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What causes traffic congestion?

The answer to that is simple - Local Authorities do. Traffic has difficulty exiting motorways and 'A' roads because of the decisions taken by councils that include the introduction of road narrowing,...

Simeon

Compensation to relatives of slaves?

I see on the BBC news website that discussions have started about awarding compensation to the relatives of slaves. Where the hell will this end? do we pay compensation to the Irish for the potato...

Salamanda

Hiding Number plates

Is it true if you cover your number plates with cling film, it deflects the light so the speed cameras cant see your reg??? I got flashed after jumping the lights, is that ?60 fine'? ta

tali122

property -real profit

ifts often heard of someone buying a property , say for ?100k and selling at profit for ?200k - but out of that 100k profit how much do you have to deduct for conveyancing, valuation ,stamp duty,...

Theland

Right And Wrong

God is my ulitmate authority on right and wrong, but if you don't believe in God, from where does moral authority originate?

whiffey

The demon drink in our mind's eye

Of these 3 morning groans, which would raise the most eyebrows ? 1) I drunk 6 pints of Stella last night. 2) I had a bottle and a half of red wine last night. 3) I got through over a half a bottle of...

bash123

speeding

SPEEDING POINTS how many speeding point plus fine would i get when travelling in a 40 mph dual carriageway when i was travelling at 68mph alreadly got 6 points ????

allen

DVDs. Can I record and watch?

So, say I want to: record programmes, and at the same time, watch a different programme, or watch a previous recording. 1) Is there a DVD which will do this? If so, any suggestions as to models? 2) My...

jake-the-peg

Time to dis-establish the Church of England?

Church attendance is now 6.5% and whilst 70% of the UK Claim to be Christian 40% of those confess to not actually believing in God at all! We have an heir to the thone who has said he wants to be...

bambibooboo

Bank account hacked

somebody has fraudently set up a standing order using my bank account details, cancelled it on finding out, but nobody has my details so how did this fraudster get them?

10ClarionSt

Environmental Issues

We keep hearing about how much damage we are supposed to be doing to the environment, but there are arguments for and against. Does anyone know a decent web site that gives a good account from both...

piccadilly

what kind of winter

has anybody heard what type of winter we will have in the UK, mild or harsh,have there been any indicators,eg tempereture of oceans or how cold european land mass is?

jeanette1976

Are there ANY words that rhyme with orange?

??? x

Boo Boo

Man on the Moon

If Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon (20 July 1969), then who was the last man to walk on the moon? And when?

admarlow

Admarlow is off around the World!

Hi everyone at AB, after a couple of years, a few hundred questions and a few thousand answers (plus a couple of banned ones!) I am going travelling off around the world and so I won't be on here...

Loosehead

Invasion doesn't have to be military....

An earlier question has prompted me to wonder.. Why is it the EU have acheived what hitler and others have failed to acheive? Why is it that when there's a military invasion we repel it with vigour...

wendilla

instant messenging

Is it possible to pick up a virus with just general chat on yahoo or msn messenger or is it when you just accept a file which might have a virus.Just curious to know.Thanks

Bazile

Farthest Galaxy

- Which is the farthest known galaxy ? - How far away is it ? - How many stars is it estimated to contain? - How old is it estimated to be ? - What is the estimated width and length ? - who discovered...

1animal2

hydrogen cells

a little concern i have about hydrogen cells! these are meant to be the fuel of the future especially for cars. they are meant to be a clean renewable power source. to my knowledge they combine...

anotheoldgit

Why so anti-English?

I am a regular contributor to the News Topics, and what I have noticed is how many of the other contributors seem to be so anti-English, and yet support other nationalities to the hilt. My question is...

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