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Average rent increases

Our cousin's tenants have had the rent frozen for the last 2 years and she intends to hike up their rent a little this year so she has more money to spend on posh cakes and other fru- fru. Does anyone...
13:50 Mon 03rd May 20041 answer, last by Moog 16:47 Wed 05th May 2004
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Warming up diesel engines

I've received conflicting points of view on this and am hoping someone at the AB can come up with a definitive answer. I have a 2.5 litre Turbo Diesel, which sounds not unlike a Massey-Ferguson at the...
13:46 Mon 03rd May 20047 answers, last by Janetex 04:52 Sun 09th May 2004
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Cuba - and cigars

Does anyone out there know if there's a limit to the number of nice fat juicy cigars one can bring back from Cuba, assuming of course they're all for personal consumption and not for resale?
14:22 Tue 27th Apr 20047 answers, last by daviddadson 07:05 Mon 20th Jul 2015
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'Good' wine and hangovers

I'm often told that 'good wine' doesn't give you a hangover. In spite of years of trying I don't suffer from hangovers myself and as far as I'm concerned ALL wine is good (urf, urf) but have always...
12:19 Tue 27th Apr 200426 answers, last by espookid 16:31 Thu 25th May 2006
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Things to do in Vegas when you're dead...stupid

Oh dear, oh dear oh dear.... Well I've booked and paid for the flights, hotels, car hire and I fly to LA tomorrow morning to go and watch my best mate compete in the 9-ball world championshipos in...
15:51 Wed 14th Apr 20045 answers, last by apricot 12:26 Fri 16th Apr 2004
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Doryphores Reunited

Does anyone know of any websites in existence which act as a forum for the spirited exploration of multitudinous points of grammar, punctuation and general anally retentive pedantry? If not, I'm...
12:41 Tue 13th Apr 20042 answers, last by woofgang 13:41 Wed 14th Apr 2004
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Weathertool

Have any other Abers come across this piece of software - I want to remove it from my PC but when I try to do so from my 'Add/Remove Program' list on my PC locks up! Having 'Googled' it I see at least...
22:29 Thu 08th Apr 20046 answers, last by Jenny Tools 12:57 Thu 15th Apr 2004
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LA to Las Vegas - halfway house needed

Me and t'brother in law are driving to Vegas from LA next week to watch (not compete in, sadly) the 9-ball pool championship at the Riviera. Having left things to the last bloody minute as usual we've...
06:36 Thu 08th Apr 20046 answers, last by Dave Potts 10:24 Mon 19th Apr 2004
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Pot Noodle - It's Dirty and You Want It

I was wondering if anyone knew whether one could download the 'English Girl' song featured in the Pot Noodle ad as a ringtone? The ad's here:...
10:14 Tue 06th Apr 20046 answers, last by Dave Potts 12:22 Thu 08th Apr 2004
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D�j� Vu (again...)

I get the feeling this question has already been asked (ho ho ho....) I'm looking for any information relating to the curious experience of D?j? Vu. I've read the two posts in the archive and...
09:33 Wed 24th Mar 20042 answers, last by Dave Potts 12:59 Wed 24th Mar 2004
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Are psychics frauds?

Has anyone ever actually met their tall, dark, handsome stranger? My brother-in-law is currently working on a project to do with psychic prediction and I suggested he look to the AB community for some...
06:58 Wed 24th Mar 20049 answers, last by Tat 23:58 Sun 28th Mar 2004
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Origin of the slang 'canister' for head?

Does anyone know the origins of the slang 'canister ' (meaning 'head') - is it cockney rhyming slang, and if so what is the complete phrase? While we're it, how about 'swede' for head and 'kite' for...
18:30 Mon 22nd Mar 20041 answer, last by Quizmonster 08:00 Tue 23rd Mar 2004
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Orthopaedic stools

Do those funny little 'Z' shaped orthopaedic stools have a name and can anyone suggest where the 'Hunchback of Acton' (as I have become known) might obtain one? Eye thankew.
11:49 Mon 22nd Mar 20043 answers, last by Kit 19:58 Mon 22nd Mar 2004
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David Icke - mad as a box of frogs?

Having just re-acquainted myself with 'The Truth Vibrations' I thought I'd check out what David Icke was up to these days and I was interested to see he's still persevering in the face of mass...
08:09 Fri 19th Mar 20048 answers, last by mario31b 03:38 Tue 28th Sep 2004
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Baby-friendly small hotel in Mallorca?

Me and She Who Must Be Obeyed are in Mallorca for a week in September and plan to stay at Portixol for the first couple of nights, but would prefer to get out of Palma for the remainder of the week....
14:56 Wed 17th Mar 20042 answers, last by Dave Potts 13:34 Fri 26th Mar 2004
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Identifying Bootleg DVDs

As DVD copying technology has become so sophisticated these days does anyone know of a way of identifying whether or not a DVD is a genuine original rather than a copy? I know all the cosmetic things...
08:49 Tue 16th Mar 20041 answer, last by aphex2k 13:12 Tue 08th Jun 2004
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Hair of the dog (that bit me)

After a heavy weekend and a (very) subdued Monday I got to thinking about the origin of the above phrase - I googled the John Heywood proverb from 1546 but does anyone know how this phrase came to be...
16:52 Mon 15th Mar 20041 answer, last by Quizmonster 19:09 Mon 15th Mar 2004
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Wire in the Blood

Does anyone have a definitive answer for the origin of this phrase? I've googled it but there seems to be lots of conjecture - anyone actually know ? Ta!
10:01 Fri 05th Mar 20042 answers, last by thewillow 14:14 Fri 05th Mar 2004
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Trying to remember this film

Please help identify this film as its annoying me - I think it is presented in real time - some guy's daughter is being held hostage in a van outside a hotel where a senator is about to stage a...
10:33 Thu 04th Mar 20042 answers, last by Dave Potts 10:51 Thu 04th Mar 2004

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