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Bug Zapper Zapped!

I recently bought one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PVXBXPY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Unfortunately, earlier today, as it was being recharged, it accidentally...
00:43 Sun 22nd Sep 20192 answers, last by AZardoz 01:11 Sun 22nd Sep 2019
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New Keyboard Quirks

I recently bought a new keyboard, in the forlorn hope that it may a difference to my slow computer (the old kybd was always getting keys stuck and missing presses) - didn't make any difference. But...
16:33 Mon 16th Sep 20197 answers, last by angie55 19:29 Mon 16th Sep 2019
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Daily Trudge With Computer Getting Worse And Worse - Help!!

I am the most technologically illiterate person on the planet, and I have a computer which is driving me mad every day. It's running Windows 7, and the browser is Mozilla Firefox. Can anybody give me...
15:30 Mon 16th Sep 201913 answers, last by chiropractorsnea 07:11 Wed 25th Nov 2020
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Shattered Glass Drinking Glasses

Many years ago - 70s/80s probably - my parents had a set of tall drinking glasses which looked like they were made of shattered glass. Yet they seemed as sturdy as any other glass vessel, and I never...
18:21 Fri 16th Aug 20196 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 11:38 Sat 17th Aug 2019
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What Is The Bad Smell I'm Encountering So Much Lately?

I didn't really know where to put this one, so this'll have to do. I wonder if anybody else has noticed this, and winced at it, like I do. For the last few years, I've been increasingly noticing a...
19:26 Sat 06th Jul 201941 answers, last by Tilly2 19:12 Sun 07th Jul 2019
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Avid Record Collector Needs Your Help!

OK, I give up! I've been aware of this spectacular item for several years now, and I've tried again and again to find any way of getting hold of one. Can't even find any more than what's on Wikipedia...
17:56 Sun 28th Apr 20192 answers, last by TobiasJug 14:24 Sat 13th Jul 2019
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God's Three Greatest Inventions.

God's three greatest inventions, by Oolon Colluphid (remember me, from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, author of Where God Went Wrong., Some More Of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who Is This God...
19:59 Wed 17th Apr 2019
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God's Three Greatest Inventions.

God's three greatest inventions, by Oolon Colluphid remember me, from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, author of Where God Went Wrong., Some More Of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who Is This God...
19:56 Wed 17th Apr 20192 answers, last by Togo 20:18 Wed 17th Apr 2019
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Jobs I Had In The School Holidays.

When I was a kid, my parents were too mean to give me any more than 6d a week pocket money. So I took a part-time job with an Indian restaurant. One of my duties was to log in all the chickens on a...
19:41 Wed 17th Apr 20191 answer, last by marval 19:43 Wed 17th Apr 2019
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Iconic National Tourist Attractions Being Given A Sequel

The London Eye is soon to be accompanied by a second big wheel, on the opposite bank of the River Thames, at the end of Richmond Terrace (which leads to Downing Street at the other end). It's going to...
22:15 Sat 30th Mar 20192 answers, last by spathiphyllum 14:30 Mon 01st Apr 2019
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Split Fingernails

Can anybody answer a question to which my doctor has never given me any kind of helpful answer? About 20 years ago, I noticed my left thumbnail showed what looked like a split-line very gradually...
02:01 Mon 04th Mar 20196 answers, last by pastafreak 09:32 Mon 04th Mar 2019
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How Do I Turn A Piece Of Text Upside Down?

Just for a little joke in a piece of text I'm sending to somebody, I want a single word to appear upside down. Ho do I do that? I have a very old ex-internet café computer, browser is Mozilla...
13:04 Sun 03rd Mar 201917 answers, last by Mamyalynne 14:16 Sun 03rd Mar 2019
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Credit Card-Sized Wallet Calendars

For many years, I used to buy a few little plastic-coated credit card-sized calendars - one for my wallet, one for the desk, and one for spare (they were always going missing!) They were always easily...
21:56 Tue 12th Feb 20196 answers, last by chelle7272 07:39 Wed 13th Feb 2019
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Food Etc Going Down 'the Wrong Way'

We all know what it;s like when we eat or drink something which goes down 'the wrong way' - we end up coughing and sneezing and spluttering and giving the throat a very painful scrubbing, until all...
12:58 Sun 03rd Feb 20193 answers, last by AndiFlatland 18:18 Sun 03rd Feb 2019
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Computer Screen Rotated 90° All By Itself - How Do I Get It Back To Normal?

As the title says, my computer has suddenly decided to turn the screen through 90° anticlockwise, for no reason to do with anything I did, that I'm aware of. In less than ideal circumstances (the...
20:27 Tue 01st Jan 20199 answers, last by Guilbert53 13:30 Wed 02nd Jan 2019
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How Do I Get The Top Taskbar Back On My Computer?

Earlier today, in a few idle moments, I was messing about with settings on my ancient and not-so-trusty computer (Windows 7). I opened the 'View' tab, and clicked on toolbars, then on the tick next to...
13:56 Wed 28th Nov 20183 answers, last by Buenchico 14:46 Wed 28th Nov 2018
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Hów Do Blind People Do Shopping?

A few days ago, I was in my local Sainsburys, when a clearly blind woman (and I don't think she was even 'partially sighted') with a long white stick with a small round bobble on the end came round...
08:37 Fri 16th Nov 20188 answers, last by 1ozzy 07:03 Mon 19th Nov 2018
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Turning White Light Bulbs Coloured

Many years ago, it was possible to buy stretchy rubbery jackets shaped like an incandescent light bulb. They came in a variety of different colours, and the orange ones in particular were very good at...
11:32 Sun 11th Nov 201811 answers, last by kathleenswafford 05:51 Fri 16th Nov 2018
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Neodymium Magnets

I read on Wikipedia that computers have neodymium magnets installed in the hard disc drive. I keep a very extensive archive of audio and video tapes (never made it into the land of digital recording)....
13:46 Sun 14th Oct 20186 answers, last by TonyV 21:24 Wed 17th Oct 2018
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The History Of Waterloo Station

Waterloo Station has 24 platforms. When it was first built in 1849, it only had 6 platforms. So it was called Quarterloo. But even before that, there was no station and no platforms, and there were...
00:38 Mon 06th Aug 20188 answers, last by marval 17:57 Mon 06th Aug 2018

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