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Items stolen from my luggage!

Hi all, I have jsut returned from a weekend in Prague (which was great by the way) and found that some dirty little b'stard has been into my luggage and stolen 200 cigarettes and a brand new bottle of...

muchlovex

Laser Eye Surgery

I am thinking of having laser eye surgery. Has anyone on AB had this done, if so what is the procedure, costs per eye and is it painful? Thank you...

mrs_nordling

Complex eye Prescription - NHS Voucher

Just had my eyes tested, and now have a 'complex prescription' of 10, which means I qualify for free eye tests, and I got £13.70 taken off the lenses. Just doing some research on the internet...

piggynose

How do you increase or reduce brightness in your computer screen?

this would be especially useful to know when using the laptop outside thanx in advance pn...

ethandron

isle de re and isle d'oleron

anyone been to either or both of these islands off the west coast of france? are there any places or things that are not immediately apparent which i should look out for in terms of 'secret jewels'...

bezzy

frozen shoulder

any pain relief ideas welcome

Mosaic

Gap at ceiling, plus irritating squeak, in stud wall - any solutions?

Part of my first floor consists of a small bedroom with a stud n plasterboard partition wall. All around the top of the wall a gap of about 0.5cm has appeared gradually - this is over 23 years, not...

zzxxee

Strange place names

Where i live there is a town nearby called "chipping sodbury" and a few miles down the road the city of "Bath", We also have a small place called "Fishponds" Do you have...

beso

Jesus's family name

Were Jesus's parents Joseph and Mary Christ? And where does Emanuel fit in. The Old Testament prophecy said He would be called Emanuel. So is His name Jesus Emanuel Christ?...

Khandro

Sunset Strip

I'm right in thinking I am the only person on AB to remember the series, '77 Sunset strip', am I not ?...

Scylax

Unbelievable pet owners

I read today that a woman had returned a Jack Russell pup to a rescue centre after only one day, as it clashed with her curtains. Am I alone in my total disgust ?

albalass

hairy women

Did Tudor women shave their legs etc? When did women start to remove their body hair? I know the Egyptians did but did it fall out of fashion?

ICEQUEEN20

Was it a migraine??

Had a very strange attack of disturbed vision and flashing lights this morning. It came on all of a sudden, I can only describe it as one flashing zig zag light that duplicated after a few minutes,...

NiallsMama

CD stuck in Picasso...........

I wonder if anyone can help! Iv'e had a CD stuck in my 57 plate Citoren Picasso for over a month now, I have tried all I can think of to pluck it out, but its well and truly stuck! When I press eject...

onetoomany

im going to sort my kitchen out once and for all

and want to fit an extractor fan, which is the best place to fit it i.e near door, window and is it easy to fit...i.e what kinda work does in entail? thanks...

sandyRoe

Gung hay fat choy!

The year of the Rabbit starts soon. I was born in the year of the pig. What's your animal year?

Groupie

is it illegal to name a cat after a Film?

I just got a young kitten and want to name him "The Godfather"

clasher

Compost

Recently putting a log fire in has resulted in a lot of wood shavings from using a chain saw, and sawdust from the mitre saw. Will either of these, or both, benefit my garden, by either composting or...

Mosaic

Human Planet - think I'm gonna be sick

....stuffing dead birds into a skinned seal for snacking later was the last straw.......

allen

Webcam / Skype etc

The last time I looked into Skype, it seemed very complicated. I want a webcam/internet system where I call someone up on my computer, and we can see/talk to each other. Do such systems exist, or...

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