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Post Office rubber bands. What should we do with them?

I'm sure we've all seen the many rubber bands dropped on paths and doorsteps by postmen (and postwomen?). This huge consumption and wastage of rubber bands was reported in my newspaper a few days ago....
22:50 Thu 26th Jan 200617 answers, last by BillPoster 18:47 Fri 17th Jul 2009
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Logistics on lorries: Misuse of word?

Increasingly I notice lorries adorned with the word 'Logistics'; sometimes it forms part of the company's name. Are transporters and delivery companies guilty of adopting and misusing this word?...
12:33 Wed 25th Jan 200610 answers, last by BriWrite 13:02 Thu 26th Jan 2006
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March of the Penguins - background music

I recently watched the DVD of the incredible film 'March of the Penguins' which has been a big box office hit in America. Does anyone agree that this beautiful and moving film was slightly spoiled by...
21:10 Sun 22nd Jan 20063 answers, last by Robert G 12:25 Mon 23rd Jan 2006
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Films and TV

Please don't link Film with Computer Games! They have little in common. Film and Theatre, maybe.
20:21 Sat 21st Jan 20062 answers, last by dotjhawkes 22:04 Sat 21st Jan 2006
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Which region code are my home recordings?

I'm in the UK. When I record something on to a DVD-R on my DVD recorder (bought in the UK) connected to my AV set-up, is the recording coded as Region 0 or Region 2? (In case it makes a difference,...
10:53 Sat 21st Jan 20061 answer, last by Bob A Job 12:09 Sat 21st Jan 2006
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Does anyone grow pineapples in Italy?

Have you tried dining in Pizza Express or Zizi and asking for: (i) a pineapple juice, or (ii) a Hawiian style pizza (or any pizza with pineapple on it), or (iii) a sweet containing pineapple? You will...
15:42 Fri 20th Jan 20068 answers, last by andrewlee 19:39 Sun 22nd Jan 2006
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First movie with surround sound

Which was the first movie which had a multi-channel surround-sound soundtrack when it was first released? I think it was The Guns of Navarone which was made in 1961 - I remember the sound of...
19:09 Thu 19th Jan 20064 answers, last by lady_p_gold 23:45 Thu 19th Jan 2006
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Mispronunciation

There's a BBC news reporter today pronouncing the word 'nuclear' as if it were spelt 'nucula' (or 'newcuela'). He's not the first - I think that's how George Bush pronounces it too. Why do they do it?...
18:57 Thu 19th Jan 200627 answers, last by mimififi 23:32 Mon 23rd Jan 2006
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Connecting monitor to computer

I have a large, very heavy 7-year-old CRT monitor (Brilliance 201B) which still works perfectly but I don't need it now. It was expensive and so I am reluctant to scrap it. Before I go to the...
18:38 Wed 18th Jan 20062 answers, last by Robert G 19:33 Wed 18th Jan 2006
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What's this in English

What's this in English, please? "Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous."
18:13 Wed 18th Jan 200612 answers, last by Aldi100 23:01 Fri 21st Mar 2014
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How do we stop people risking lives to save pet animals?

A woman died recently after jumping into a fast-flowing river after her pet dog had fallen in. Her boyfriend jumped in after her in an attempt to rescue her. He didn't succeed but, luckily for him, he...
12:48 Sat 14th Jan 200611 answers, last by eupraxia 22:07 Fri 20th Jan 2006
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Telephone address?

I read somewhere that a telephone number is not a number. Rather, it is a sequence of single numbers (in which any zeros are considered to be numbers). OK, I'll go along with that. After all, I don''t...
23:44 Fri 13th Jan 20066 answers, last by lady_p_gold 01:54 Sat 14th Jan 2006
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Favourite Betjeman poem

It cannot have escaped your notice (can it?) that 2006 marks the centenary of poet laureate Sir John Betjeman's birth. What is your favourite JB poem and why?
19:19 Wed 11th Jan 20068 answers, last by Robert G 16:43 Thu 12th Jan 2006
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Can you name eight famous Belgians?

Well, can you?
16:18 Wed 11th Jan 200633 answers, last by mabel169 16:42 Fri 11th Aug 2006
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Should killer sharks be left alone?

In shallow waters on Australia's east coast a young woman swimmer recently had her arms bitten/torn off by a shark, and she later died. Fortunately such incidents are rare - about one per year - but...
12:34 Wed 11th Jan 200634 answers, last by vkandaharv 19:02 Sun 05th Feb 2006
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Problem with audio CD-R discs

Please can anyone tell me why my Marantz DR6000 Audio CD Recorder (a hifi deck) doesn't recognise JVC's Music Audio CD-R discs? (These discs are clearly not intended for computer use). I've never had...
10:25 Tue 10th Jan 20067 answers, last by tomd 18:58 Tue 10th Jan 2006
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Why are some of these question titles findable on Google?

Why are some of the question titles which appear on The Answer Bank almost immediately findable on Google, while others are not? Clicking on the appropriate Google-found result takes you to the...
14:48 Sun 08th Jan 20061 answer, last by lady_p_gold 15:10 Sun 08th Jan 2006
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What about a 99P coin and a �9.99 banknote?

A 99Pence coin and a ?9.99 banknote would be of real use to shoppers. So why can't these be introduced into the British currency?
16:47 Thu 05th Jan 200611 answers, last by city_girluk 00:53 Fri 06th Jan 2006
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A coin or a con?

In my post this morning I received a 'National Notification of New ?5 Coin' 'to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II'. This is the offer: "If you reserve your coin today it can be yours...
16:46 Thu 05th Jan 20063 answers, last by dzug 00:47 Fri 06th Jan 2006
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What's the use of the octagon?

Can anyone suggest practical uses of the octagon? All I can think of is to achieve a decorative appearance of things like mozaics, floor tiles and structural columns. And the shape of the STOP traffic...
14:36 Thu 05th Jan 20061 answer, last by razza 19:27 Sun 08th Jan 2006

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