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98mph in a 70 limit

Mrs flop was caught by camera doing the above speed and has been advised the crime is too serious to be dealt with by way of a fixed penalty. Would I be right in thinking she is facing at least 6...

blueroseking

Ok, this might sounds derranged, naive or any number of things. But I was out last night, I got punched in the face. I stumbled down to the beach, and this girl walked past with a guy, I asked her if...

EDDIE51

drink driving USA ?

I often see on Police reality shows, USA officers administering a 'soberity test' This would seem a very hit & miss affair, long time hardened drinkers should be able to get away with a lot more...

kopend

POST OFFICE

ARE THE POST ON STRIKE TODAY?? I SENT A PARCEL FROM STOCKPORT TO NORTHAMPTON AND AM EXPECTING ONE FROM MANCHESTER TO STOCKPORT BOTH SENT YESTERDAY...

flip_flop

Jeremy Clarkson

Love him or loathe him (personally I think he's great - the funniest writer wrting today in my opinion - his two columns in The Sunday Times are worth the price of the paper on their own), he is...

R1Geezer

Old program coding sheets + report layout sheets etc

Has anyone got a link to somewhere where the old COBOL etc coding sheets can be seen/downloaded + report layout sheets etc. I'm doing a bit of a Yorkshiremen sketch with the young wippersnappers in my...

nadine84parker

Am I entitled to more maternity benefit if BF is in debt?

I am due to start maternity leave in January. My boyfriend and I both work full time. I know I am entitled to SMP, child tax credit and child benefit, but as my BF is in the army and on more than...

tali1

Trivia - Carlton Palmer

What (dubious obviously)record does Carlton Palmer hold?

anotheoldgit

Where to now?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1214161/French-Jungle-razed-week-immigrants-told-You-England-anymore-Calais.html Mr Besson said Britain's generous welfare benefits encourage people...

arrymong

time zones

according to the song "it's only half past twelve but i don't care, it's five o clock somwhere" is this correct? I thought that the time zones were multiples of an hour. But can it be true...

graemefollett

Small claims action

Hi, To keep it brief I started a claim against a company (as I now know, a multi-national) because of some monies I felt I was owed. It went like this; - I bought concert tickets (or the promise of...

Pebbilita

Earths orbit

What makes the earths orbit around the Sun eliptical? Why not a constant distance all the way around? Thank you!

mariner2

The worst football decisiom ever?

UEFA's U-turn in letting off Eduardo for the most blatant bit of cheating is a blueprint for absolute disaster for football. I've read the rubbish in this morning's papers about how Eduardo now feels...

naomi24

Problems with new AB

This has probably been answered already, and if so my apologies for asking again. The new AB works fine on my laptop, but on my desk top, the end of every line in each post disappears off the right...

R1Geezer

Venus, rotational period and orbital period...

Venus has a rotational period of 243 Earth days and an orbital period of 224.7 Earth days, ie it's day is longer than it's year. Can anyone explain how the day is measured, is this simply a question...

anotheoldgit

Should he have joined the Police?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213811/You-plonkers-Sikh-policeman-suing-Force-asking-wear-modified-turban-says-I-felt-like-I-Only-Fools-Horses.html Should Mr Singh have joined the Police...

Playbill

Where

is the answerbank based? In answer to various questions on this site it has been mentioned that the site is British so non British posters may not find the best answers here. I recently downloaded a...

Steve.5

TV shows

Did Richard Madeley ever present Supermarket Sweep ?

JonnyBoy12

What is the best way to lose weight?

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but would really like to know the best way to lose weight if any other ABers can tell me this? According to diet pills and patches they are all the best,...

kinell

speeding - visual assessment

a new one on me my mate got stopped for 'speeding' on saturday i know the road, there is a gatso just after you enter the 30 limit he was pulled over and given a ticket for the offence of appearing to...

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