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Creases on shirt sleeves

When you iron mens smart trousers you put a crease down them. Should you put a similar crease down the outside of a shirt sleeve? I say not, but 'er indoors says you do. Is Prince Charles's valet out...

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Drunks in ambulances

Are there any ambulance staff out there? Is it true that if you pick up someone who is very drunk you chuck one of their shoes out? Any one who has found themselves minus a shoe after a drunken binge...

richboy7500

stolen car

do i have to pay the towing fee on a stolen car ?

milly143

Selling higher then original value on ebay

I am selling a shirt on Ebay which has a label on saying ?6.00 (although I only paid 2). At the moment it is up to ?4.00. If someone bought it for more then ?6.00 would they have any valid arguement...

ilovebukky

broadcasting

what is broadcasting?

muchlovex

What does everyone think of this?? Am I being paranoid..?

My brother is getting married soon and his fiance is organising most of the wedding. Well, to cut the long story short, this is what's happened... I have done lots for my brother and his fiance, I've...

rdv

mystified

how does this work http://www.parga.com/psychic.swf apologies if this has been asked before

bounceagain

Changing address

Do you simply call your bank to say you have changed address over the phone? Or does the bank need documents to prove who I am, for instance do I need to go to the bank to show my ID in some way...

cottonbud

Freeview (digital) ariel

I would like to have a tv with freeview box in an upstairs room, where it isn't possible to go through the main ariel, can I buy a digital ariel or can I just use a normal indoor one. If an indoor...

nikki c

replacement provisional

I have lost my provisional licence,how much would it cost for a replacement, and how would i go about this

Romeo

Do you know what a locus is?

A locus is a set of points that satisfy a certain condition. Or so my maths teacher taught me many years ago. To this day I still don't have a clue what she was on about. Can anyone explain it more...

geebee1982

Cash converters

If I pawn something (to cash converters) and I get ?60 for it, would I pay ?60 to get it back or the price they would sell it on for? I would use Ebay but I need the money faster than that I have no...

fairkatrina

The Internet

I have a vague idea of the internet being powered by half a dozen 'supercomputers' that sit around doing nothing but making the internet work. Is that right? It just suddenly dawned on me that I've...

littlemiss74

cooked or raw?

when you buy a jar of beetroot...in vinigar, has it been cooked??

filthiestfis

where to buy party packs

Im looking for party packs-you know, balloons, confetti, crap like that in order to surprise a friend who lives abroad, Im sending him a birthday card and would like to include a mini party inside....

dilligaf

spell check

Is there now a spell check on this site? I just had two incorrectly words underlined. One was tyre and it suggested tire so I assume it is American origin.

filthiestfis

Sending cash abroad

Is it acceptable to send cash using royal mail international signed-for? Will I be covered in case the packet gets "lost"?

wizard69

mobile usb cable

my son has recently been given a Sony Ericsson (k310i) mobile phone for his birthday. Today he bought himself a compatable usb cable (costing ?10) in order to download from the internet. However my...

hattsus

Transfer of title on property from single to joint

My husband and I are in the process of completing the land registry forms to transfer ownership of his property into joint names. We have had some fabulous advice from this site on this and I...

styley

Text from the internet,

Is there any way to send a text from the internet to your mobile phone. In particular what I was hoping to do was to be able to set up for a text message to be sent at a certain time to act as a...