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Is it only Britain that has trouble with potholes?

I have not driven in Norway or Sweden (or many other cold places for that matter), but I have driven in Denmark, which, I imagine, suffers from sub-zero winters. It was maybe 20 years ago, but all the...
01:03 Fri 12th Mar 20107 answers, last by Toureman 13:58 Sat 13th Mar 2010
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Suspended Jail Sentences

What are these all about? I hear of people being sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, or something similar. Now, I believe that this means that, so long as they do not commit (or...
17:21 Fri 19th Feb 20104 answers, last by al1623 18:25 Sat 20th Feb 2010
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VHS recorder won't record

I have a Sharp 6 head video recorder, 5½ years old. No problems till a few days ago. When I playback what has recently been recorded, the picture disappears to a blue screen and comes back...
17:55 Tue 19th Jan 20104 answers, last by rojash 00:24 Wed 20th Jan 2010
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VHS recorder won't record

17:45 Tue 19th Jan 20103 answers, last by mrs_overall 17:51 Tue 19th Jan 2010
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200 character limit

I just spent ages writing an answer to a question, clicked 'submit' and went straight on to something else. When I went to see if there were any further comments, I found that my answer was not there....
18:28 Wed 13th Jan 20108 answers, last by bigbrain_biggerego99 17:11 Thu 14th Jan 2010
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The all-important weather

Has anybody else noticed and been irritated by the way that TV presenters introduce the weather forecast as "the all-important weather"? I think that the weather is quite important, perhaps...
12:49 Sat 09th Jan 20104 answers, last by Bert 20:26 Mon 11th Jan 2010
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Black Ice

When was the term "black ice" first used? During my childhood in the Uk in the 50s and 60s, I don't recall ever hearing of black ice. Now it seems to be the only sort of ice there is on the...
11:55 Mon 21st Dec 20097 answers, last by Bert 00:04 Thu 24th Dec 2009
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What\'s all the leaning about?

Has anybody else noticed how reporters and presenters have taken to leaning against walls or lamp-posts while they are doing a \"piece to camera\"? It\'s been going on for about 12 months or...
01:46 Wed 30th Sep 20091 answer, last by 4getmenot 11:25 Wed 30th Sep 2009
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Remove adhesive from carpet

Somehow or other, a sticky plaster [Band-/aid, Elastoplast type of thing] (slightly used) got stuck on a fitted carpet in the house. It has left a dark mark, right in the middle of a walkway. I have...
14:43 Sun 12th Jul 20094 answers, last by carlton23 10:41 Mon 13th Jul 2009
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Symbol used in Commerce and Finance

This may not be the best topic area for my question, but I cannot think of a better one. I have a very small English dictionary (10 cm X 6.5 cm and 2.5 cm thick) called 'The Diamond Dictionary'. There...
15:42 Fri 03rd Jul 20093 answers, last by Bert 23:51 Mon 06th Jul 2009
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Who is Corrie Corfield?

What is her real name? Even her BBC biog doesn't say. I doubt that her parents would have been so unimaginative as to give her a name that sounds like a nickname derived from her surname or so cruel...
16:05 Mon 27th Apr 20094 answers, last by Supermike 16:40 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Complimentary

I wonder how the word "compliment", meaning praise, developed into "complimentary" meaning something given for no charge.
02:36 Tue 21st Apr 20095 answers, last by jno 01:11 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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How do you repair a plastic bath?

We have just noticed a small crack in our plastic (acrylic?) bath. It is about 5 cm long and it is right in the middle (side to side) at the head end, where the base curves into the part where your...
02:24 Thu 16th Apr 20098 answers, last by Natali 18:59 Fri 04th Jan 2013
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Such a lot of rubbish on the internet

If you google 'hot water weighs more than cold water' you will get 127 hits [128 now:-)], of which 44 are different. This may actually be true, if we use E=mc^2 to convert the extra energy of the hot...
18:33 Wed 25th Feb 200911 answers, last by Bert 13:02 Tue 03rd Mar 2009
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Amaryllis Bulb

What do I do with an amaryllis bulb once it has finished flowering, so that it will flower the following year? I have a single bulb in a pot in the living room. It produced two flowers a week or two...
19:44 Tue 24th Feb 20093 answers, last by Whoever 19:51 Sun 08th Mar 2009
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Latest interest rate cut (5 Feb 2009)

The Bank of England has just cut the rate of interest down to 1%. Mortgage lenders are expected to follow suit. This is supposed to make credit easier to get, and so the "system" will get back to...
16:04 Thu 05th Feb 200916 answers, last by jake-the-peg 18:00 Thu 05th Feb 2009
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Coloured pencil-sharpener

This may be the wrong forum, but here goes. Why can't you sharpen a coloured pencil with a pencil sharpener? I remember seeing a box of coloured pencils years ago that warned against trying it. If you...
03:52 Mon 02nd Feb 20096 answers, last by Painterpete 16:34 Mon 16th Mar 2009
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Hot water bottles

I just bought a new hot water bottle (for my wife - she feels the cold more than I do). On the bag it says "Do not fill [with] water from the domestic hot water system as this can prematurely degrade...
16:30 Wed 28th Jan 200917 answers, last by fredpuli47 14:56 Sat 31st Jan 2009
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Changing broadband service provider

I was recently offered a good deal to go back to BT for phone calls and broadband. I am presently with Tiscali. When I called Tiscali to get my MAC, I asked about changes to my email. BT had said...
15:02 Sun 25th Jan 20095 answers, last by Bert 16:16 Wed 28th Jan 2009
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Birdbox

We have had a birdbox on a cherry tree in our garden for several years. The hole at the front was originally about 2.5 - 3 cm in diameter. We were told it was the right size for tits, and we have had...
01:13 Tue 20th Jan 20098 answers, last by Kleiber 22:23 Wed 21st Jan 2009

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