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LazyGun

To the Scots here - whats your opinion on Donald Trump?

Just read some comments from Donald Trump to the effect that everyone in Scotland loves "Trump International Golf Links" up in Aberdeen. Is that the case? Are most people broadly supportive...
18:21 Sat 10th Nov 201254 answers, last by scotgal 23:02 Thu 15th Nov 2012
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thorfinn

Peter Pan Basil

I'm trying to grow a pot of basil from seed. I've got loads of seedlings but the trouble is that, after a few weeks, they remain just that - seedlings. The pot's in a sunny window sill but our Glasgow...
13:04 Thu 12th Jun 20082 answers, last by thorfinn 15:51 Tue 17th Jun 2008
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4getmenot

Speach

When someone cant pronounce their r's is there a name for it?
10:39 Thu 12th Jun 200813 answers, last by weeal 13:16 Thu 12th Jun 2008
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knobbyn0nuts

I just

got bitten by a bloody carribean mozie the little bstard
00:41 Wed 28th May 200819 answers, last by Drisgirl 01:26 Wed 28th May 2008
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thorfinn

Reading Glasses

I have a few pairs of these reading glasses that you keep in a thing like a cigar tube. They're really good, but I keep losing the little cushions that go over the little spikes that sit on the bridge...
00:32 Tue 27th May 20082 answers, last by thorfinn 00:58 Wed 28th May 2008
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allen

Uniformed, uniform

A bit of tat on one of the TV channels read "they were uniform police". It meant uniformed, of course, and I can explain the difference to anyone. What I can't do is explain the difference in parts of...
07:20 Sun 24th Feb 200821 answers, last by thorfinn 18:39 Thu 13th Mar 2008
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kiddr

right people the real description for the word chav-Fact

ok after having about a infuriating row with my girlfriend about the word chav, look it all came about as in the word chavie meaning child and chav meaning male person, Or town dweller, see wikapedia....
16:15 Mon 10th Mar 20087 answers, last by thorfinn 18:18 Thu 13th Mar 2008
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thorfinn

Jammed curtain rail

I have a pair of heavy curtains which run on rails operated by a cord. Ths cord is continuous and runs below and inside the metal rail. At the 'pulling' end it goes over two nylon wheels. At the other...
20:23 Wed 05th Mar 20082 answers, last by thorfinn 10:55 Sat 08th Mar 2008
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molbagol

coronation oil

what oil is used at the coronation of English monarchs to annoint the King or Queen?
12:54 Tue 04th Mar 20087 answers, last by Steve.5 22:53 Sat 08th Mar 2008
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thorfinn

Phone problem

My BT Synergy cordless phone operates through an ASDL filter which also links to my BT broadband modem. It has suddenly stopped working through the filter (no ringtone) , but still works when plugged...
14:25 Sat 23rd Feb 20084 answers, last by thorfinn 16:14 Mon 25th Feb 2008
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plowter

What's your favourite limerick?

What's your favourite limerick? I like: When Titian was painting Almada She was sat atop of a ladder Her position to Titian Suggested coition So he nipped up the ladder and 'ad her
22:32 Fri 22nd Feb 200828 answers, last by DTcrosswordfan 22:24 Mon 16th May 2011
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mariner2

What's the worst case of an errant apostrophe you've seen?

I've just found one in the otherwise splendid book "The Island" by Victoria Hislop, towards the end there's a sentence that goes "the term's of Anna's agreement" It seems there's a creeping cancer...
08:35 Mon 12th Nov 200715 answers, last by mariner2 12:49 Wed 27th Jan 2010
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steveconner

Raccoons

Why is Raccoon feces Red, cannot find reason.
16:33 Thu 15th Nov 20075 answers, last by wolf63 09:39 Fri 16th Nov 2007
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ScreaminTree

M1 Carbine & semi-automatic rifles

Obviously some nation had to be first, but how was it that America came to design and manufacture the first standard-issue semi-automatic rifle? Not being disrespectful by this - what I mean is were...
15:15 Fri 02nd Nov 20077 answers, last by Pootle 09:34 Tue 06th Nov 2007
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mountainboo

Please can someone just clarrify, to settle an argument

A couple = 2 A few = 3/4 Several = 5 Please, because mrmountainboo thinks a couple is 3 (duh), a few is 4 or 5 and several is more. Thanks
16:05 Sun 28th Oct 200711 answers, last by thorfinn 22:39 Mon 29th Oct 2007
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thorfinn

Capital Gains Tax

I sold a flat last year that I'd bought in 1986. It wasn't my main residence from 1998 to 2004 as I was working abroad. The question of CGT therefore arises. I know I've nothing to pay because a very...
18:45 Fri 26th Oct 20075 answers, last by thorfinn 22:24 Mon 29th Oct 2007
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excelsior

lol ?

i keep seeing the word 'lol' in amongst texts being submitted in all areas ..... what is this?
20:47 Mon 29th Oct 20078 answers, last by Ice-Maiden 12:39 Tue 30th Oct 2007
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thorfinn

Yucca plants

I've got a big Yucca that hasn't been thriving. I've managed to revive it a bit but two of the 'trunks' have dropped their leaves and haven't produced anything for two or three months. I bought them...
17:55 Fri 26th Oct 20072 answers, last by thorfinn 01:37 Sun 28th Oct 2007
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Bewlay Bros

The Welsh

I have decided to be more accepting and tolerent of different species and cultures. To eradicate any vile racist-fuelled anti-Welsh agenda that may have encrusted my usually cordial outlook on life,...
17:51 Fri 26th Oct 200720 answers, last by toby99 23:41 Fri 26th Oct 2007
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plowter

Recurring Payment Authority

Someone told me that there's something called a recurring payment authority in addition to the more usual direct debits and standing orders. What's the difference between an RPA and a DD? How can a...
11:01 Fri 26th Oct 20077 answers, last by EverClean 11:26 Sat 27th Oct 2007

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