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At the end of the day...

"Well, at the end of the day, he is still a goal scorer" At the end of which day ? When did 'at the end of the day' come to mean 'finally' or 'whatever the argument' or 'when all's said and...
23:07 Fri 12th Nov 20105 answers, last by sophie_1003 21:53 Sat 13th Nov 2010
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Going West

"With his rival getting a lead of four, his chances of winning the jockey's championship have gone west" said a commentator. Why do we say 'gone west' in such a context? What's the...
17:39 Fri 05th Nov 20108 answers, last by juandelacruz 10:33 Sat 06th Nov 2010
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Pretty

We think now of 'pretty' as 'pleasing to the eye' but we also say 'pretty' in 'pretty good', 'pretty tough' and so on, and once said that something cost 'a pretty penny' meaning 'a lot of money'. When...
20:09 Sat 23rd Oct 20107 answers, last by society 14:16 Mon 25th Oct 2010
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A good deal

"A good deal of brandy was consumed" When and how did 'a good deal' come to mean 'a substantial quantity' and 'deal' by itself to mean 'a lot' or 'quite a lot', as in 'He is a deal of...
10:43 Thu 21st Oct 20104 answers, last by fredpuli47 20:02 Sat 23rd Oct 2010
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Validity of bequest

John Smith wrote a valid will in these terms "I give to my wife Gladys Smith £50,000 and to my stepson James Jones I give the residue of my estate". He was divorced from his wife...
19:38 Sun 17th Oct 20106 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:17 Mon 18th Oct 2010
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Do you have a cat etc..

Try this re the question just asked. (You had to click on the question before) Defeated by technology! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q...
16:50 Sun 26th Sep 2010
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Do you have a cat like this?

I expect some of you do.....
16:45 Sun 26th Sep 20107 answers, last by wolf63 18:43 Sun 26th Sep 2010
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Back in the day

'Back in the day' seems to be an American expression. Is it? Or is it an an English expression which became obsolete in Britain? When was it first recorded ?
13:35 Sat 25th Sep 20106 answers, last by PAC1960 17:32 Tue 06th Oct 2020
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Dogs in the house.

Somebody in The Times asks when the practice of keeping a dog in the house, rather than in a kennel, started. Obviously there have been lap dogs for centuries, but it got me wondering when any and...
11:07 Wed 22nd Sep 20103 answers, last by Mosaic 12:13 Wed 22nd Sep 2010
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Migration

Has anyone ever found an explanation for apparently inexplicable migration ? I'm thinking of humming birds that migrate as far as Canada and seabirds that migrate thousands of miles almost from one...
10:44 Tue 21st Sep 20105 answers, last by wildwood 22:48 Tue 21st Sep 2010
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Hostage

Is their a verb meaning 'to hold someone hostage' or a noun for what one policeman, quoted in an American paper, called 'a hostage situation' ? ( Officials like 'situation' . I'm waiting for 'a fire...
09:17 Fri 03rd Sep 20104 answers, last by craft1948 22:08 Fri 03rd Sep 2010
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Notice to quit

What are the rules for giving notice on a month to month tenancy; an assured tenancy of six months which has been allowed to run on for about 10 months after the fixed term expired? If the landlord...
13:06 Fri 27th Aug 20102 answers, last by themas 19:28 Fri 27th Aug 2010
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Cigarette burn

What's the best way to remove or, at least, make less conspicuous, a cigarette burn in a wool carpet ?
19:15 Wed 25th Aug 20106 answers, last by Jemisa 09:19 Sat 28th Aug 2010
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Religion in schools

Do state schools still have to teach religion ? The previous law, of 1944, was that they had to have such teaching, which had to be broadly Christian in character, but the Act has been repealed. Which...
01:07 Fri 13th Aug 20103 answers, last by sophie_1003 21:02 Fri 13th Aug 2010
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Failed to connect to IMAP

My computer always shows '[user name] failed to connect to IMAP server' for my main user name. This doesn't trouble me much as I rarely used that name, preferring my other name, but how should I solve...
07:11 Wed 04th Aug 20101 answer, last by rojash 07:55 Wed 04th Aug 2010
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Oxen and horses

Domesday Book records some 650,000 oxen used in ploughing. When and why did Britain take to using horses instead?
16:38 Tue 27th Jul 20106 answers, last by bearsjungle 04:56 Fri 06th Aug 2010
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Life assurance and inheritance tax

If a person were to take out a policy payable on death would the payment out on death be treated as part of their estate and taxable ? If not, could such a policy be useful to pay all or part of any...
22:03 Thu 22nd Jul 20102 answers, last by fredpuli47 06:50 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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Dunston Staithes, Newcastle

Said to be the largest timber structures in Europe , Dunston Staithes were built as wooden quays for loading coal onto ships. What timber were they made from? Presumably it had to be tough but...
20:24 Thu 22nd Jul 20105 answers, last by Buenchico 17:10 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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PIN sentry

Barclays issue customers with a PIN sentry for online banking. The customer enters the last four digits of their debit card into this hand-held device, followed by their PIN. The device then generates...
03:14 Tue 20th Jul 20108 answers, last by anon_private 03:15 Mon 16th Feb 2015
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E-mailed picture size

When I send a photo by e-mail it is vast, far larger than I want, so much so that the recipient has to scroll across to see it bit by bit ! How do I adjust the size of the image sent ?
10:25 Sun 04th Jul 20106 answers, last by fairkatrina 23:18 Mon 05th Jul 2010

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