According to Dixit, up to 25% nomophobes reported accidents while messaging or talking on the phone, which includes minor road accidents, falling while going upstairs or downstairs and stumbling while walking.

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Sometimes I just went home and showered, then sat by a half-open window waiting for the night, Marie out on the town with Stan, my parents on back shift at the works or sitting downstairs watching game shows.

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They may elicit comparison with Upstairs, Downstairs or Downton Abbey, but unlike the late Victorian English country house concept popularized by TV, these highly educated estate managers are forging a new profession.

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No more chicks crying over him on the couch or gobbling the rabo downstairs.

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Guests don't receive the same dishes served in Ramsay's downstairs dining room (so no bone marrow toast or grilled Spanish octopus).

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They want to have a 200-seater cinema upstairs and an auditorium which can hold 450 downstairs, which could be used as a live performance area or a larger cinema.

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The young female cashier was texting on her cell phone when I arrived, pointing to the red phone downstairs one must use to call Moneygram and speak to a robot, selecting English or Spanish, whether sending or receiving money, giving the eight-digit confirmation code and personal ID information to release the funds for receipt.

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Smoke travels upwards, and if smokers are confined to the top level and adequate ventilation is in place (be it an open window or a small fan), then there can be no cause for concern to those non-smokers who sit downstairs.

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