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Pampas Grass problem

My neighbour has a large patch of Pampas Grass which grows through my open-mesh fence and reaches a height of 10' or more. The wind has now broken most of the stems and these hang over into my garden...
16:47 Mon 17th Jan 201115 answers, last by LoftyLottie 14:03 Tue 18th Jan 2011
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Corsodyl advert

In the current advert for Corsodyl, the young lady appears to have lost a tooth. I am surprised that she has only lost a tooth, walking around stark naked in a cornfield, as she does. Comment ?
15:35 Mon 17th Jan 20119 answers, last by Scylax 16:55 Wed 19th Jan 2011
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Useful keyboard keys

My keyboard has some very useful 'extra' keys, but they won't work when typing answers into Answerbank; they just obliterate everything and take me back to square one Why ?...
15:27 Mon 17th Jan 20113 answers, last by Scylax 17:55 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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Pub beer

Beer/lager now costs upwards of £3 per pint in pubs. Why does anyone pay such horrendous prices for a commodity which retails at about 50p. per pint in the local supermarket ? Beer at home...
14:31 Sat 15th Jan 201133 answers, last by scotman 23:31 Wed 19th Jan 2011
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National speed limit

Many years ago, when I first studied the Highway Code, a large white circular road sign with a diagonal black stripe indicated 'Derestriction'. Obviously, no-one believed that any vehicle could...
18:08 Fri 14th Jan 201119 answers, last by sddsddean 20:47 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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Superb advertising ?

A couple are viewing dogs for adoption. One, a mongrel called Harvey, displays his usefulness, playing chess, tucking-up the kids,polishing shoes, etc. Then he sits waiting with his suitcase packed...
13:57 Mon 03rd Jan 20116 answers, last by JohnnysAmusements 02:44 Sat 08th Jan 2011
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Bank refuses to handle cash

I wished to pay a £20 credit card statement at Co-Op Bank. I offered a £20 note, but was informed that :'We can't accept cash, sorry'. Since when was this not legal tender ?...
13:20 Mon 03rd Jan 201132 answers, last by wendilla 17:47 Thu 06th Jan 2011
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Electric cars

We hear that electrically driven cars are the way forward, and being 'green' are much to be recommended. However, I also read that such cars may not use their heaters, as this would reduce their...
13:07 Sat 11th Dec 201021 answers, last by EDDIE51 00:20 Wed 15th Dec 2010
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Most irritating adverts ?

Which adverts on TV and radio irritate you most ? For my part, they include 'Go Compare' and 'Maureen 118 212'...
14:14 Fri 10th Dec 201027 answers, last by JohnnysAmusements 02:55 Sat 08th Jan 2011
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Remember the Hamlet cigar adverts ?

To my mind, these were the gold-standard by which other adverts could be judged. They were witty, memorable and inclined me toward the product ++. Can't today's advertising agencies emulate their...
15:00 Wed 24th Nov 20108 answers, last by tiggerblue10 13:15 Thu 25th Nov 2010
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Italian graduates

Somewhere I learned that all graduates in Italy, irrespective of discipline studied, are entitled to to honorary title of dottore (Doctor), as are practitioners of medicine in the UK, though very few...
20:43 Tue 16th Nov 20102 answers, last by Mosaic 20:08 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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The Roman fortress at Usk

The original Roman fortress at Usk (Burrium) in Gwent was abandoned due to regular flooding, and replaced with Isca Silurum at Caerleon. Could this flooding have been due to the Severn bore ? Any...
13:43 Sun 07th Nov 20105 answers, last by Scylax 12:42 Mon 08th Nov 2010
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Alt Gr

What, I wonder, is the function of the Alt Gr key on my computer keyboard ?
20:52 Mon 01st Nov 201015 answers, last by sprinter53 22:29 Thu 04th Nov 2010
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'Dumb and dumber'

I watched this film on TV last night for as long as I could. It goes down in my book as the most fatuous, puerile and infantile movie ever made. If this is American humour I'm glad to be British. Too...
17:08 Mon 01st Nov 201012 answers, last by piggynose 00:13 Mon 07th Sep 2015
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Garden birds

When are the birds going to come back to my garden ? Heaven knows, I put out enough food for them. I used to have about 40 resident sparrows. Come back, all is forgiven.
13:49 Mon 01st Nov 201044 answers, last by LoftyLottie 14:25 Tue 02nd Nov 2010
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Honda Jazz transmission

The original Jazz had CVT transmission. The newer Jazz has I-Shift transmission. Now, says Honest John, the next Jazz will revert to CVT. What is going on ?...
13:15 Mon 01st Nov 20102 answers, last by mdoo98 09:06 Thu 04th Nov 2010
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Tidal energy

Regularly, I read that the tides average 9 or10 metres twice per day at Cardiff, in the Severn estuary. Can't all the energy generated by these tides be harnessed and fed into the national grid ?
16:13 Thu 28th Oct 20106 answers, last by Scylax 14:13 Fri 29th Oct 2010
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A speedy way to make money ?

A speed camera caught me doing a reprehensible 35 mph in a 30mph zone, in heavy following traffic. It appears that I can avoid the 3 penalty points and £60 fine if I attend a 'Speed Awareness...
19:26 Tue 26th Oct 201016 answers, last by joko 16:08 Sun 31st Oct 2010
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Atlas Shrugged

It is reported in the Daily Telegraph today that many people in the USA are fearing that the politics of President Obama are leading the USA into a form of European socialism. Among the conservatives...
19:06 Tue 26th Oct 20108 answers, last by modeller 11:13 Wed 27th Oct 2010
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Earliest hospital ?

We read that a pre-Norman hospital site has been found...possibly 10th. century. This is reported as the earliest evidence of such a structure in the UK. I beg to differ. In the huge legionary Roman...
17:14 Fri 22nd Oct 20105 answers, last by Scylax 13:20 Sun 24th Oct 2010

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