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I won !!

Don't know if anybody is interested, but I have recently won a battle with Currys over a faulty TV set I bought. Cutting a long tale short, I bought a 22" TV/DVD combi, which from the start was...

Awkward

Winners.

Great to see Andy Murray bowing before the queen. His easy going personality says it all. Hope he does well for England, along with the football team. Don't you feel proud?

chig

1966, Older answerbankers and sentiment.

I am not old enough to remember the 66 triumph, but can i ask those of you who can remember it. What was the sentiment like, were England expected to.. win. Just do ok. or have no chance....

BertiWooster

Apparently there is some .....

........ . football match happening this weekend , involving Germany and England . Some one has looked at the stats relating to the success rate of penalty shoots outs of the two teams Germany - 94 %...

bibblebub

Brazil v Portugal on Friday

Brazil are definitely through to the next round and Portugal are virtually there too because of their goal difference. Will they play competitively or just go through the motions? Do Portugal have the...

sp1814

Has anyone on AB ever avoided VAT by paying 'cash in hand'

I'm posing this question because we are all rightly outraged by money-grubbing MPs and workshy dole cheats... ...but how many of us have paid cash-in-hand to builders, carpenters, painters, home...

Nosha123

Bonuses for Network Rail bosses

http://news.bbc.co.uk...business/10403255.stm so.. this chap gets a 53% payrise versus last year.... assuming that he has performed 53% better than he did last year.. would the same rules apply to...

Steve.5

Just out of interest.

If Guardian readers are considered pc, pinko, commie, yoghurt-knitting sandal wearing Meusli eaters. How are the readers of other newspapers generally classed as....

daffy654

Daughter beaten up by her boyfriend

My daughter came round this morning covered in bruises, cuts and scratches. When I asked her where they were from she said her new boyfriend did it because he found out she had posted on a male...

Mick-Talbot

Get the bulldog

to put it's teeth back in. or drop it from the team. Rooney is backing out of tackles that he once relished, Is he conning the manager and the nation about his fitness? I'm not a Mathew Upson fan but...

joggerjayne

Do all crisps taste the same?

I'm sure there is only one flavour of crisps. Whatever it says on the packet, you convince yourself that you can taste that flavour. The only possible exception is Cheese and Onion which are, of...

anotheoldgit

Why more left-wing posters?

Why are there more Left-Wing posters on this site than Right-Wingers? Since there seems to be more questions and answers posted during week day working hours, could it be that they are mainly public...

joeluke

Chris Huhne...........

.........claimed £119 in expenses for a trouser press Methinks it was probably for his Bisexual lover by the look of her! http://www.dailymail....girl-Doc-Martens.html...

smithy

criminal assault

i was racially abused by an individual who called me a "BLACK C--T" and who then raised his hand upwards as if he was going to strike me,i grabbed the person around the kneck and kicked his...

olddutch

By the skin of our teeth ?

Phew - what a relief ! Much better by England - but still plenty of room for improvement - last minute goal by USA means its probably Germany next - and if we win on penalities (?) then Argentina !...

Bobbisox

Just a thought, I don't like Andy Murray and his stance against most things English..

does that make him racist...lol or me? Bobbi x...

cherrybakewell

Are there any decent men still in exsistance?

Thinking all the good ones have been snapped up, and only the crap ones left. And if by chance there are any decent single ones, Then (a) why are they single? (b) where are they?...

masma

Update on rescue dog

I don't know if anyone remembers but I put a question on last week regarding a rescue dog we were about to get, well... I thought I'd let those kind people who were of great help know that she arrived...