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R I P Schadenfreude

I haven't seen it mentioned on here and I may have missed it but the death has been announced of Schadenfreude (aka Oxymoron), crossword compiler for the Listener, The inquisitor, EV etc. Having spent...
23:24 Wed 20th Mar 20193 answers, last by sunny-dave 08:14 Thu 21st Mar 2019
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Follow Through

Whenever I've been coached or seen coaching programmes on 'bat' and ball sports like cricket, golf, tennis or snooker etc. I've always noticed the emphasis on "following though" in a shot. When the...
20:19 Sun 24th May 201515 answers, last by jim360 15:14 Tue 26th May 2015
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Schrodinger's Black Cat

Was the Schrodinger's Cat thread http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Science/Question1343592.html a subtle way of getting an extra badge? http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1343557.html (or...
22:53 Fri 13th Jun 20143 answers, last by mushroom25 09:06 Sat 14th Jun 2014
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Slow Response On 'answered' Tab In My Profile

Hi Ed, I'm getting a very slow (15-20 sec) response when I click the 'Answered' tab in my profile. This is happening in Chrome and IE8 on two different machines and has been happening for about a...
16:59 Mon 20th May 201326 answers, last by methyl 00:18 Thu 23rd May 2013
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Rip Cmj

Just heard that Christopher Martin-Jenkins has died. TMS won't be the same. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20881346...
13:27 Tue 01st Jan 20138 answers, last by Steve.5 15:48 Wed 02nd Jan 2013
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Latest Posts?

Am I going mad or is something strange happening to the latest posts list? If I don't click on anything for a minute and the list refreshes, it goes back to how it was several minutes ago, showing the...
21:35 Tue 21st Feb 20127 answers, last by Calibax 21:44 Tue 21st Feb 2012
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Drive in Raid 0 volume failing

Hi, A new icon (two drives,one red) has appeared on my taskbar with the msg A drive in a RAID 0 volume is failing. Try to back up data immediately. As far as I know I have not got a Raid configuration...
17:17 Tue 09th Aug 201110 answers, last by Calibax 18:10 Tue 09th Aug 2011
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Highlighted

Sunlit, Moonlit, Candlelit, Spotlit, Uplit, Floodlit... Why not Highlit?...
22:10 Mon 27th Jun 201116 answers, last by Calibax 17:34 Tue 28th Jun 2011
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Unusual wasp behaviour?

After having lunch in a pub garden, one plate had some ham left on it (mostly fat). A wasp flew down and proceded to use its mandibles to cut a 2.5mm cube of fat (about the size of its head), pick it...
11:38 Sat 25th Jun 20117 answers, last by carmalee 12:16 Sun 26th Jun 2011
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Do not feed the trolls!

Why do people respond to posts from trolls? It only keeps them in the latest posts list giving them the oxygen of publicity when they don't deserve the oxygen of oxygen!...
17:44 Sun 05th Dec 201035 answers, last by bibblebub 22:20 Sun 12th Dec 2010
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Listener 3986

I'v completed grid but when finally highlighting cells I have a duplicate answer for columns 5 and 12. Is this correct?
10:59 Sat 21st Jun 20084 answers, last by midazolam 16:06 Sat 21st Jun 2008

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