General Riddles

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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