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Do You Believe In Extraterrestrial Life?

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What Is Extraterrestrial Life? - 21 votes
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You what? - 4 votes
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dave50

Are There Intelligent Traffic Lights?

If a minor road is backed up with traffic and there is a junction with traffic lights going into a main road which is not very busy, why dont the lights sense this and stay on green longer for the... ...

pastafreak

Virgin Media Social Tariff For Oldies

Does anyone have this? I was due to switch over to ee, but because of issues with the building I'm in and work that BT would have had to do, that's been cancelled. Virgin has their own cable... ...

melv16

Hungarian Saker Falcons(2)

https://www.mavir.hu/web/mavir/feszekmegfigyeles Eggs still being incubated. ...

naomi24

Hamilton - The Movie

I like musicals generally, but I really can't take to this one and I haven't finished watching it. I just had to switch it off. Has anyone else seen it?

Kardashev

Visiting London In A Few Weeks......

We thought we'd have a look around at potential places to live in UK. Any suggestions? We are getting on a bit and what's happening in the US at the moment is very disterubing to us.

naomi24

Tate Receives 'Transformational' Gift From Us Donors

Tate Modern has announced it has received a major gift from a couple of art collectors in the form of a painting by the US modern artist Joan Mitchell. It was unveiled on Thursday as one of a group... ...

naomi24

Slovakia Backs Plan To Shoot 350 Bears After Man Killed In Attack

//The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country's brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest in Central Slovakia. Prime Minister Robert... ...

naomi24

Supermarket Cafes Closing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30mevm3g60o Do you use them and will you miss them? ...

Ken4155

Aintree Grand National Festival 2025

Takes place today, tomorrow and Saturday. The course is obviously the venue providing the majority of races for the ITV7 with 5 events, 1st leg 2.20. Plumpton and Sedgefield provide one each in... ...

DDIL

Alternative Ways To Serve Haggis

I am holding a postponed burns night. It was postponed due to the major power failure we had in January. Any alternative ways to serve haggis thats less 'wintery' and more 'springy'. thank... ...

david small

Isa Renewal Difficulty

Lloyds ISA at fixed rate for one year is too complex. I have the app and that give no option. Time limit soon up to renew. Then put in 1% rather than 4% as I have been for a year. Customer service... ...

MandyMooMoo

Tariffs

Will an American company based in the UK or a British company based in the US have to pay the new tariff?

dave50

Trump's Import Tariffs Are A Blessing In Disguise For Labour.

They can now blame him when the UK economy goes down the pan.

Khandro

Did Trump Just Prove Brexit Was The Best Decision Britain Ever Made?

It looks like so for three reasons. First, if we were still part of the bloc, or even the Customs Union as hardcore Remainers would like us to be, we would be facing an immediate 20 per cent... ...

Giggsie

Hp Ink Drying Up

Anyone tried removing ink cartridges after use then put back in when needed? Would it make any difference as in stop them drying out by putting seal wrapper back on. Fed up as don't print much but... ...

david small

Much Prefer Classical Music.

The human voice carries with it egotistical aspects that I find unpleasant. Whereas Say, Beethovens 7th symphony is a complete joining of multiple instruments achieving a beautiful harmony. Keep... ...

mallyh

Shepherds Pie

i batch cooked some shepherds pies can i cook them from frozen? x

Prudie

Downloading Teams

Can anyone help me, I wanted to download Teams to my home laptop specifically to make teams calls. I've downloded the free version, then looked into at and it says download home/office with up to... ...

naomi24

The Ghost Of Abraham Lincoln

This was mentioned on an edition of The Chase so I looked it up and sure enough some very distinguished people claim to have seen arguably the USA's most famous president, including Winston... ...

jack daniels

Fence Between Us And The Neighbour

Answer bankers, I would appreciate some advice on a matter please. My neighbour owns a fence in between our house & theirs. They do change/repair it if need be. I would like to know who's... ...

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