China, whether you are a Chinese citizen, an American working or studying abroad (or anybody), what were your experiences while you are there?
continue. . . .. . . ... .

2007-08-20 12:01:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in China

2007-08-20 12:01:50 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I almost choked on bread and now am afraid to swallow. i cry every day and my parents are being supportive but i cant live like this. im so hungry and i want to cram food in my mouth but im scared! any ideas?

2007-08-20 12:01:42 · 20 answers · asked by Je- Je 2 in Women's Health

2007-08-20 12:01:41 · 26 answers · asked by Mansour S 5 in Reality Television

Liberals Discover Family Values Matter




RUSH: I love this story. "'Family Ties Key to Youth Happiness' -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey -- more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 -- conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America's young people. ... Nearly three-quarters of young people say their relationship with their parents makes them happy. 'They're my foundation,' says Kristiana St. John, 17, a high-school student from Queens in New York. 'My mom tells me that even if I do something stupid, she's still going to love me no matter what. Just knowing that makes me feel very happy and blessed.' Other results are more disconcerting." And, of course, what AP story would not be complete without this next finding. "While most young people are happy overall with the way their lives are going, there are racial differences: the poll shows whites to be happier, across economic categories, than blacks and Hispanics." (Laughing.) Even in a what-makes-you-happy poll, woman, minorities, poor, et al, are the hardest hit. "You might think money would be clearly tied to a general sense of happiness. But almost no one said 'money' when asked what makes them happy."

Now, let me sum this up. All of the things that conservatives have been fighting liberals over for the last 50 years: strong family ties, controlled sex, religion, faith, parents, according to this poll, were right, and they, the liberals, are wrong. The old-fashioned things that we fought to save and they've fought to destroy in the end are what make kids happy, secure, and healthy individuals. You know what I didn't find? I read the whole story. I didn't find one kid that said government makes them happy. I didn't find one kid that said, "Yeah, my senator makes me happy." I didn't find one kid, one answer here that said, "My congressman makes me happy." I didn't see anything in here about a village making kids happy. Parents, yes. God, yes. Friends, yeah. Sex did not show up that much in terms of providing happiness. Now, this is going to be buried, but if it were not buried this would turn liberal education theory and feminism, sociology, the Democratic Party platform, and MTV on their ears. They'll adjust this to these conservative fuddy-duddies, and they'll start promoting religion, parents staying together for their kids -- yeah, right. I don't think we'll get that kind of promotion from them. At any rate, I found the whole thing just invigorating.

We got a sound bite from Hillary Clinton coming up here in which she says she's been fighting those people, meaning us, for 35 years. When I saw that, it got me to thinking, who has she been fighting and for what? I got to thinking, do we fight them? I think, yeah, we do, but there's a fine-line distinction. For example, this program. This program is aimed at you, the people. We conservatives engage in an intellectual pursuit. We want you to be intellectually understanding of conservatism, be able to apply it, be able to learn it so well you can explain it and be persuasive. In the process, when we are attacked by people like Mrs. Clinton who admits doing it for 35 years, we will then jump to the defense of ourselves and others and point out things about them. But the fine-line difference is that they are doing the exact opposite. They are not trying to expand the minds or the opportunities of the people they want to vote for them. They are trying to destroy their enemies. I say it's a fine line. I wouldn't mind politically destroying the left, but we do it in much different ways.

So you have a story here about childhood happiness, or youthful happiness, and you find out that basic traditional values are what bring it about, especially in this day and age. In fact, this poll actually doesn't surprise me, folks. Given all of the pitfalls and the decay, the perversion, and the destructive nature of pop culture and the way it's reported, these were pretty heartening results, especially when the sponsoring agencies here are AP and MTV. It's one of the reasons why I'm always optimistic. I always think the future is bright. In the midst of all this turmoil and angst and chaos and the perception that the younger generation is going to hell in a handbasket, which every adult generation always thinks, by the way, there are real signs of optimism out there. For young people to say what they said here, it means they have a pretty solid foundation, a pretty solid understanding of what gives life its real meaning, and real meaning in your life, that's something that a lot of people never grow up to find or they find it pretty late. So I was encouraged by it.

2007-08-20 12:01:31 · 19 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-08-20 12:01:29 · 9 answers · asked by flutethyagu 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Check this Y!A question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhK9dd963eo7M_r0Jlzq6ML4xQt.?qid=20070820153043AAN8WHT

For positive x, how many inflexion points does this function have, and where? An inflexion point is when a function undergoes a change of curvature from positive to negative or vice-versa. Approximate answers accepted.

2007-08-20 12:01:28 · 4 answers · asked by Scythian1950 7 in Mathematics

I am looking at a job and it says that they want someone with black box testing experience

2007-08-20 12:01:22 · 3 answers · asked by Josh Y 1 in Programming & Design

What do you think ZIf you talk to a person online and start to get into them and after a week they disapear and you don't hear from them for a couple of months then discover them on the dating site again and start talking and now they are all in love with you and ready to devote their life to you. Would you trust that? And we haven't even met yet!

2007-08-20 12:01:19 · 14 answers · asked by Fireman T 6 in Singles & Dating

or heaven and hell type set up. Do you people who drive motor cars and watch tv everyday in 2007 HONESTLY believe you will get some kind of afterlife? Really?

2007-08-20 12:01:08 · 19 answers · asked by thethinker 2 in Religion & Spirituality

OK we already have:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

The new season will fall between Summer and Fall. Based on that what would you name the new season.

2007-08-20 12:01:03 · 20 answers · asked by swsAnswers 3 in Weather

can someone hack into my computer if I am using there wireless internet..Like can they get into my back account and find out all that information that I have imputted.

2007-08-20 12:00:43 · 5 answers · asked by lilcaligirl 3 in Security

2007-08-20 12:00:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fast Food

For today's busy fast-paced lifestyles?

2007-08-20 12:00:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality