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Meeanee Barracks, Colchester.

Does anyone happen to know when Meeanee Barracks, Mersea Road, Colchester, ceased to be used as an Army base? I was demobbed from the barracks in 1962. I looked at it, via Google, a few days ago, and...
15:15 Sat 19th Mar 201121 answers, last by Vickiamy1 20:23 Tue 28th Feb 2023
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Archaeologist.

A young archaeologist gets a job on a dig in the Middle East. He flies out there and is met by an older archaeologist, who shows the young man around the dig. "You'll like it here," says the...
15:06 Fri 27th Aug 20101 answer, last by marval 15:35 Fri 27th Aug 2010
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Printing out voicemail from BT 1571.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could listen to a voicemail message on BT's 1571, and then print it out, instead of trying to remember it? Is there a gadget that would do that?
15:24 Sat 10th Jul 20108 answers, last by bookbinder 11:05 Sun 11th Jul 2010
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BP gets you going.

A motorist was driving along an isolated road, out in the countryside, when his car stopped. He had run out of fuel. Just then a bee flew in through the open window. The bee said, "What seems to...
14:11 Sat 26th Jun 20106 answers, last by bookbinder 15:04 Sat 26th Jun 2010
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Jehovah's Witness.

A householder hears a knock at his front door. He opens said door, and there stands a young man, nicely dressed in a suit and tie, carrying a black briefcase, but he's wet through, because it's...
16:20 Tue 08th Jun 20108 answers, last by babyk 16:06 Wed 09th Jun 2010
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"Edit" feature on questions and answers.

Dear Editor, would it be possible to install an "edit" button, so that ABers who wish to alter their question/answer after they have posted it can do so? I am thinking of the...
11:16 Wed 31st Mar 201011 answers, last by bookbinder 15:22 Wed 31st Mar 2010
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Curly-haired boy.

This is alleged to be true. It's parents' evening at a primary school. The headteacher is talking to a single mum who is known to have had many boyfriends, and thus she has many children. The...
12:35 Wed 10th Mar 20101 answer, last by Avatar 14:24 Fri 12th Mar 2010
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Military corteges in Wootton Bassett

This is for people who live in Wootton Bassett. Whenever I see pictures of military corteges passing through Wootton Bassett, there are always many people lining the streets, and the British Legion...
11:33 Wed 03rd Feb 20107 answers, last by bookbinder 11:28 Fri 05th Feb 2010
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Knock, knock jokes. Whatever happened to them?

A recent posting from Answerprancer hasn't shed any light on the problem, so I'll start the ball rolling. Knock, knock! Who's there? Ivor. Ivor who? Ivor message from your wife. Surely someone can do...
14:55 Sun 31st Jan 201023 answers, last by bookbinder 11:33 Fri 05th Feb 2010
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Clean air spoils climate.

Clean air spoils climate. A recent study that was undertaken by, among others, the Dutch Meteorological Institute, has indicated that cleaner air over Europe is contributing to global warming. The...
12:01 Wed 28th Oct 20091 answer, last by lindisfern 08:53 Wed 16th Feb 2011
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East German parking disc: is it worth anything?

I have a parking disc from the German Democratic Republic, and I should like to know if I could get anything for it from a collector. Can anyone advise me? I don't want to go to an auctioneer, for...
15:21 Sun 11th Oct 20094 answers, last by bookbinder 15:28 Fri 16th Oct 2009
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Belgian joke about Dutch people.

(No, no, don't log off! This is a good one!) Dutch granny to Dutch grandad: "When are we going to the pictures again?" Dutch grandad to Dutch granny: "We've already been." Dutch...
16:51 Sat 03rd Oct 200918 answers, last by Kim A 16:50 Tue 06th Oct 2009
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Yet another Dutch joke about Belgians.

Now I'm really getting into my stride. There were two Belgian anglers sitting quietly at the water's edge. Suddenly, one says to the other, "Can I borrow your float?" "What for?"...
14:48 Sat 03rd Oct 20091 answer, last by marval 14:49 Sat 03rd Oct 2009
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Another Dutch joke about Belgians.

As nobody groaned at my previous effort, here's another one. A Belgian housewife phones an electrician. "When are you coming to fix my door bell?" she says. "This is the fifth time that...
14:16 Sat 03rd Oct 20091 answer, last by marval 14:32 Sat 03rd Oct 2009
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Dutch joke about Belgian spacemen.

(The Dutch and the Belgians tell jokes about each other, much as the English tell jokes about the Irish, the Scots, the Welsh, and pretty well everybody. This is a Dutch joke about the Belgians. Stand...
10:30 Thu 01st Oct 20093 answers, last by bookbinder 19:24 Sat 03rd Oct 2009
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E-coli at petting farms.

How come that the only people who seem to be affected by the e-coli outbreak are farm visitors, mainly children? I haven't heard of farm workers catching the infection. Does this indicate that the...
11:15 Mon 28th Sep 20094 answers, last by bookbinder 16:29 Mon 28th Sep 2009
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AB Site now works faster!

The site is running faster today, so thanks to all concerned. A few days ago it was running frustratingly slowly, and, no doubt, the management had many complaints. Well, here's a bit of praise: well...
09:53 Tue 15th Sep 20092 answers, last by vivandorron 20:20 Mon 21st Sep 2009
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AB working faster. Congrats to all concerned.

16:15 Tue 08th Sep 20092 answers, last by HillyHugger 16:29 Tue 08th Sep 2009

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