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Cordless Electric Carving/breadknife

Can you buy a CORDLESS electric carving knife? Most Google results give corded ones. BB...
09:27 Sat 10th Mar 201822 answers, last by -Talbot- 11:01 Sun 18th Mar 2018
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Sharp Knives

I want to sharpen kitchen knives - is there a drill attachment that would help? BB...
12:12 Thu 08th Mar 201845 answers, last by bainbrig 16:42 Fri 09th Mar 2018
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Cancelling A Credit Card

Is there a safe, foolproof way of cancelling a credit card? We wanted to cancel our Marbles cards as they had been compromised (someone had tried and failed to make online and phone purchases)....
08:37 Thu 08th Mar 20185 answers, last by bainbrig 10:09 Thu 08th Mar 2018
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Strange Speed Bumps

Round our way (NW London) the local council have started putting sleeping policemen (speed bumps) across the ends of side roads, i.e. where a side road meets a more main road, putting them IN the...
14:38 Wed 07th Mar 20186 answers, last by Gromit 10:58 Sun 11th Mar 2018
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Amazon Prime Slipping?

Amazon 'Prime' account holders pay a lot of money for quicker (cheaper?) deliveries. Last week or two, I've noticed stuff previously on Prime/Next Day delivery slipping back to 2 or 3 days. Fair...
10:42 Sun 04th Mar 201820 answers, last by gness 18:08 Thu 08th Mar 2018
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Sprichst Du Deutsch?

An elderly Austrian friend used to say of Hitler that one of things she abhorred (apart from the obvious) was his 'appalling German' (i.e. his spoken German). I know about four words of German, so...
11:02 Thu 01st Mar 201834 answers, last by bainbrig 10:13 Fri 02nd Mar 2018
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Passed What?

He didn't shoot, he seldom scored, In fact he never tried; And when the final whistle blew He didn't pass - he died. B...
16:09 Wed 28th Feb 201867 answers, last by bainbrig 09:49 Sat 17th Mar 2018
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Frame Fixing Screws

Frame fixing sceews - the sort with torx T30 drive heads - how small can you get them? I have rotten walls and these would make more sense than plugs and screws. BillB...
20:34 Sat 24th Feb 201814 answers, last by The Builder 17:30 Wed 28th Feb 2018
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Paul Simon - Draft Dodger?

Paul Simon was in the UK in the late 60s, before he was widely famous. Was he a draft dodger? BB...
09:55 Sat 24th Feb 20187 answers, last by Islay 17:12 Sat 24th Feb 2018
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Parking Ticket/atm Scam

My wife parked her car outside the Co-op. She came out and a bloke approached her saying she had just got a parking ticket, but if she put her credit card into the adjacent ATM and pressed a certain...
13:29 Tue 20th Feb 201813 answers, last by Jackdaw33 10:02 Wed 21st Feb 2018
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Geography Of The Civil War

How did the geography of the English Civil War evolve? Battles were fought out west, up north, down south - I know there wasn’t a fixture list, but as it must have beeb a major problem shifting...
12:40 Mon 19th Feb 20186 answers, last by tonyav 22:30 Mon 19th Feb 2018
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Email For David Olusoga

How would I find an email address for the film-maker David Olusoga? I’ve stuck a note on his Facebook page, but don’t hold out much hope of a response. In the first House Through Time programme he...
13:09 Sun 18th Feb 201819 answers, last by bainbrig 09:19 Fri 23rd Feb 2018
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An Odd Email Scam

Had this in my emails from 'Postmaster', couldn't see any other address: ntlworld.com Deadline Upgrade Dear billb,   This message is being sent to you to inform you that your account  will expire...
10:23 Fri 16th Feb 20189 answers, last by bainbrig 13:12 Sun 18th Feb 2018
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Master Of What?

To be a ‘masters student’, do you have to be a Bachelor first? 50 years ago there were few master students - now there seem to be loads!...
17:53 Thu 15th Feb 201817 answers, last by bainbrig 08:37 Fri 16th Feb 2018
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Haitch?

Heard on BBC London TV this morning: “W HAITCH Smith” (for W H Smith). There is no such word as HAITCH, Or have they changed the language?...
13:43 Tue 13th Feb 201872 answers, last by bhg481 20:25 Thu 15th Feb 2018
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Cheeky Nissan

Try this for cheek. Car recalled (second occasion) for airbag mechanism replacement. Fair enough, there is such a 'recall' on the www. Took the car to Nissan Mill Hill, collected it 4 hours later...
14:49 Mon 12th Feb 201816 answers, last by bainbrig 18:16 Thu 15th Feb 2018
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Hands On The Wheel!

I keep seeing documentary films showing police drivers speeding to incidents, or even in pursuit of criminals, with ONE hand on the wheel and the other apparently holding down the transmit button on...
12:09 Fri 09th Feb 201856 answers, last by gness 20:48 Sun 11th Feb 2018
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Long Curtain Pole Brackets

I need curtain pole brackets for a project, but they need to be pretty long - about six or eight inches. Are there any suppliers of such things? Ta. BillB...
11:09 Tue 06th Feb 20182 answers, last by bainbrig 16:09 Wed 07th Feb 2018
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Amazon Delivery Drivers

I’ve never had a card through the door saying Amazon have tried to deliver but I was out. Do they have to keep coming back till you’re at home? BillB...
10:36 Fri 02nd Feb 201812 answers, last by maggiebee 11:43 Thu 01st Mar 2018
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Stupid Prices On Amazon. What's Going On?

A few times over the years, we've noticed 'ordinary' items on Amazon with absurd prices - for example, a box of Canon photographic paper, usual price about £12, offered at £119.00. And today,...
15:16 Mon 29th Jan 201810 answers, last by fiction-factory 06:50 Tue 30th Jan 2018

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