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A comic's Target Market

Happened to be discussing kids' comics with Mrs Spod today and I asked if she remembered Beano. 'Never read it, it was a boys' comic'. I could not have been more surprised. There were, of course,...
17:05 Fri 11th Nov 201131 answers, last by jno 00:42 Sat 12th Nov 2011
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Shoot in the foot

Now then, I know it means doing something to disadvantage oneself, but am I right in thinking that it used to be somewhat more clever - using this minor disadvantage to avoid a worse fate? I always...
19:25 Thu 27th Oct 20111 answer, last by Buenchico 21:42 Thu 27th Oct 2011
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Suffice (it)?

Suffice to say or Suffice it to say? Does it matter? Fowler is silent on this but I expect ABers won't be.
12:46 Sun 18th Sep 201111 answers, last by Captain Spod 21:01 Thu 22nd Sep 2011
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Soft drinks for grown-ups

I've recently joined a pub quiz team and I have to drive to the pub. My favourite 'driver's drink' was always grapefruit juice & tonic but very few pubs now stock grapefruit juice due to low...
20:06 Sun 29th May 20117 answers, last by wesedward 13:10 Tue 07th Jun 2011
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Android Tablets

First of all, let us establish - I don't like or want an Apple i-anything. Now then, I bought Mrs Spod a Kindle for Christmas and it has 3-G connectivity so she can access the the Interweb free at any...
23:31 Sun 20th Feb 20116 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 17:02 Mon 21st Feb 2011
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VHS to DVD

I bought yesterday a kit to convert tape recordings to DVD via a USB plug into my PC. The input side of the device has yellow and white/red sockets (RCA?) and a 5 pin socket (like computer keyboards...
11:37 Thu 30th Dec 20103 answers, last by Jewela 08:53 Fri 07th Jan 2011
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Sliver / Slither

Some time ago I had a rant here about barter vs haggle and it seems that they are broadly interchangeable now (sigh). HOWEVER Sliver and slither are not the same, they are different parts of speech...
12:55 Tue 21st Dec 201075 answers, last by Quizmonster 17:55 Thu 23rd Dec 2010
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Reliable knife sharpener

I don't know if AB users are allowed to use trade names, but could someone advise me of a knife sharpener that actually works and continues doing so for more than a few uses? Got some Viners knives in...
19:38 Sun 19th Dec 20108 answers, last by Captain Spod 12:41 Tue 21st Dec 2010
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Garlic won't cleave

For the past two years I have planted garlic (the proper horticultural stuff) on the 21st December and pulled up the very healthy plants the following June. All I get is a big single bulb, they won't...
11:37 Sun 05th Dec 20102 answers, last by kia cat 06:06 Thu 20th Jan 2011
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Haggle / Barter

WHY CAN'T PEOPLE REALISE (upper case because I'm cross) THAT THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WORDS MEANING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY WOULDN'T SAIL IN A CHEESE OR FLY A WINDOW, THAT WOULD BE NONSENSE, SO WHY...
19:37 Thu 26th Aug 201023 answers, last by Captain Spod 15:31 Sun 05th Sep 2010
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Hirsute ear'oles

In my fifties and, like most blokes, sprouting hair from ears. Much as I would like to transplant it north a few inches, this isn't practical. Any reason why I shouldn't CAREFULLY use Mrs Spod's...
17:11 Mon 16th Aug 201015 answers, last by lumination 10:36 Wed 18th Aug 2010
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Angling - Mini Bubble Floats

Saw a pack of four in a 99p shop and couldn't resist buying them. I've tried to find out how to use them and although I've spotted that they've got stoppered holes for filling with water, I have to...
15:33 Sun 01st Aug 20102 answers, last by boxtops 16:16 Sun 01st Aug 2010
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Angling - Mini Bubble Float

Saw a pack of four in a 99p shop and couldn't resist buying them. I've tried to find out how to use them and although I've spotted that they've got stoppered holes for filling with water, I have to...
15:31 Sun 01st Aug 20102 answers, last by Dodger666 11:13 Tue 03rd Aug 2010
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Recognising a USB port

My computer, running Vista, refuses to recognise the USB port into which I have plugged my MP3 player - a Zen Mozaic. The port works because a) the player is charging and b) I can use it to view...
20:25 Mon 19th Jul 20104 answers, last by Captain Spod 16:43 Tue 20th Jul 2010
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How do anchors work?

If it was just the weight, dragging along the seabed, then they wouldn't all have that, well, anchor shape. If the shape is important in somehow clinging to the seabed, how does the ship simply raise...
20:20 Mon 19th Jul 201010 answers, last by McMouse 12:30 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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Sat Tel Prize 26,211

8D Moderate Christian I leave ?e?t?e Now I can see Centre being moderate, but how does the rest of the clue tie in? Thanks.
12:37 Sat 10th Apr 20102 answers, last by cupid04 12:41 Sat 10th Apr 2010
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Council payment of care home fees

I am attorney for my father in law who is in a nursing home. I pay the fees from his funds including the proceeds of his house but they will probably expire before he does. When I approach the Local...
19:07 Thu 11th Mar 20104 answers, last by droopdrawers 17:49 Sat 13th Mar 2010
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What the L...

...is the difference between a Beep and a Bleep (apart from the L)? Doesn't really matter, just thought I'd ask....
14:06 Sun 31st Jan 20102 answers, last by Clanad 17:03 Sun 31st Jan 2010
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Why doesn't it dry?

Tupperware type food containers come up lovely in the dishwasher, but remain the only item still wet after the whole cycle. Glass, china, cutlery all as dry as a bone, but not the plastic. Why is...
15:14 Sat 30th Jan 201010 answers, last by Stevesw 21:48 Mon 01st Feb 2010
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SunTel Cryptic 2515

20D Waits at Christmas, for example, for some birds. S-N-E-S. Now I can see how SINGERS might be types of birds, but that doesn't feel right, can't see the Waits thing. As usual - last one! Thanks in...
17:21 Sun 20th Dec 20092 answers, last by Captain Spod 17:32 Sun 20th Dec 2009

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