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Is it possible to tell if you have been blocked by someone on your msn list of contacts? If so, how?

cudgie

Piffy ???!!!!

Has any one heard of 'I've been standing here like Piffy?' if so, what on earth does it mean and who on earth is Piffy?

Allen Crisp

Train station

This now seems to be used universally, but 30 years ago everyone would call it a railway station. It doesn't particularly bother me, but does anyone know when/why "train" replaced "railway"?

archiestaffy

Ten to the Dozen

Dont understand where this one came from???????

pompei

As rough as ...

... a badger's bottom (polite version) But why a badger?

Coll83

Could anyone shed some light on the meaning of this phrase please - i heard it in australia whilst travelling. ' If a dog barks and barriers are broken, then only the simplest pleasures in life can be...

angeldraws

American slang

What is this 'owned' word that keeps popping up? I hate it! How can a skateboard etc. 'own' someone??? Please explain....TIA

archiestaffy

T's or C's

Why do some people swap t's for c's? E.g Where is the hospicle? I cant seccle? Get me a boccle? Its so damn irritating!

cedelel

Jaguar flat battery

The battery on my father's Jaguar XJ6 has gone flat. Apparently the key will open the car door manually but not the boot. Any suggestions how to get into the boot to access the battery please.

gina32

sunday mail

light open horse drawn carriage especially one with two wheels designed for two passengers 6 thanks

poppy12345

real people

from which counrty does the word zen originate

Augoustina

Find the perimeter of each figure

What is the perimeter of 6.13m and 8.7m

Hawken

Ice Cream Truck

I heard somewhere that an Ice Cream truck was selling its wares to service men on the English coast prior to the D-day invasion. It got caught up in the confusion and traffic and was actually loaded,...

spragger

Trains.

I was told some years ago that the MOD as hudreds of old steam trains hidded away, I ask why and was told that if we was attacted and lost our power they would need them, as diesal and gas would also...

islandman

National Service

Before I email the BBC to tell them they were wrong, would someone confirm that the 60's, means any yr between 1960 & 1969. They said Nat. Ser. ended in the 60's. I was 18 in 1958 and it had ended...

annavc

Family history

I haven't done any research into my family history but thinking about it and there is one person in particular I want to find out more about and that is my maternal great-grandfather. His surname was...

joko

driving on the road questions...?

my dad is teaching me to drive, but he is old and keeps telling me things that i am sure are not true or wrong, can someone confirm or deny these for me. firstly he says, when following a single road...

pingu748

Famous people in Lincoln / shire

Who knows anyone "famous" that lives / lived in Lincoln or Lincolnshire ... I only know of Nick Bateman (x BBrother "star") ...

shazzabell

Vic Beckham's Hairdo(nt)

AAargh! I don't know how many people I've seen copy Victoria Beckham's new hairstyle. I think it's a horrible cut. What do you reckon?

cat woman

American Police Uniforms?...............

This is a question for our American ABer's, here in England our Police Force all wear the same style and colour uniform, and drive the same marked police cars, why after watching an American "COPS"...

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