Yoong Liat  +  324955 Tue, 06 Feb 07 05:39 AM  Squeaky wrote: A shipping container. after all they fall off ships quite frequently. Are shipping containers shiny when reflected by sunlight? I haven't seen one. But what is difficult is how my daughter is going to write an interesting composition with the container as the large shiny object. Any ideas? Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	nona the brit  +  325023 Tue, 06 Feb 07 08:19 AM Try this for inspiration http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6287457.stm nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Squeaky  +  325296 Tue, 06 Feb 07 08:44 PM Shipping containers are all different colours, with company emblems on them as well and... some are bright and shiny. Your from Singapore which is the 2nd. largest port in the world so you should be able to see plenty of them being loaded and unloaded at the docks at places like Pasir Panjang etc. When ships encounter bad weather they are frequently washed overboard and then float around and become a danger to the navigation of other vessels and maybe a source of pollution as well. Hope this has given you some food for thought...... Squeaky Joined on Sun, Nov 13 2005 Australia Full Member 202

	Grammar Geek  +  325347 Tue, 06 Feb 07 11:07 PM Either one, in my opinion. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,681 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!