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Employer Reduced Salary Without Agreement?

One of my friends was asked by his employer if he would take a 12% drop in salary during the crisis. They were only asking this of employees above a certain salary band, and they said that it would be...
21:03 Tue 26th May 202011 answers, last by badhorsey 12:17 Fri 29th May 2020
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Charles Bronson Is... Macho!

I recall years ago seeing a single page comic strip parodying celebrated auteur Charles Bronson. The storyline was "A stranger borrow's Macho's pen... and doesn't give it back!" But I can't remember...
14:06 Mon 11th May 2020
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Starting A New Job On Furlough... Legalities?

With UK furlough extended until the end of June (and maybe even further), a lot of people who've been furloughed are looking for new jobs. What is the legal position if you found a new job but just...
15:16 Tue 05th May 202010 answers, last by Skyline D 23:05 Tue 19th May 2020
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How Much Mortar Do I Need?

I've got a small flower bed that I'm increasing the height of - currently there are 14 bricks in a line, which is all that's needed. I'd like to cement them in place, but just how much mortar would I...
11:57 Fri 17th Apr 20204 answers, last by badhorsey 16:50 Sat 18th Apr 2020
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Replacement Toilet Seat (Deca 1.6Gpf?)

I'm trying to source a toilet seat which I understand is a bit of an unusual one. the toilet doesn't appear to have any screwholes underneath - although it does on the top - and it's marked "Deca...
14:57 Wed 29th Jan 20203 answers, last by The Builder 13:08 Thu 30th Jan 2020
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Replacing A Fence With A Hedge

My front garden faces onto a busy road and currently, there's a low wall with a fence in place. I'd like to replace this with a hedge to get a bit of privacy. the garden itself is paved. What would be...
17:50 Thu 23rd Jan 20207 answers, last by Vagus 19:30 Thu 23rd Jan 2020
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Snooping At Work

One of my friends has had a fair amount of friction with his line manager and raised the issue with the LM's boss. He did this from his personal email account. He'd left his email open on his PC but...
11:10 Fri 01st Nov 201915 answers, last by Prudie 21:20 Mon 04th Nov 2019
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Tandy Pda - Anyone Remember It?

I very briefly had a PDA from Tandy, around 1990 / 1991. It was a flip-open device with a green screen and a very handsome brushed aluminium case. The functionality was very limited - it had no clock,...
12:03 Mon 21st Oct 20195 answers, last by bookend 13:13 Mon 21st Oct 2019
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Payment Terms

I've done some freelance work for a client, and submitted an invoice with my terms as 'on presentation'. They've come back and said that their terms are 30 days - which has not been discussed before....
14:34 Wed 16th Oct 201910 answers, last by lewis66 08:23 Thu 27th Aug 2020
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Literary Agent Charging For Legal Fees?

I've been having discussions with an agency who are interested in trying to get my stuff in front of a publisher. They seem legitimate - they've got a decent roster of clients and writers. One of the...
16:30 Tue 27th Aug 20195 answers, last by badhorsey 17:28 Wed 28th Aug 2019
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Benny On A Jet

I remember years ago the Sun (or maybe the Star) ran this as a headline after Elton John was involved in an argument on a flight. Try as I might, I can't find it though. Anyone else recall it?
15:00 Thu 22nd Aug 20197 answers, last by aelmpvw 18:18 Thu 22nd Aug 2019
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Neighbours Replaced My Fence Without Permission

I came home today to find that my fence has been replaced by the builders doing works on the adjacent property. I didn't give them any authorisation to do so and in fact, they'd asked to do this a...
00:28 Wed 14th Aug 201911 answers, last by badhorsey 10:53 Wed 14th Aug 2019
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Tune From '70S / '80S Science Programme

I asked this in TV, which was probably the wrong section! I'm trying to track down a piece of music that was done on Tomorrow's World or something similar, using tapes of bottles, rubber bands etc....
17:07 Mon 17th Jun 2019
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Music From Tv Science Programme

Another obscure one (s'help me, I'm good at them). Back in the '80s there was a piece of music that was demonstrated on a science programme, made without instruments - it was done with bottles, rubber...
18:24 Wed 12th Jun 20193 answers, last by badhorsey 17:31 Sun 16th Jun 2019
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1970S Program With Closing Titles Slowly Zooming Down A Forest Path

Does that ring any bells? I had misremembered it as Family at War but it's not that... the closing titles were a slow dolly zoom along a straight path in a forest with dramatic music....
19:59 Sun 12th May 20197 answers, last by badhorsey 10:08 Thu 16th May 2019
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Which (Dreadful) Painting Is This?

It's an awesomely bad horsey. https://i.redd.it/2rt4nay3s2r21.jpg...
15:04 Tue 09th Apr 20193 answers, last by 237SJ 20:45 Tue 09th Apr 2019
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Name This Tune (Possibly A Show Tune)?

I put together a rough of how I remember it - it's sung, I think. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0d5AV0ACVJg...
20:20 Thu 30th Aug 20182 answers, last by badhorsey 04:54 Fri 31st Aug 2018
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Another Mystery Tune

I think it's a national anthem? A version appears briefly on the end of one of the tracks on Jean-Michel Jarre's Concerts in China album. Again, here's my version of it......
14:12 Wed 16th May 2018
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What Is This March?

This was used on a TV or radio show in the '80s - this is the nearest I can approximate on guitar... https://vocaroo.com/i/s18WLsmuyFvI...
14:10 Wed 16th May 20184 answers, last by badhorsey 17:25 Wed 16th May 2018
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It'll Be Alright On The Night,

Hi, I'm trying to track down a copy of the original 1977 broadcast of this. I've had no luck - most of the other ones are online, but this one is absent. Does anyone have a copy, or can they point me...
19:56 Sun 15th Jan 2017

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