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Reconstruction

Why at the turn of the century were white Southernerns able to get away with discriminating aganist blacks despite all the laws and amendments that were passed during the Reconstruction?

spudmuffa

Walking under ladders

I am quite perplexed why it is unlucky to walk under a ladder? I recently bought a step-ladder for the kitchen, and there is absolutely no way that I can walk under it ?

snix39

parking

I have parked outside my house for the past 10 mths without any probs however recently a resident further down the estate has made a complaint to the police and i have b een warned that if I don't...

wintersett

Car treasure hunt

I am about to organise my first car treasure hunt - has anyone got any hints or tips they can passon to me?

vinrex7

insurance cover

Part of my insurance cover is that i can drive with the owners permission any car. what i want to know is does the car have to be insured or am i still covered? cheers in advance

Skipoet

Any parking fines experts out there?

Hi all Unfortunately, I've just received a parking ticket :-(( Not a leg to stand on regarding the time - we were 5 mins late back to the car . However, the ticket states the make of car as a Toyota...

CushtyFred

tax?

My friend works in a cafe and steals ?200 per week out of the takings. Does he have to declare his stolen earnings to the tax man?

lsd123

Undue care and attention- but it wasn't our fault!!!

Recently i was in an accident where my boyfriend, who is 18 years old, was driving in a Peugot 106 with modifications. We were driving at around 35 mph in a 30 zone following a car who was travelling...

joko

parking outside your house...

is any way whatsover to ensure you can park outside your house, and prevent others parking there? tell me anything at all, no matter how specific or unusual....we may be able to work with it. either...

geo0939

Civilian clothes.

Why were the Iranian prisoners freed on television wearing civilian clothes. They are serving members of HM Forces and were captured wearing uniforms. As far as we could see there were no scuffles...

bluesman8998

Is it allowed?

My driving instructor tells me that when i take my practical test i am allowed to go if another driver flashes his headlights at me to let me go, though i am never allowedto flash another driver is...

joko

are you allowed to break the law in an emergency?

this is hypothetical, but say i drove a car that i was not insured on because the driver or anyone really had collapsed or was in labour and needed to get to hospital, and i was the only one there -...

young&smart2

Can you tell me what started WW2?

I am learning about World War 2 right now in school; and my text book says that the war was started because some 19 year old kid of the Black Hand, a revolutionary group of Serbia, assassinated...

david small

speeding or not

There used to be a ten percent allowance plus one for speeding...ie..30mph zone you would not be do doing 33-34mph. Is this still in effect? Or was that not generating enough revenue?

hubby514

pedestrian crossing

having stopped to allow people to cross, no more people around, can you continue, with caution, with the lights still on RED.

Athena222

Standing order to closed account

I recently had a run in with Amex and as a consequence paid my account in full and closed it, sending them a letter confirming I wanted to close the account and sending them my cut up card. They...

matty2670

Turquoise

I'm from the south of the country and say the above word with the "qu" pronounced as in the word "queen." i.e. "TURKWOISE" However, my girlfriend from up north swears blind you don't pronounce the...

1rovert

Geneva Convention???

What happened to Name! Rank! Serial Number! and Blood Group??????? I was never trained to write letters, and talk on TV.

Loosehead

Did people really believe smoking was "good for you" ?

Watching an episode of goodnight sweetheart where Gary tries to stop Phoebe smoking whilst pregnant and she says "leave off Gary, everyone knows it's good for you", got me thinking: We are told that...

rutineli

Her Majesty's Finest

Why do the Constabulary attract the nick-name of The Old Bill? I could understand if it was the Old Bob but where does Bill come from? rutineli

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