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Bank Holiday Road Sign

I've just noticed a new road sign that has appeared recently in my area, it is an orange/yellow colour with a black boarder and black lettering simply saying BANK HOLIDAY. One is in North Somerset on...

joggerjayne

chuckfickens ... petrol

Hey, chucky So, on the way to Gatwick today, I checked the price of petrol at the Rabbit Roundabout. The BP station on the roundabout is 140.9 (for unleaded). Curiously, the Esso station just down the...

22oap

Visit Wos;ey Garden or similar

I am hoping to take 2 elderly friends on a visit to Wisley Gardens for a birthday treat in early June.Is there much to see at that time and can one still have lunch there on a weekday - it must be 40...

stokemaveric

i was on llanduddno pier today when i was just about to take a bite of my pie....

a big seagull swept out of the sky and nicked it out of my hand... oh well that was the highlight of my day....

Mick-Talbot

Who is answerbanks most travelled poster?

I have been to somewhere in Greece and Rhyl in Wales Beat that if you can....

Pink1

Road speeds......

Why change a 50mph road of 3 lanes (each way) down to 30mph? Up the road there is a dual carriage way that is 40mph. Can someone pls explain, I really don't get it. Why do drivers always Get the...

bloomwood

Later....with Jules Holland.

Watched this for the first time last night,Hugh Laurie, is he taking a break from House? Thought he was great,but OMG,kd Lang, stole the show imo,never took any notice of her before but will now,watta...

Hettster

"Mark as best answer"

What happens when you mark an answer as "best answer"? Does the person get a Crackerjack pencil or perhaps a "Blankety Blank" cheque book and pen?

TheOtherHalf

Best before ?

On our local radio it said that there are rumours to scrap the Best Before date on food as so much is being wasted because of it. The average family waste around £700 of food. What do you feel...

vulcan

weed control

I have cleared a substantial area of my garden prior to putting down gravel. I also have half a dozen rolls of spare roofing felt, can I use these instead of the proper weed suppressant membrane ?

trt

Why do most British customers accept queuing...

.... in supermarkets, department stores etc? Tonight I went to homebase for 3 items at 7pm and there was only one cashier till open. It took me 20 minutes to pay for my goods with a very unhappy...

montalbano

Mystery creature Can you help please?

Found dead in garden, 6 inches long, mouselike ears, large feet, apricot coloured fur and large head like a hamster. Does not resemble any images of a common hamster however.

david51058

Men of a certian age who wear white trainers

Dont you think men in their forties and over look ridiculous in white trainers? I wouldn't be seen dead in them. What's happened to maturing with style?

vulcan

Instrumentals

On Pick of the Pops yesterday, Tony Blackburn played music from 1962. No 1 was Wonderful land by the Shadows and kept both Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison from that position. Fifty years later you...

mollymalloy

Izal Toilet Paper

This hard paper is no longer made. Does anyone out there know where I can still buy it please? The last lot I bought on ebay a couple of years ago in bulk. I looked on ebay today and there is just ONE...

mollykins

amazon stuff for £1.12

What kind of things can I get from amazon for a maximum of £1.12 (including p&p) ????

ladybirder

I didn't realise two horses died in Grand National today.

That's awful. Does anybody else feel the same?

xwordmad

Lawn

Hi, we plan to relay a lawn... what is the best way to take up what is there? Is it a rotavator? Anyone recommend anything? Thanks

koode

We say sorry for our history....Why ?

Britains leading elite travel the world saying sorry for our great British history, why do we have to say sorry,, as the greatest colonial power the world has ever known surely we should be proud of...

Purple_Popple

Junk mail letter

Hi All, Please can you advise, my elderly aunt arrived home earlier to a plain white window envelope - prior to opening it all she read was 'Private & Confidential, for the legal owner' - thus...

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