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Bank scam - China

Got a typed letter with 1st class stamp purporting to be from Mr Tang of Nanjing. He claims a customer of his bank with my surname has died of heart attack leaving US$9.65million with no next of kin....

vina

Newcastle or Sheffield?

Hi there! If you were to choose to live in Newcastle or Sheffield as a young professional, what would you choose? I've lived in Newcastle for many days, absolutely loved it but I've also heard nice...

Michelle_D

FALSELY accused of racial crime

Hi, my husband was recently falsely accused of Racially aggravated harrasment/alarm/distress contrary to Section 31(1)(c) and (5) of the Crime & Disorder Act 1998. He was travelling in his car and...

piggynose

How sad to see a sucessful sportsman die so young

http://uk.eurosport.y...mes-dies-aged-51.html...

lumination

why do they still do it?

when i buy magazines. almost every time there will be a scratch card that falls out and shockingly, everytime, i win something! its a known rib off con and nobody rings the number which are £3 a...

sammy_jo

Is my Bonsai tree.... not a Bonsai tree :S

On the packaging, it said it was a 4 year old Bonsai tree. But the leaves and shape of it is not like any of the bonsai tree types that i have looked up. It looks like a mini apple tree but without...

bluebird34

Pruning

I have not been well this year and the garden has not had a lot of attention..I have three plants in my front garden which have become straggly. They are a tall magnolia, a red robin which is now a...

anotheoldgit

Was it wrong for him to be sacked?

http://tinyurl.com/2vux5e7 A top US public radio network has sacked a senior news analyst after he made disparaging remarks about Muslims on television. This is what he said: /// "But when I get...

Jemisa

What would you do with it?

They've found them then -- The lucky ticket holders of the £113.000000 lottery win. The mind boggles, What on earth are they going to do with all that money? not to mention the £85.000 it...

mollykins

dad smoking / me getting ill

Could my dad smoking have affected the amount of chest infections I got? As a small child, up to about 9 or 10, dad used to smoke heavily, and almsot always in the house and I was always getting...

katekoala

CSA question

I have just had a frantic call of hubby - to cut a long story short due to fraud on his account (and problems with bank) he changed accounts to A&L and they were meant to change all his DD's over....

ethandron

wintering water butts

we have two water butts (400 litres each), connected to each other. we got them during early summer so this is the first winter we've had them. question is - do we drain them down over winter? leave...

Jemisa

An Afternoon Teaser for Yoi..

Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, tinned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. jem...

cherry_c_s

Ebay

i sell things on ebay , have been for a few years , but a week ago i sold items to a guy , everything was checked and packed (lots of items ) a few days later i received an email saying there was...

123everton

The brave French people

Now that France is on strike, were are all the posts praising the French for their bravery and steadfastness against things they feel are un-French and lamenting that we're not more like them? Or is...

milly143

Sterilising Drug Addicts for Money

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...gland-london-11545519 Do you agree that drug addicts should be sterilised for money or do you think it's wrong and asking for trouble?...

ssiscool

Paving over a manhole cover

Not sure if this is the correct location for this question but my neighbour is currently paving over their front garden and have paved over the manhole cover for the sewer. I was wondering whether it...

pinstripe

Points on a driving licence

Is it possible to accumilate more than 12 penalty points on a driver's licence without incurring a ban? If so what are these exceptions?

curvybird

An Idiot Abroad

How FANTASTIC is it ??!!!!!!!