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naomi24

Are We Paying Too Much In Benefits?

This woman can’t work and is on incapacity benefit, but nevertheless has paid for multiple trips to Tunisia and can afford to send her husband money which he passes on to his family....
07:36 Thu 05th Mar 201564 answers, last by Colmc54 01:34 Sun 24th May 2015
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ToraToraTora

Should We Now Move The Smoking Ban To Public Open Spaces?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31602414...
09:42 Thu 26th Feb 2015111 answers, last by Sir Alec 15:59 Fri 27th Feb 2015
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Deskdiary

Steve Hedley & Nick Ferrari

I listened to this exchange yesterday with my mouth agape! http://audioboom.com/boos/2882899-nick-ferrari-asked-rmt-chief-why-tube-drivers-were-striking-the-union-boss-then-lost-the-plot...
07:58 Thu 12th Feb 201520 answers, last by ToraToraTora 09:06 Fri 13th Feb 2015
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mikey4444

England Bans Smoking In Cars With Children

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31310685 These smoking debates always gets interesting on AB ! I know TTT, and most on here, will agree with me that its a good move, but who will speak for the...
17:17 Wed 11th Feb 201537 answers, last by atalanta 12:50 Thu 12th Feb 2015
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Caran

Top Gear

This excelled itself tonight with stupidity. Kiitcar type ambulances, dummies spurting blood, sick and pee. It's only on because OH likes it but even he says it's rubbish. How do they get away with...
23:23 Sun 08th Feb 201543 answers, last by tonyav 20:48 Mon 09th Feb 2015
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kopend

Poland

my brother is going to Krakow in Poland this weekend are there any good places he can visit ? and any good places to eat / drink...
11:10 Wed 04th Feb 20159 answers, last by jno 20:56 Thu 05th Feb 2015
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Gavmacp

If You Tolerate This.....

I am rather surprised this has not been discussed. Bristol is implementing two smoke free zones. I feel this is just going a bit too far. What next fat people free zones, or poor people free zones...
22:08 Mon 02nd Feb 201551 answers, last by Carakeel 11:05 Tue 03rd Feb 2015
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Deskdiary

Typhoon Fighter Jet

In the paper at the weekend there was a story that Typhoons had been scrambled from Lossiemouth as there was a Russian Tupolev bomber near Bournemouth. The article mentioned the Typhoon is capable of...
13:16 Mon 02nd Feb 20156 answers, last by Dizmo 17:31 Mon 02nd Feb 2015
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hellywelly4

Last Tango In Halifax

What are we going to do without it? Both my daughter and I have been hooked. Such brilliant and perceptive writing - the last phrase was a dream (won't spoil it for others). The acting too is...
22:26 Sun 01st Feb 201525 answers, last by cupid04 14:17 Mon 02nd Feb 2015
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MantaRay

Built In Or Aftermarket Satnav?

What are the pro's and con's of opting for the manufacturer's built in Satnav GPS systems versus aftermarket units? [apart from the obvious that the latter can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle]....
18:24 Thu 29th Jan 201512 answers, last by hc4361 17:50 Fri 30th Jan 2015
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mikey4444

Plain Packaging For Cigarettes...at Last !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30926973 We should have got rid of all those pretty, shiny, silver and gold boxes years ago, so its well overdue. ( I know TTT will be cheering this morning ! )...
07:43 Thu 22nd Jan 2015107 answers, last by EDDIE51 09:25 Mon 26th Jan 2015
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sevenOP

'beauty And The Beast'.

As we are all individuals, why is there such a unified consensus on what constitutes female ( and male) beauty ?
11:53 Tue 20th Jan 201534 answers, last by sevenOP 11:13 Wed 21st Jan 2015
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ToraToraTora

"tum And Dumber" - Front Page Of The Sun

Saw this front page this morning about a vey fat mother and daughter on £34k a year benefitsits. Anyone know the full story? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30603495 Scroll down to the sun....
22:52 Wed 14th Jan 201536 answers, last by ummmm 15:40 Thu 15th Jan 2015
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ToraToraTora

Would You Encourage Your Lad To Play With Barbie?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30794476 Yep it's another belter frm the Limp dums!...
23:15 Tue 13th Jan 201560 answers, last by DaisyNonna 01:18 Thu 15th Jan 2015
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Bazile

House Insurance

Is there a way of finding out if a house is covered by a valid buildings insurance policy ?
15:29 Thu 08th Jan 201516 answers, last by EDDIE51 08:33 Sat 10th Jan 2015
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mushroom25

Conservative Road Poster

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11329212/Labour-councillor-suspended-for-Tweeting-death-camp-Tory-poster.html Legitimate satirical comment? or a step too far?...
06:32 Wed 07th Jan 20159 answers, last by ChillDoubt 21:50 Wed 07th Jan 2015
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nailit

When Does Humour Become Offensive

Ive had my issues over the years with alcohol mental health the law and prison unemployment sex and relationships Illness abuse etc Yet, I can still find the humour in it all and laugh at jokes about...
19:13 Wed 17th Dec 201447 answers, last by Maydup 08:12 Thu 18th Dec 2014
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mikey4444

Smoking Ban In Cars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30513439 It looks as if its going to be an offence to smoke in a car with children. I am all for it and I know some on here, like T³ hates smoking as well. But what...
15:27 Wed 17th Dec 201445 answers, last by PankySmooch 21:30 Fri 19th Dec 2014
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AB Editor

The Ideal Price Of Petrol

14:07 Wed 17th Dec 201414 answers, last by TWR 09:05 Wed 07th Jan 2015
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bobbie22

The Missing

I could not understand the last part. It did not help that I could not hear half of what the actors said. There's a hew case coming up in this series apparently. Please can anyone give me some...
22:03 Tue 16th Dec 201439 answers, last by aelmpvw 12:06 Sat 20th Dec 2014

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