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chil

Mobile phone number

I have mislaid (lost) my mobile phone.I have done all the usual search ideas and rung it several times the battery must now be flat. Is it possible to buy a new phone and keep my old number?

Rajram

windows 2000

I need help with set up in windows 2000. Currently it comes up press control and alt and then delete then to insert a username and password. I need to completely reset.

jclark427

how do I download music to my Blackberry

I would like to download music to my blackberry pearl, I have a 1 gig chip in it but cant seam to figure it out. Help!!!!

maverick46

about ebay

my first time of using ebay... i just wanted to buy one book but turns out that i ordered like 5 of the same books all from differnet sellers. i didn't even realized at first untill i got the all the...

newlywed

freeview signal

I have a high gain aeriel to receive freeview, why do I lose the signal everytime a moped goes passed and is there anything I can do about it?

dunr

plumber question

the water level in the bowl of my syphonic bog is at the correct level when i flush it, but in a few minutes the level goes down to half what it should be. i have checked for water leakes and there...

Panic Button

Trollies on travelators

Several supermarkets have travelators that take shopping trollies between floors. The trolley wheels lock when you are on them. How does this work? Is it a mechanical thing with the wheel flanges...

chartist10

New Oven temperature 15 deg low

we have a new cannon cooker with a double oven. whilst the top oven is reasonably accurate the big oven is 15 degrees cooler than the rotary control states... should I get grumpy with the...

bigmamma

Broken hoover

Please can anyone tell me if there is anywhere I can get a replacement hose for my hoover because it has split and lost its suction. It's a Boss Filtaire 2284. ?

Oleanda

Bottle Banks

What is the point of having separate bottle banks for different coloured glass when the lorry that empties them puts the whole lot in one heap in the back of the lorry?

gina32

s.s.p

does anybody know what entiltements i can get other than the standard ?72.55 per week ssp for being off ill, many thanks

Jed54

Phone connection

In regard to burglar alarms, and monitoring.. What if the phone line is cut before the home is entered? Would the alarm company be aware of this?

Sweetie77

Recordable DVD Player

Hi Guys My flatmate recentley brought a flat screen tv with built in freeview. I have brought a recordable dvd player as well but we can only record whrn the tv is switched on. They are both Toshiba...

Matheous

Double Dimmers

Anyone seen double 400 or 500watt light-switch dimmers?All I could find in B&Q were 2x250watt or single 400watt dimmers.....I ended up buying 2 separate 400w switches. Am I also going to get away with...

RossyBwoy

Commercial and Domestic voltage.

Does anyone know what the voltage is for domestic electrics and what the voltage is for commercial/industrial electrics? and also, why are they different?

wendilla

answerphone message

I had a message on my house answerphone which said Press 1 to receive this message press 2 to delete.Don't normally have to do this my message comes straight away so what would this mean ? I have not...

dan no1

iPods...

I was thinking of getting an ipod and was wondering how do you load songs on them. Thanks.

ChuffingHell

another electrical question - circuit breakers

Following on from an earlier question, does anyone know of any suppliers of 45 amp circuit breakers? They all seem to be 40 or 50.