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Making It Simple

Wendel Berry writes: …the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I know what he means, although I've never managed to get there. B...
09:35 Mon 17th Jun 201919 answers, last by Old_Geezer 13:40 Mon 17th Jun 2019
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Photographic Paper Short Life

I use a proper Canon paper in my printer(also a Canon 7550Pixma) and the results are fine, but on the rare occasion when we stick a picture on the wall (not in direct sunlight) it fades. Is there any...
14:14 Sun 16th Jun 201924 answers, last by bainbrig 11:15 Mon 01st Jul 2019
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Do Led Lamps Go Dim?

It might be my eyesight, but it seems that a couple of LED uplighters I bought last year aren’t as bright as they were. Do LED lights go dim? Ta BillB...
13:43 Wed 12th Jun 20198 answers, last by spathiphyllum 11:32 Fri 14th Jun 2019
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Buying A Wheelchair

I'm going to buy a wheelchair, as hiring one as frequently as I'll need to do in the next few months would cost more than purchase. Any warnings, suggestions, as to what to pick, what to avoid? My...
11:02 Wed 05th Jun 201918 answers, last by bainbrig 07:46 Mon 10th Jun 2019
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Online Map For Sticking Pins In

If I wanted to, I could do this with a paper map, stick it to my wall, and get some map pins, which I could stick into the map and say 'That was where my relatives lived'. But I'd rather do it...
14:46 Wed 29th May 20192 answers, last by bainbrig 18:07 Wed 29th May 2019
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Dishwashers

Sister wants a dishwasher 'to save all that pan scrubbing'. Told her it doesn't in fact save all that scrubbing, and that you have to do all that scrubbing before putting pots and pans into it, or at...
13:18 Wed 29th May 201937 answers, last by ummmm 09:54 Thu 30th May 2019
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Failing Memory Or Dementia

What's the line between failing memory and dementia? Does failing memory always precede dementia? I have been worried about a very close relative for some time, but lately she is more and more...
12:12 Wed 29th May 20199 answers, last by bainbrig 11:41 Mon 03rd Jun 2019
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Amazon Reviews.

Mrs B has a different Amazon account from me. But because her Macbook goes through the same Router to Virgin Media as my Mac Mini, our IP addresses are almost identical (the last digit is one...
12:23 Tue 28th May 20196 answers, last by 4candles 11:25 Wed 29th May 2019
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Genealogy. What A Waste Of Effort.

Well, no-one is that interested, are they? I’ve wasted years of my life trying to find out what Uncle Charlie did in 1925 (for instance)....
10:54 Tue 28th May 201931 answers, last by 10ClarionSt 08:01 Sat 01st Jun 2019
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Segways

Watching a bloke in a sort of segway wheelchair on RHS Chelsea on TV. How do those things not fall over? And for that matter how do segways stay upright? What’s the science? BB...
12:56 Sat 25th May 20196 answers, last by bainbrig 08:49 Sun 26th May 2019
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Can You Hire Heavies?

Got some neighbours who misbehave. He/she goes into their gardens and take a huge ghetto-blaster with them, which they turn up loud. A few years ago, I would have done it myself, but now feel the need...
16:18 Fri 24th May 201984 answers, last by AB Editor 07:55 Tue 28th May 2019
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Gem Motoring Assist

As Green Flag keep on going up, any recommendations for a cheap no-frills car breakdown service. ‘Which.’ recommend GEM. Any comments. Ta. BB...
11:06 Fri 24th May 20196 answers, last by bainbrig 05:37 Sun 26th May 2019
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How Warm Should Plug/transformers Get?

Mrs B has been worried lately over how ‘hot’ (I’d call it warm) various plug-in transformers get. There are several of them in a trailing socket next to where we sit - LED lights, Mac power...
10:22 Fri 17th May 20197 answers, last by Old_Geezer 07:47 Sun 19th May 2019
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North London Chaos

They've closed the North Circular, both ways, between Staples Corner and Neasden Lane. From the almost constant sounds of the sirens (we're a couple of miles away) I would guess it ain't pretty out...
09:27 Wed 15th May 20191 answer, last by naomi24 09:30 Wed 15th May 2019
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Menopause

Linguistics question. Why ‘pause’, with the implication of re-starting? BB...
12:27 Tue 14th May 20196 answers, last by bainbrig 07:06 Wed 15th May 2019
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Itchy Scalp

I use Nizoral shampoo, which is allegedly medicated, but I still get a few small spots on my scalp which turn itchy very quickly - the same day as shampooing sometimes. I am a very clean person,...
09:08 Tue 14th May 201924 answers, last by bainbrig 20:25 Fri 07th Jun 2019
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Lateral Thinking

Still on about the chairs! https://www.dropbox.com/s/m91b262eqibiazv/chair.JPG?dl=0 Big chairs, can’t move any longer a) old age, b) chairs sunk into a groove in the carpet made by the big ring on...
13:22 Sun 12th May 201913 answers, last by bainbrig 19:00 Sun 12th May 2019
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History?

Well in French, une histoire is a story, and it seems the original meaning is creeping in here. A journalist, Babita Sharma, has currently got her book ‘The Corner Shop” on R4, in which she bangs...
10:00 Sun 12th May 2019134 answers, last by naomi24 21:31 Thu 16th May 2019
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Karcher Tidy?

Every time I get my Karcher out for some cleaning, I’m always annoyed by the hoses! Is there any sort of ‘Karcher Tidy’ on the market that neatly stores the water pipes and mains cable? (It’s...
13:03 Sat 11th May 201911 answers, last by bainbrig 19:11 Sat 11th May 2019
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Photos - Why Bother?

I'm in the midst (well, not far off finishing), sorting out four and a half thousand digitalised photos into subfolders. I took all our digital scans (20 years worth) plus our previous 30 years worth...
13:34 Fri 10th May 201944 answers, last by calmck 20:38 Sat 11th May 2019

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