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hemisphere

The South Island of New Zeland lies at 170 degrees E. What hemisphere is it in?

I live in Belfast and the council have just unveiled their plans for St Patricks Day events. This is the first year the council has given any funding towards this. They are stipulating however that no...

mintu

national insurance number

Can anyone tell me how to confirm that someone has the correct national insurance number and has not given my company a false number.

smurfchops

Basically,

Basically, at the end of the day, can we stop saying "Basically, at the end of the day .... do you know what I mean"?

milkybarkid

racism

is it racist to call a black person "coloured"? another ABer said it and i thought that wasn't very politically correct. is this right?

Seabedsurfer

Scotland and N.Ireland swim in the same gene pool

Those in the Protestant Unionist community in N.Ireland were originally, for the most part, settlers from Scotland hence they still carry Scottish surnames and ginger hair (Scotland having the highest...

midhurst

2005 London Marathon.

Can any-one help please. How many TV viewers watched at least 15 minutes of the marathon.A.3.million.B.8.million.C.12 million. Of the 35,5557 starters,how many finished. How much bottled water per...

jno

asterix

Swear words on AB are routinely bleeped out with asterisks, so vigorously that even something like 'who.... recently' may vanish. I think that's proper, on a family site. And yet AB Ed you're...

dumasfxxk

sick pay

sorry iforgot to that they(my employer) make me fill one out even for 1 day which i know they dont have to pay me for

Dollie

Poisenous Snakes In Britain

am I right in thinking we only have the adder here in Britain which is poisenous. If so, where would we see them - when I was young my mum always said we shouldn't be worried because we are up north...

ge.m135

question

does any one know who sang the 'skipping' song, 'do the double dutch'? Also 'shame' or 'it's a shame'? (female artist) i've had a lot of luck on this site before, so i'm hoping that it's the same...

Clayhead

Scottish FA Cup

When's the draw for the semi-finals of this year's competition?

Drisgirl

Yeehaaah

I said yeehahhh.Certain people should be eating their words tonightYou know you are ,I wont out you !!! But I will say this - 'get it right up ye'!!! Back to pub - only came home to change.Dont want...

madein1978

Telesales Calls

Are you fed up with the constant pestering of these people on the phone trying to punt you anything from Conservatories to Mobile Phones? I'm sick of it, they always phone at the wrong time!

bond

pedestrian crossings

Hi. I am aware that the word pelican in pelican crossing comes from the pseudo-acronym pedestrian light controlled crossing, but can anybody tell me how toucan crossings (which include a cycle...

rugeleyboy

just the 2 of us

do you think this is a pointless excuse for a television show. vernon and tess are great, i just think the whole idea of it is, well how can i put it............. scraping the barrell television. and...

c beckett

1990's tv series

in a 1990's tv series the eponymous characters best friend was his dog. what was the name of the dog?

benno123

Premiership footballer appeared in Eastenders

I'm sure that a commentator said that a player used to be an actor that had been in Eastenders - think it was West Ham v Birmingham. Does anyone know anything about this or did I imagine it?

hugoboss

Pregnancy Laws

Does anyone know if there are any employment laws regarding women who work nights and days shifts who fall pregnant? Does the employer have to make the shifts more suitable, such as permanent days, or...

Gnisy

interest in paradoxes

Even the word itself is interesting. Anyone know of any mind-boggling paradoxes to share?

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