Cut and paste failed

No cut and paste available either by keyboard or control click (can copy on that but no paste available)
No drag available either.
Have repaired permissions. No joy.
This is a major major bug and it seems Im not the only one, surely there is a fix for this? It makes the mac all but useless
N

I see a blank space where, presumably, my copied text should be. "clipboard contents.none'
In Word I am getting 'there is not enough memory or disk space to complete this operation' message when I apple+V (768 MB RAM, 76GB unused space on HD)
no message at all (or paste) if i use the pull down menu.
In text edit I get a system bleep when I apple +V
Drag will not work at all on folders or icons and as I cannot copy and paste I cannot move files
I can 'send to trash' which I think is where this blasted OS should go! Really, this is a major bug and its going to cost me a days work while I set up an old mac i thought id never have to use again
This along with the noted bug that stops the ability to rename files (usually fixed via restart) is making me question 10.5.5's viability.
I hope someone somewhere knows what's going on and how to fix it
Thx
N

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