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Good Vacuum Cleaner

My vacuum cleaner has just 'died' and have to get a new one, can anyone suggest a good one going by personal experience, its a minefield out there, thanks.

Gromit

A video taken on a mobile phone in Nottingham shows the local police making an arrest. The footage apparently shows the man on the floor with the Taser wire already attached before being shocked. He...

crisgal

watercolour help!

during a recent trip to the lake district, my husband and i discovered we both had a desire to learn to paint. In our very busy lives, we thought it could be something we learn together, an excuse to...

NoMercy

Tell me something...

amazing....(real, or totally made up) about yourself. I will try to use my (non-existant) intuition, coupled with a smidgen of common sense to discern whether or not you speak the truth. :-)

BOL10X

Think about this.

Why do so many people, without indicating, move in to the left turn only or right turn only filter lane, and then start indicating? Think about this for one moment. Once you are in that lane, I know...

Chickadee

MOT renewal

Have just received a note to have the first MOT on our car. I don't drive and hubby is away at the moment. Car is insured and taxed. The question is this: My Dad wants to borrow the car but is the...

naomi24

Washer/Dryers?

I'm thinking of swapping my washing machine and tumble dryer for a combined washer/dryer. I don't know anything about them, and I'm not sure I should do this, so I'd be interested in your opinions....

Mobius1

Roundabout Question

Since moving home, I regularly traverse a large roundabout on my daily travels. I have a question regarding lane etiquette on approach. The road leading to the roundabout from my approach is a dual...

chrisrebbeck

Egg identification

I have just found a strange egg in a pot of compost. It measures three and a half inches long and two and a half inches wide - its enormous - does anybody know what it might be/

broderick01

which film slr camera?

can anyone recommend a second hand film slr camera for less than a ?100 there's so many out there i havent got a clue thanks

carter69

record collections

how many records would be considered a collection,rather than being classed as " having a few records"?

woodelf

P, P and P

John Denver recorded several versions of his song Poems, Prayers and Promises, but the one I'm interested in is the one which has the lovely orchestral string arrangement in the chorus...anyone know...

jpfirestones

trees

My neighbour is not willing to cut his leylandii tree down, it is 70ft. high and is a hedge because there are 2 trees growing together and a hedge cannot be over 12 ft high. He said if I am willing to...

joelbert

cryptic clues

hi need help with a couple of clues if anyone could assist please 1. composer getting notorious landlord on November 1st (11) 2. russian bass disturbing one chaplain (9) 3. pop singer with one child...

lankeela

Kids answering the phone

Why are they so useless? Just had to phone a club secretary, and daughter answered (young teenager by the sound of it). Is that Mrs so and so. No. Is she available. No. When is the best time to catch...

cludiabond

Ian Fleming created Bond as a smoker, was it right to change him to a non smoker?

Recently Bond has become a non smoker, what I want to find out is do people care that Ian Fleming made a character and people have manipulated his idea into something that could be perceived as no...

violetval49

Quotes

What are good sayings to engrave on a plaque to put on a lutyens bench placed in a garden?

madmaggot

Do schools still

............... teach English Language as a subject? I've noticed more and more recently that people don't seem to know the difference between: Your - belonging to you You're - you are Is there a...

sophie_1003

floating and sinking

Want to do a floating and sinking activity with a group of reception children and was wondering if anyone has any ideas for things that won't behave as the children might expect, eg something heavy...

anotheoldgit

Another one bites the dust?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-118191 4/Justice-Minister-quits-just-minutes-refusing -hand-lavish-expenses-claims.html Yes yet another one bites the dust. Among this individual's claims are:...

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