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suzanneb

help with awful smell...drains...washing machine??

i need some advise please my hall and kitchen have started to have a stale smell (the kind of smell when a dishcloths not had all the water squeezed out n its started to dry, hope that makes sense...
23:02 Sat 17th Sep 20115 answers, last by incfb09 13:38 Mon 18th Mar 2024
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ladybirder

Siemens SL785 Gigaset cordless phone.

Has anybody got one as I need some help please. You know when you pick up your phone and press for a line to get dialling tone, well I get the DT but it is intermittent, sort of broken up like when...
17:01 Mon 19th Sep 20114 answers, last by DBezant 09:21 Sun 04th Mar 2012
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NiallsMama

Property auctions

Does anyone know in layman's terms how does selling a property at auction work? If my house is not selling at current advertised price of 100k how much do I reasonably expect to make if I "send...
22:35 Tue 20th Sep 20116 answers, last by propertyauctions 12:29 Tue 15th Nov 2011
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Meg888

Google Earth/Street View

Hi. Can you get a date of when the pic on street view was taken? I'm sure you could at one time. TIA
10:53 Fri 23rd Sep 20111 answer, last by rccatnap 16:45 Mon 17th Oct 2011
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birdofprey

Digital Switch Over - Lost Channels

We are in the first phase of the DSO. For some reason we have to retune twice, fourteen days apart. I have lost many channels and have retuned several times since the day. No matter what I do I cannot...
10:02 Sun 18th Sep 201127 answers, last by birdofprey 17:56 Thu 29th Sep 2011
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miss_confused

International internet connection

Our internet connection is SKY Broadband here, My question is, Is it possible to use something like (USB) SKY BROADBAND CONNECTION ABROAD as i am going to Philippines next month and i am bringing with...
19:07 Sat 17th Sep 20113 answers, last by miss_confused 10:24 Thu 29th Sep 2011
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yobanfa

Facebook via mobile fone

I have got my mobile set up somewhat when certain people post on my wall or send me messages on Facebook I can reply via my mobile phone, well I noticed today that when I sent a reply my phone told me...
21:36 Tue 20th Sep 20111 answer, last by bushbaby_de 22:57 Tue 27th Sep 2011
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starone

If the plural of roof is roofs

(not rooves) which I think it is, shouldn't the plural of dwarf be dwarfs and not dwarves? Will someone clever at English please enlighten me?
01:23 Fri 23rd Sep 201131 answers, last by douglas9401 20:12 Fri 23rd Sep 2011
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tinkerbell23

Learning to knit!

Does anyone knit? I fancy giving it a bash actually! How easy can i learn? Was looking at a book on ebay mabye x
21:31 Thu 22nd Sep 201135 answers, last by Starbuckone 01:19 Fri 23rd Sep 2011
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Hopkirk

On line banking

I have to use a card reader to pay some things on line, with my Natwest Banking. How does that work then?...
20:46 Wed 21st Sep 20117 answers, last by Hopkirk 09:18 Thu 22nd Sep 2011
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tony1941

PAT testing of appliances

Does anyone know the actual rules about this?? I keep getting told that it must be carried out by a "qualified electrician". As I read the site http://www.pat-testing.info/ it seems that it...
14:23 Wed 21st Sep 20115 answers, last by ChuckFickens 19:23 Wed 21st Sep 2011
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bluedog

food segmenting technique

what is food segmenting technique and what does it mean?
11:48 Wed 21st Sep 20113 answers, last by joko 18:34 Wed 21st Sep 2011
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bednobs

south pacific - musical

hi, i was listening to sam womack ont he radio yesterday talking about south pacific at the barbican. She said that it would do a tour when it finishes - how do i find out where it's going?
16:22 Wed 21st Sep 20116 answers, last by bednobs 16:48 Wed 21st Sep 2011
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BertiWooster

Curious

There are no pictures on all the TV channels - except for the BBC channels . I know i have to retune the tv . However i'm curious to know why the pictures on the BBC channels are still there...
11:16 Wed 21st Sep 20111 answer, last by VHG 11:37 Wed 21st Sep 2011
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EvianBaby

Police Escorts

Does it tend to just be the Royals who would get a police escort on a public road?
19:53 Mon 19th Sep 201121 answers, last by D97x7 20:38 Tue 20th Sep 2011
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Hopkirk

Students on Electoral Roll

When someone goes to university, do they stay go onto the electoral roll in their new town? My son is off to uni, but our electoral roll renewal for home says he can stay on if it is his home in the...
21:25 Mon 19th Sep 20114 answers, last by EDDIE51 08:04 Tue 20th Sep 2011
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jewellerjim

Computer Not Recognising password

I have logged onto my laptop with the same password for weeks. Tonight I came to log on and it won't recognise my password to allow me access to my homepage. I can access the guest page as it is not...
21:34 Mon 19th Sep 201114 answers, last by Toureman 00:55 Tue 20th Sep 2011
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DTCwordfan

Micxrosoft Word - Speech Marks

Here's one for you all, you Word Experts. My speech mark button is on "Shift 2" - no issue with that. I do have a problem though - it is typing effectively the right-side mark, the closing...
17:58 Mon 19th Sep 20116 answers, last by rojash 18:31 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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joggerjayne

Those universal telly changer things

How do you get those universal telly changer things to "synch" with your telly? The controls one one of my tellys has stopped working (don't ask ... but the fact that it's the one in the...
16:30 Mon 19th Sep 201128 answers, last by The Builder 16:56 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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tali1

manufacturer details -law

I purchased a battery operated micro shaver -very nasty product it was .I was surprised that no where on packaging were any details of manufacturer/supplier Are goods sold in UK by law supposed to...
17:37 Sun 18th Sep 20113 answers, last by AlBags 23:02 Sun 18th Sep 2011

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