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Fiction set in Japan?

Hi I'm looking for suggestions of any good novels set in contemporary Japan. I know most of the popular Japanese authors, so I'm more interested in any western novel set there, for the western...
19:44 Sun 18th Feb 20075 answers, last by File Cutter 22:15 Wed 21st Feb 2007
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Not-so-cold fridge - help!

Our fridge isn't keeping its cool these days - but starngely the freezer is fine. We've got the temp in the fridge down as low as poss, but it's not really cold enough for keep food fresh. Any ideas...
11:17 Fri 26th May 20062 answers, last by WendyS 18:13 Mon 29th May 2006
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reeta & shami chakrabarti

Does anyone know if Reeta Chakrabarti, the BBC political correspondent, and Shami Chakrabarti, the directory of Liberty, are related?
08:20 Tue 04th Apr 200616 answers, last by spacechimp 14:35 Sat 08th Apr 2006
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Music in Sony TV ad - coloured balls in San Fran

Does anyone know the acoustic guitar sounding song in the cinema ad for a new Sony flatscreen TV? It's where the loads of coloured balls go bouncing down the hill in San Francisco. Thanks L
15:28 Fri 09th Dec 20053 answers, last by larabell 18:18 Sat 10th Dec 2005
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'metabolically active' - what's this term mean?

Please could someone explain in very brief layman's terms what this means? I've just read an article that refers to visceral fat as being metabolically active. Does it mean that it needs calories to...
12:55 Fri 20th May 20051 answer, last by Clanad 14:08 Fri 20th May 2005
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'metabolically active' what's this mean?

Please could someone explain in very brief layman's terms what this means? I've just read an article that refers to visceral fat as being metabolically active.
12:54 Fri 20th May 20051 answer, last by Peter Pedant 23:42 Mon 23rd May 2005
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clueless about window box plants

I'd like a bit of colour in the front of the house, so I've bought window boxes. I'm after easy to care for plants, pref. flowering, that will be colourful even this time of year. oh, and I've even...
16:06 Sat 19th Feb 20053 answers, last by larabell 19:49 Tue 22nd Feb 2005
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TROY?

I was surprised to hear so many people praise this film. I thought the script and casting were awful and I was astounded by how many huge liberties they took with the story. Any lazy students relying...
19:31 Tue 25th May 200410 answers, last by Mazzaup2 21:45 Wed 03rd Aug 2005
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Times Eurostar offer

Don't spose anyone is collecting the Eurostar passwords and wants to share a few? I need three more and recycled the ones from the past weeekdays at the bin at my train station, forgetting all about...
09:51 Sun 25th Apr 20049 answers, last by airbolt 13:45 Wed 05th May 2004
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Help me stop &^�$ pop-unders, PLEASE!!

Hotmail, ebay and even dear answerbank are becoming sites I loathe visiting because of the HUGE number of pop-unders that come up, which delays loading the actual desired pages. I have a pop-up...
09:49 Sun 25th Apr 20046 answers, last by suecoo 17:30 Tue 27th Apr 2004
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Music in final episode of SATC

What was the French hip hop music playing near the end of the final episode of Sex and the City. It was while Miranda was running after her mother in law and Carrie was wandering round Paris...
20:55 Tue 30th Mar 20043 answers, last by gontofe 19:57 Fri 02nd Apr 2004
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where should I go on holiday this summer?

In the past, I've enjoyed the American Southwest (Grand Canyon, etc), the Ile de Re in France, Martha's Vineyard, etc. I want to go around September, want warm weather, but not too hot, lazy days with...
19:58 Tue 16th Mar 20048 answers, last by SallyW 14:26 Mon 22nd Mar 2004
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Laura Linney's coat in Love Actually

The tweed looking one she's wearning when she comes home from the Xmas party - anyone know who makes it?
09:09 Sun 30th Nov 2003
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Quark versions US/UK

I have an Apple iBook running US version Quark 5.0 - is there nay way I can open UK version Quark 4.0 files? When I load them onto the iBook, it doesn't seem to recognise that they're Quark files at...
21:06 Mon 21st Jul 20031 answer, last by lisaj 23:01 Tue 22nd Jul 2003
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music from LOTR commercial

I don't remember hearing this in the Two Towers(though it could be there), but they play it on the ads and trailers, I think sounds similar to some music from a film called Requiem for a Dream...
12:58 Thu 20th Feb 20034 answers, last by markh 17:13 Fri 21st Feb 2003
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Sunday opening hours

Why is it that Tesco, Debenhams, Sainsbury's et al. must close after only - what 5 hours? - while Blockbuster, B2 & Woolies can stay open all hours?
18:12 Sun 21st Jul 20024 answers, last by spookylad 09:51 Tue 30th Jul 2002
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Bus drivers' strike?

Why do the bus drivers never strike (not that I'm complaining) - the train and Tube drivers do, and I can't believe the pay or safety issues are anymore satisfactory for bus drivers....
18:09 Sun 21st Jul 20024 answers, last by Tartanwizard 20:26 Fri 26th Jul 2002
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"all girls together" and "jobs for the boys"

where did these phrases come from, and what exactly do they mean?
07:44 Tue 14th May 20021 answer, last by Quizmonster 07:56 Mon 27th May 2002
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Apple Mac command keys

I am temporarily having to work on Mac after years of PCs. Does anyone know a good online source for command keys, etc.? I don't like using the drop down menu all the time...
16:04 Fri 19th Apr 20021 answer, last by macgyvr64 00:16 Sun 05th May 2002
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Noisy, loathsome neighbours

The man in the flat upstairs from me is constantly doing loud DIY projects (banging, sawing, drilling) - this is all day, every day. I work from home and it is getting increasingly hard to get any...
09:12 Wed 03rd Apr 20021 answer, last by ravenhair 12:31 Wed 03rd Apr 2002

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