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All Praise To Panasonic

Back in 1998 we bought a 3-receiver Panasonic landline, similar to this....
11:05 Mon 02nd Nov 20203 answers, last by AZardoz 22:08 Tue 03rd Nov 2020
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Take-Aways

How safe are take-aways (from covid)? After cooking for 8 months, I don’t half fancy a break!...
10:38 Mon 02nd Nov 202030 answers, last by ToraToraTora 13:47 Tue 03rd Nov 2020
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Food Bank Queues

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/01/growing-numbers-newly-hungry-forced-use-uk-food-banks-covid Perhaps Answerbankers think people would swallow their pride and queue up outside Food banks...
07:52 Mon 02nd Nov 202082 answers, last by allenlondon 19:35 Wed 04th Nov 2020
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End Of Days

Has Western capitalism really been reduced to the Hospitality Industry and Beauty Salons? Can an economy, in or out of lockdown, sustain itself simply by selling burgers and beer or having its hair...
07:30 Sun 01st Nov 202013 answers, last by mushroom25 10:57 Sun 01st Nov 2020
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Disabled Bed

We got Mrs A a device (a very strong handle) to helpher getin and out of bed, but it can only be on one side, otherwise her damaged legs get in the way. What she misses on her OTHER side is something...
14:44 Sat 31st Oct 202035 answers, last by bednobs 21:40 Tue 03rd Nov 2020
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Good For Them...

Pub in NW London giving out food to school kids (perhaps it will catch on!)....
12:56 Fri 30th Oct 202016 answers, last by AuntPollyGrey 13:47 Fri 30th Oct 2020
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When Ev’ry Thread’s About Me?

Macbeth: Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every thread appalls me? What jibes are here? Hah! They pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Answerbank’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my...
07:40 Thu 29th Oct 2020108 answers, last by agchristie 23:23 Thu 29th Oct 2020
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Grit Your Teeth

I was on the verge of giving up this morning, then thought of my old man. He wanted very little, which was just as well. But in his late 40s, he contracted an awful form of arthritis, twisting his...
15:05 Wed 28th Oct 202036 answers, last by andy-hughes 10:22 Thu 29th Oct 2020
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Breadknifes

Bought a nice shiny chef’s knife, Robert Dyas, and noticed their bread knives. So bought one, too. Our last had been me mum’s from about 1940, and I thought ALL breadknives were flimsy and only just...
19:45 Tue 27th Oct 202014 answers, last by bhg481 14:50 Thu 29th Oct 2020
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Weak Skin

Bit of a dilemma, not sure if there is really a solution. As part of my prosthetic leg system, I have to wear a silicone 'liner' - a sock-like object which covers my stump up to and above my knee. Not...
11:31 Tue 27th Oct 20207 answers, last by allenlondon 12:18 Tue 27th Oct 2020
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Answer Length Restrictions

Some (only a few) answerers bang on and on, and are obviously competent touch-typists. Their answers are sometimes interesting, more often just words upon words. Is it time for a restriction on the...
10:41 Mon 26th Oct 202076 answers, last by allenlondon 15:31 Mon 26th Oct 2020
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Let Them Eat...?

MPs rejected the plea for free school meals to be given during holidays. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/21/marcus-rashford-in-despair-as-mps-reject-free-school-meal-plan Should be very...
09:37 Fri 23rd Oct 2020387 answers, last by Mozz71 16:25 Sun 25th Oct 2020
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Oedema

Mrs A has congestive heart failure, and has swollen ankles, legs, thighs, and abdomen. Weight up 11kg in 6 months. The two diuretics a day don’t seem to have much effect. The surgery doesn’t seem very...
08:31 Thu 22nd Oct 202030 answers, last by allenlondon 12:05 Fri 23rd Oct 2020
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Seat Raiser

Mrs A can’t (or rather finds it very hard) to get up from our normal height reclining armchairs. They are on circular bases, so no legs. I want to get hold of something resembling a thin pallet (2 to...
20:50 Tue 20th Oct 202032 answers, last by bednobs 20:59 Wed 21st Oct 2020
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.45 Bullets

Given the huge size (close to half an inch diameter) of .45 revolver bullets, surely no-one could actually survive being shot by one (as in many Westerns). Or am I missing something? A...
10:02 Mon 19th Oct 202018 answers, last by allenlondon 07:10 Tue 20th Oct 2020
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The Lease Game

Neighbours, 'owned' their flat (maisonette) for 30+ years, have a problem. Their lease, long when they bought the flat, is now looking short, and in estate agent's terms, too short to be able to sell...
09:02 Sat 17th Oct 202036 answers, last by Old_Geezer 07:24 Sun 18th Oct 2020
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B&W Brilliance.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y6fKVKtNIi82kiMxGyj_warSIqxmEkEm/view?usp=sharing A picture by the wonderful Chris Killip who has died. The photo has been described as summing up Thatcherism. Very...
12:35 Thu 15th Oct 202079 answers, last by allenlondon 08:41 Fri 16th Oct 2020
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Proud Of The Proud Boys

A bit surprised that Trump's reference to his Proud Boys has gone uncommented in this columns. Here is a taste of the 'leader' (Gavin McInnes)'s views: "Gavin McInnes has claimed that “fighting solves...
12:34 Wed 14th Oct 202096 answers, last by Mozz71 19:47 Thu 15th Oct 2020
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Tips?

Wickes delivered 8 bags of compost, 4 of gravel, 30 smallish slabs (to the front door). Asked the three blokes to carry it the 35-ish metres to the bottom of the garden, which they did. Lobbed them...
12:26 Tue 13th Oct 202046 answers, last by allenlondon 09:04 Wed 14th Oct 2020

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