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oldmisery

Use Of Aluminium In Underground Telephone Cables.

Is there any truth that aluminium was used as an alternative to copper to transmit domestic telephone messages ?...
16:54 Sat 08th Dec 20129 answers, last by modeller 14:19 Wed 12th Dec 2012
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JOEYGREEN

Can I eat opened custard after 6 days?

Hi there, we opened a carton of custard 6 days ago, just used a bit and then put in the refrigerator. Can we have the rest today? It says eat within three days of opening but do you think this would...
17:58 Sat 27th Oct 201210 answers, last by magsmay 13:11 Sun 28th Oct 2012
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mikesnook1

all the same

can "all the same" also mean "ever so"?
08:43 Thu 11th Oct 201210 answers, last by owdhamer 19:35 Sun 14th Oct 2012
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Bert

Can I change the date on some of my photos? (Part two)

I clicked on the link that Rojash provided. There seemed to be several download buttons. One of them wanted to give me Download Manager, and another wanted to give me 7Zip. None of them seemed to want...
21:08 Wed 10th Oct 20122 answers, last by Bert 15:54 Thu 11th Oct 2012
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bluemoon1

Salt lamp

My partner bought a salt lamp made of rock salt from a shop. I noticed there was water underneath and around said lamp. So I mopped it up and stood the lamp on a newspaper. The newspaper is now wet...
19:23 Wed 10th Oct 20122 answers, last by peter_jameson 12:20 Sun 14th Oct 2012
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Bert

Can I change the date on some of my photos?

While I was on holiday, I noticed that the date I had set on my camera was out by one day. I changed it to the correct date. The result is that I have two daysworth of photos with the same date. Since...
10:21 Wed 10th Oct 20122 answers, last by Bert 20:19 Wed 10th Oct 2012
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Le Chat

Bad grammar!

I have noticed with the passing of years that quite alot of people now say 'we was' instead of 'we were' and 'I wish I was....' instead of 'I wish I were....' This is an example of how bad grammar has...
18:34 Sun 23rd Sep 201241 answers, last by tenrec 09:23 Thu 11th Oct 2012
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AB Editor

Technology FAQ

Before you ask a question in technology, read this first!
  • Hardware Problems: Include make and model information
  • Software Problems: Include operating system and software wersion information
  • Internet Problems: Include browser name and version information
11:38 Tue 11th Jan 201137 answers, last by eliza001 07:46 Wed 10th Sep 2014
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Bert

Is it possible to mend a broken zip?

The question has been asked before, I know, but the way mine has broken seems a bit different to the other questions. My zip is on a bag and is the sort where the sides that close together look like...
14:42 Thu 20th Sep 20126 answers, last by mjwman 17:10 Sat 22nd Sep 2012
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englishgirl

how obivous can you get

going down the motorway we stopped at a service center there were raditors n the wall with a notice above each one saying warning raditor can get hot. Is just me but i thought they were meant to get...
17:45 Mon 09th Jul 201240 answers, last by marval 14:38 Thu 12th Jul 2012
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Bert

Open sockets (switched on) waste electricity - Alistair Campbell

On "The Wright Stuff" (Channel 5) this morning (26 June 2012), Alistair Campbell said that open sockets (i.e. with no plug in them) use electricity if they are switched on. Could this be...
13:27 Tue 26th Jun 201232 answers, last by Bert 10:09 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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BobbyBobBob

spray deoderant on paper

Bit of a random one but my friend and I were having a bit of an arguament earlier about how flammable deoderant was. I said that if it was sprayed on paper for a few seconds and left for about 20...
19:18 Thu 21st Jun 20122 answers, last by Bert 09:48 Fri 22nd Jun 2012
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EvianBaby

Tesco or Tescos

My dad, who is very particular about the correct use of the english language thinks that 'I went to Tescos' is fine. I disagree, there should be no S. Who is correct?...
13:11 Mon 04th Jun 201252 answers, last by woofgang 11:52 Tue 26th Jun 2012
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Bert

Moonwalk ('dance' move)

I know that Michael Jackson did not invent the moonwalk, that it can be performed in slightly different ways, and that the move was known by other names in past times. But what I'd like to know is,...
08:53 Sun 29th Apr 20128 answers, last by Bert 20:06 Fri 04th May 2012
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Bert

Improved toaster

About 30 or more years ago, we had a toaster that worked by detecting the heat given off by the bread - at least that's how I think it worked. It definitely did not work off a timer, and it promised...
11:38 Fri 06th Apr 20129 answers, last by Bert 08:36 Sat 07th Apr 2012
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nailit

aspartame, e-numbers, fluoride, pesticides

etc... are we being slowley poisned by the food industry? WHY do we have to be subjugated to these (and other) chemicals on our food and drink?...
20:42 Wed 04th Apr 201212 answers, last by neil42 22:13 Thu 19th Apr 2012
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Bert

Anybody know where Zabomgewka is, or was?

There's a tomb in San Michele cemetery, Venice, of a woman who was born in Zabomgewka, Russia in 1885. I've tried to find Zabomgewka, but failed. It could have had a name change after the revolution,...
19:59 Thu 01st Mar 20127 answers, last by hveluwen 20:17 Wed 21st May 2014
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holoscofo

Another "is" or "are" query...

Before Colonel Gadaffi's capture and killing I heard and read more than once in the media that "his whereabouts are unknown" whereas I always thought that, if referring to a single person,...
14:35 Wed 29th Feb 201227 answers, last by Pears 06:36 Sat 02nd Jun 2012
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Bert

Blind guitarist

Has anyone ever heard of a blind man who taught himself to play guitar. When he heard groups playing on the radio, he did not realise that there were three people playing lead, rhythm and bass, so he...
02:42 Sun 26th Feb 20126 answers, last by DocSausage 23:10 Tue 20th Mar 2012
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Bert

My annoyance has reached a crescendo (I hope)

How many times have you read or heard the word 'crescendo' being misused? I have lost count. (Tbh, I never started counting.) Almost everybody seems to think it means a peak or a climax. Just search...
14:08 Thu 16th Feb 201237 answers, last by boxtops 10:31 Mon 20th Feb 2012

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