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Can Anyone Identify This Plant ?

A shrub, over 2 metres high, with a very simple shaped leaf, mid-green, slightly shiny with deep lines, about 5/6cm long, not thought to be deciduous; no flower yet discovered. Stems a bit like...
20:16 Sat 19th Nov 201630 answers, last by Togo 15:45 Thu 01st Dec 2016
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Student Loan Blunder

My son tells me he has just received a message from the student loan company congratulating him on completing his repayments, and also telling him he had overpaid by £2,000. He queried this, saying...
15:21 Sun 13th Nov 201611 answers, last by fiction-factory 07:48 Wed 16th Nov 2016
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Why Is This Site So Clunky ?

Why does this site crash every single time I try to use it ? No other sites are like this. So I shall give up trying soon.
21:25 Sun 06th Nov 20168 answers, last by oldgreyweird 15:01 Sun 27th Nov 2016
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Advice On Light Fittings

I need to find a knowledgable source of information on light fittings. I have tried visiting showrooms, but their salespeople don't know enough. I have found a couple of specialist lighting websites...
21:31 Fri 14th Oct 20164 answers, last by The Builder 12:08 Sun 16th Oct 2016
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What Is Wrong With This Site ?

This site is getting clunkier and clunkier, and I don't think it is my computer which is to blame. It is taking ages to click from section to section and from question to question. And now I find that...
20:45 Sun 09th Oct 201620 answers, last by Baldric 21:21 Mon 10th Oct 2016
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Fingernails

Apart from the fact that my fingernails are in a pretty poor state anyway, one of them has started to part company from the nail-bed beneath. One corner of it has become detached, so the line between...
20:22 Mon 19th Sep 20161 answer, last by ubasses 20:26 Mon 19th Sep 2016
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Help Identifying Shrub Please

A friend was passing a few twigs round in the pub, so I can't photograph it. It grows about person-height, stems are quite slender, leaves are simple, light-green in colour, narrow and about the...
00:20 Mon 29th Aug 20164 answers, last by atalanta 15:41 Mon 29th Aug 2016
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Book "told" By A Chair

I once read a book ( many years ago) which was supposed to be the story of a chair, told by the chair itself, including all sorts of grand places it had been kept, and all sorts of grand people who...
20:38 Sun 07th Aug 201617 answers, last by AB Editor 12:22 Wed 10th Aug 2016
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Beans And Stew

Tomorrow I shall be making one of my huge beef stews. I was listening tot he Food Programme today, and they were talking about beans and how nourishing and tasty they were. I looked in the supermarket...
20:11 Sun 31st Jul 201610 answers, last by mikey4444 09:06 Mon 01st Aug 2016
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Instant Coffee, Chapter 2

I now have a wonderful instant coffee ! But it is due to suffer the same fate as the cake in MacArthur Park. (You know the bit, "I'll never get the recipe again . . . . ") What happened was that I...
20:43 Sun 24th Jul 20161 answer, last by wolf63 20:51 Sun 24th Jul 2016
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Instant Coffee

I am looking for a really good instant coffee which does not pretend it is real coffee with bogus froth on the top and bogus grounds in the bottom. I'll pay what it costs, but I'd like something...
15:32 Tue 05th Jul 201631 answers, last by Hopkirk 14:00 Wed 06th Jul 2016
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Who Funds Think-Tanks ?

Such as: Adam Smith Institute Bow Group Centre for Policy Studies Chatham House Institute for Public Policy Research...
13:17 Sun 03rd Jul 20165 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:01 Mon 04th Jul 2016
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Sewing Machine Needles

I have "inherited" a large quantity of haberdashery, including numerous sewing machine needles. ( Standard Singer-style) The sizes seem to be stamped on them, visible with magnifying glass, but I...
20:40 Mon 30th May 20165 answers, last by thelewisgang 21:32 Thu 02nd Jun 2016
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Energy Use - Computer On Or Off

Is it worth turning off my PC when I stop work for lunch ? Does it take more electricity to turn on, connect to the Internet and get ready to work than to just to leave it on for an hour or two ?...
21:02 Sun 22nd May 201614 answers, last by Hypognosis 07:33 Tue 31st May 2016
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Too Much Money

We keep hearing about colossal salaries and eye-watering bonuses being paid to fat-cat bosses of various national and international businesses. What on earth do they do with all that money ? School...
18:06 Wed 20th Apr 20167 answers, last by megabank 12:19 Fri 29th Apr 2016
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Pistachios

Occasionally i shell an ordinary-looking pistachio ( from a fresh packet, not more than a few days after purchase ) and the nut tastes really disgusting. Can this be dangerous ? ( Of course I spit it...
18:00 Sun 10th Apr 201611 answers, last by HenryOwen 01:33 Mon 25th Apr 2016
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Feed The Sparrows, Not The Pigeons ?

How do I ensure that the birdseed I put out feeds the sparrows and not the fat greedy pigeons in my garden ?
12:24 Wed 06th Apr 201617 answers, last by DebsyDoo 19:44 Sat 09th Apr 2016
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Loose Quarry Tiles On Hearth

My open fire has a hearth made of earth-brown quarry tiles, but several of these have come a bit loose. They used to be stuck down - and grouted - with something black, onto what looks like a cement...
21:22 Thu 31st Mar 20165 answers, last by rosyposy 15:48 Fri 01st Apr 2016
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Rasta Records

Is there a market for original Rasta records ? Early 70s, singles, made in Jamaica/Barbados/Guyana ?
16:41 Tue 15th Mar 20162 answers, last by atalanta 13:30 Wed 16th Mar 2016
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Precise Date Of Birth

The public library staff told me they had e-access to various databases for tracing ancestry, so I went along to try to find the precise date of birth for a colleague who we suspect is approaching a...
21:27 Fri 11th Mar 201619 answers, last by Hypognosis 04:25 Mon 14th Mar 2016

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