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Women - drinking pints ?

An in depth survey (ok - a few quiet lunches) has revealed that 5 out of 5 female ABers drink pints. Personally I like that - a lot :+) But I have another female friend (yes I do, honestly) who would...

Nibble

Re: Flotsam or Jetsam You Decide?

Just noticed that bits from the Japanese disaster last ear, has now started to turn up, just not the way I expected.. I thought http://www.theanswerb.../Question1121850.html may be the way it went,...

Swanlover

How can i safely get rod of a group of large angry swans?

I live in Richmond and my garden backs onto the thames, we have an outside aviary which is attracting a group of 7-10 large males every evening who seem hellbent into disrupting and scaring our...

dave50

Why have standards fallen so far?

After watching a documentary last night on TV about the coronation in 1953 it struck me how well dressed the general public were, even going about their daily lives like shopping of having a day out...

seadogg

Buzzards 1 Benyon 0

Another U turn for our huntin' and shootin' Government. Yippeee!

AB Editor

Favourite opening lines of a novel?

I can't think of mine. Maybe "This is not for you" printed on a blank page at the beginning of Mark Z Danielewski's "House of Leaves"? Or maybe any of McCarthy's run-on lines, like...

ladyalex

Advice on vacuum cleaners, please

Is there a cheapo version of the Dyson DC26 City Multi floor cleaner ? http://www.comet.co.u...Vacuum-Cleaner/616206 I need one that is a bagless cylinder and pretty light in weight. Thanks....

hc4361

Spectacles

If you wear prescription glasses, how often do you need to change them? I can hardly go 18 months without needing a new pair because my eyesight is worsening. Is this typical? It's costing a fortune....

Eve

Identifying a Nest

I found this earlier and wondered if anyone could tell what kind of nest it is? It's quite small and I've not seen anything come in and out of it. I think it might have been there a while. A wasp...

joggerjayne

So 100m Runners Are A Bit Dim?

Stay with me here. The Paralympics includes a category for learning disadvantaged athletes. An event is eligible for this category if mental, cognitive capacity is relevant to the ability to perform...

seadogg

Defra plans to shoot buzzards

It is planned to shoot buzzards and their nests in response to claims from the pheasant shooting industry that they kills pheasants. This is an outrageous reaction to the loss of a tiny proportion of...

Ladymojo

Birds

1. Inexperienced late actor Peter. 2. Baseball player gets shellfish. 3. Feeling of Excitement Cockney Finds Difficult. Any help much appreciated, Thankyou....

anneasquith

grass munching ?

why is my dog munching on new grass, will it do him any harm ? TIA

Eve

Good Deeds for the Weekend

Anyone done any this weekend? Mine are a bit poor, managed to rescue a "present" of a little mouse/shrew one of the cats brought in yesterday - managed to wrestle the cat out the window only...

Jemisa

Birdsong.

There are Blackbirds nesting in a tree opp our back garden and they sing all day, to be woken by their sweet song is a pleasure & at dusk too it is so clear & sweet. I'm not sure who does the...

anneasquith

furmenator ?

furmenator brush for dogs. any recommendations ? TIA

mrs_overall

Ladies, would you take this as a compliment or an insult?

I am wearing a new dress today. It is a 60's style shift dress, above the knee and I'm wearing it with opaque tights. Just before she went out I asked my daughter if she thought my dress was too short...

pdust

wasps

there was a wasp in my bedroom earlier, it was the biggest wasp ive ever seen in my life, it was massive! I was crapping myself it would sting me as i tried to get it out the window cos i could see...

DTCwordfan

Chester Crown Court - The Shafilea Ahmed Murder.

What a tragedy of cross-cultural values in that a 17 year old wanting boyfriends and her Pakistani-heritage parents wanting her to marry. Then her father takes action and is accused, along with her...

maggie01

What is the oldest age of a dog.

I was walking my dog the other day and a lady came along with her dog. Some kind of terrier I believe and she told the dog to behave and that it was too old to play. Mine little one was 12yrs in Feb ....

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