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aerlingus

I am trying to book a flight from London to Zurich with aerlingus. Their "lucky day" promotion currently advertised states the price as ?9.99 including taxes. The website, however, adds on the tax...
19:00 Wed 02nd Sep 20092 answers, last by mrs p 22:56 Fri 04th Sep 2009
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mrs p

poems for a funeral

Can anyone suggest a poem to be read by a 22-year old woman at her mother's funeral, please? Not religious or sentimental, but to capture someone generous of spirit who gathered friends around her,...
17:53 Tue 24th Mar 200911 answers, last by mrs p 20:42 Wed 15th Apr 2009
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hotpink

washing machine foaming up

my clothes were coming out of the washing machine really wet, so i let out excess water from the door opening at the bottom of the machine. but now, they are still coming out wet plus the drum gets so...
16:18 Sun 14th Dec 200815 answers, last by sheebakaran45 11:53 Thu 30th May 2019
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mrs p

The king is cross, what shall we do?

Does anyone know the rest of this rhyme, which I learned a vey long time ago?
09:24 Sun 19th Oct 20083 answers, last by mrs p 09:38 Sun 19th Oct 2008
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mrs p

ST Culture quiz - literary theme

I'm stuck on Q4: Regular to a fault, they win the main Cup competition every 50 years. Already the smart money is on a 2056 victory. Who?
00:24 Tue 18th Mar 20084 answers, last by mrs p 12:54 Wed 19th Mar 2008
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yellow11

festival quiz

answer is novel and author in world classics series-british/irish 4 regular to a fault ,they win the main Cup competition every 50 years.Already the smart money is on a 2056 victory who?
23:10 Tue 18th Mar 20081 answer, last by mrs p 23:24 Tue 18th Mar 2008
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mrs p

anna politkovskaya

Was her husband also a journalist or someone in the media?
21:14 Tue 08th May 20073 answers, last by mrs p 19:00 Fri 11th May 2007
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mrs p

apostrophe of a plural noun

Help! Can anyone tell me where to put the apostrophe in "sheep" plural? If I want to differentiate between one sheep's feeding time and that of a whole herd, is it the sheep's or the sheeps' feeding...
17:09 Sun 24th Sep 200610 answers, last by mrs p 13:44 Thu 28th Sep 2006
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briwiththei

Spelling

Please can some one give me tips on how to improve my spelling, are there any simple rules i can follow or use to improve it, for example i before e etc, or is it just a case of reading more. my...
12:35 Mon 28th Aug 20067 answers, last by mrs p 12:01 Wed 06th Sep 2006
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patrixcia

london

does anyone know best way to see london attractions on public transport., and is petticoat lane near any of tube stations? thank you in advance
21:31 Sun 23rd Jul 20067 answers, last by buzztrev 16:27 Fri 04th Aug 2006
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mrs p

planet jupiter

I'v ejust returned from Xi'an, China, where I paid a few pence to look through a telescope at what was supposed to be Jupiter. It had vertical rings, & 4 accompanying stars; 2 above it and 2 below....
23:26 Mon 03rd Jul 20064 answers, last by mrs p 14:58 Tue 04th Jul 2006
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"Remember me" by Christina Rosetti

I always thought the message of this poem was "remember me, but don't grieve", but on closer reading it looks far more sinister because of the "darkness and...
13:52 Mon 23rd Jan 200610 answers, last by mrs p 17:55 Fri 27th Jan 2006
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Lit Quiz

In whose rooms were Balkan Sobranie cigarettes to the fore? In what novel do international adventurers plot to loot a greek bronze statue? Who writes an unsatisfactory thank-you letter for a platinum...
15:35 Tue 13th Sep 200545 answers, last by Postumus 13:47 Mon 21st Nov 2005
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mrs p

Hurricane Rita

Just returned from America, where news included reports on hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia and Rita. What happend to hurricanes L, M, N and P?
23:28 Wed 21st Sep 20054 answers, last by mrs p 23:11 Sat 24th Sep 2005
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mrs p

what's my car worth?

I want to sell my car. How do I find out how much to ask for it?
23:40 Wed 21st Sep 20055 answers, last by LauraLou 13:32 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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Literary Quiz

Is anybody out there doing the Sunday Times / Faber Literary Quiz this year and, if so, would they like to pool information?
10:06 Mon 29th Aug 2005156 answers, last by kenpilot 15:06 Tue 20th Sep 2005
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dribfunk

its and it's

I'm really struggling on this one, but when do you use its and when do you use it's. I always thought the apostrophe was used when a letter was to be removed (doesn't, isn't etc) and also when it...
11:52 Tue 06th Sep 200529 answers, last by littleoldme 00:20 Thu 15th Sep 2005
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K99

stars

When reading novels they sometimes have three stars at the bottom of a page or sometimes in the middle what do these mean?
18:24 Sun 04th Sep 20054 answers, last by iwantcandy2 23:52 Fri 09th Sep 2005
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psych25md

killer su doku

Thanks to the Times... This probably sounds silly seeing as i am such an addict to regular sudokus but i can NOT seem to start anything past the gentle killers! how do you start it without any single...
15:15 Fri 02nd Sep 20054 answers, last by sudokuaddict 21:40 Sun 04th Sep 2005
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scotty

Good books.

I have recently had an operation and will be off work for a fair time. I have read a few Steinbeck, Ian Banks , my favourite book is Trinity by Leon Uris. I like murder mysteries, etc, but am fed up...
12:27 Thu 01st Sep 200519 answers, last by Mare181 18:59 Tue 06th Sep 2005

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