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ladybirder

How To Copy Contacts List From One Mobile To Another?

Help desperately needed please. I'm trying to copy my contacts list from an old iPhone G3S to a Samsung Galaxy. The nice man in the Vodafone shop said I could do it from the Vodafone website. Well he...
17:12 Mon 24th Apr 201713 answers, last by Jonesone 03:59 Thu 05th Sep 2019
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Mr-H

Aging A Watch

My brother in law bought a Rotary watch from a local jewelers last November, for £800. Unfortunately within a few weeks he died, and the watch passed to me. Over the last couple of weeks, it has...
22:24 Thu 27th Apr 201712 answers, last by Mr-H 11:06 Wed 07th Jun 2017
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hc4361

Initial Of Surnace Beginning With Mc/mac

Example - the name is Andrew McDonald. Would he write his initials as AM or AMC?
09:32 Wed 26th Apr 20173 answers, last by hc4361 08:17 Fri 28th Apr 2017
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woofgang

Ship’S Clock Chimes

Any horologists around? I have just acquired a vintage ship’s clock, a Schatz. It runs beautifully but the chimes don’t match up with the time. I did some research and found that what should work...
20:52 Fri 21st Apr 201715 answers, last by woofgang 22:28 Wed 26th Apr 2017
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cassa333

Youtube

I am downloading a 13 minute clip from mega to YouTube and so far it has downloaded 29% in over two hours. Is it suppose to take so long?...
12:33 Tue 25th Apr 20176 answers, last by Old_Geezer 07:26 Wed 26th Apr 2017
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joko

Best Way To Filter/purify Etc Air The Home.

Anyone give me any recommendations/advice on the best way to filter/purify/ionise - etc etc etc air inside the home? I have an oldschool Ionizer which seems to work - but the dirt that accumulates...
20:30 Sat 22nd Apr 20173 answers, last by joko 18:16 Sun 23rd Apr 2017
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fuggy

Central Heating

Any suggestions as to why is coming on when the timer is not asking for it? And the room temp is higher than what is normally asked for....
14:13 Sun 23rd Apr 20175 answers, last by fuggy 16:36 Sun 23rd Apr 2017
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Barquentine

Metal (Type Iv) Cassette Tape

Is it safe to play a Metal Tape (Sony MR-X60Pro Metal Position Type IV) on an ordinary ferric tape deck? Or will that ruin my tape heads?
16:22 Sat 22nd Apr 20171 answer, last by Bertrum 22:27 Sat 22nd Apr 2017
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emmie

Have Ordered A Dvd From France

its in English, so just wondered if its going to work on my dvd player....
12:26 Sat 22nd Apr 20177 answers, last by bhg481 14:27 Sat 22nd Apr 2017
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foreverpools

Best Stain Remover For Teeth

I love a coffee but its not best for teeth so any suggestions on a good stain remover toothpaste?
17:24 Wed 19th Apr 20173 answers, last by marval 21:39 Wed 19th Apr 2017
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foreverpools

Xbox One Headset Settings

my son when on xbox games can hear his friends but they cant hear him.any help would be appreciated. ive tried changing setting but at the end of the day I'm not an xbox geek...
17:21 Wed 19th Apr 20171 answer, last by Buenchico 19:26 Wed 19th Apr 2017
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Hopkirk

Facebook Search

I don't use FB, so be gentle with me. If someone on there is married, can you find them by their maiden name?...
17:27 Sun 16th Apr 20173 answers, last by -SharonA- 18:37 Sun 16th Apr 2017
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Brian-Ghilliotti

Question About Post Ww2 Japanese Hold Outs In Manchuria

This is a question about Post WW2 Japanese hold outs. Specifically, Japanese holdouts in China. I have seen this quoted many times in sites that cover this topic: "An estimated 10-20,000 well equipped...
15:43 Sat 15th Apr 20173 answers, last by EDDIE51 15:59 Sat 15th Apr 2017
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Brian-Ghilliotti

Diamagnetism

My understanding is that magnetism is the result of an atom with an unpaired electron orbiting in its outer electron cloud. This unpaired electron seeks out another unpaired electron orbiting in the...
10:43 Tue 11th Apr 20172 answers, last by Zacs-Master 21:29 Tue 11th Apr 2017
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Brian-Ghilliotti

How Does An Inverter Work?

I understand that it converts DC power back to AC, but how does it do so specifically? Brian Ghilliotti...
10:34 Tue 11th Apr 20172 answers, last by Old_Geezer 11:04 Tue 11th Apr 2017
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Tilly2

Wi-Fi Password

How do I find out what the password is for out BT Wi-Fi? I am trying to connect my new mobile to the home Wi-Fi hub but none of the numbers on the little card will work. I have tried the Wireless key...
14:51 Sun 09th Apr 201735 answers, last by Tuvok 20:49 Mon 10th Apr 2017
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driverdale1

New Avatar

Ive done it before, just cannot remember how......how do you change your Avatar on this site?
19:04 Mon 10th Apr 201712 answers, last by Berniecuddles2 19:58 Mon 10th Apr 2017
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driverdale1

Internet Spades

Anyone else have a similar problem ? i enjoy a game of internet spades..the card game that comes built in to the computer. Im on windows 7 but over the last year it has became difficult to get the...
18:57 Mon 10th Apr 20173 answers, last by driverdale1 19:50 Mon 10th Apr 2017
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niquidenk

Now 4 Something Different

CAN ANY ONE HELP ME PLESE WITH THE PUZZLE ON PAGE 40 OF THE TAKE A BREAK ISSUE 15
13:39 Mon 10th Apr 20174 answers, last by mallyh 14:02 Mon 10th Apr 2017
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leigh47

Problems With 2 Stroke Engine Starting

problem with 2 stroke chainsaw. Chain and bar removed. With sparkplug out engine will turn freely. With sparkplug in engine will not turn. Plug is correct size. Any suggestions ?
22:31 Sat 08th Apr 20174 answers, last by tonyav 20:14 Sun 09th Apr 2017

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