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Turning A Perceived Flaw Into A Positive.

Have you, or someone you know turned a perceived 'flaw' into a 'positive'? For example, Joe Pasquales 'squeaky' voice has become his trademark. Warrick Davis' dwarfism has made him a tv star....

funkylad20

Epoxy Floor Paint - Repair. Oops!

We recently painted our garage floor with some epoxy floor paint. Nice colour, nice finish, perfect. We waited quite a few days before putting the car on it and then two days later when we took the...

Barsel

Is It Possible?

...to freeze cooked ham? Bought a packet of ham with 10 slices in it but it doesn't say on the packet if you can freeze it, but it does say use within 2 days of opening. As I can't manage to eat 5...

invisiblelady

Exchanging Hdd

Have two Toshiba laptops, the new one has a bad hdd. Want to put in the one from the other machine. The new laptop is windows 7 and the old one is XP. It's not booting. Do I need to format the xp one...

moggie 939

Using A Microphone With My Laptop?

I want to make sound files on my laptop so I purchased a (very cheap £2.00) plug in mic but speaking into it even close up only gave me an inaudible sound even with the laptop speakers set to highest...

sandyRoe

I Found A 4Gb Memory Stick This Afternoon.

I've placed a card in the local newsagents and an advertisement in the Lost and Found section of Gumtree. I've never used one before. Would it be safe to try it in my computer to see if I can identify...

Will__

How do I calculate the Watts used by some domestic lighting?

I have 4 lights that I use to light a row of bookshelves. They're 10 W halogen lamps, and each has its own big chunky black transformer as a plug. Currently, they're all plugged into a standard 13 amp...

ivor4781

Ikea Vat

just been to ikea, called in at the restaurant got two meals ,paid for both and thought a little odd it was more than i have added it up to while waiting to pay ,then notice 20% vat added £2.35 ?...

codswallop

Seagate Ext H/drive

Just got round to installing the above unit,but my PC doesn't recognise it.It's as though it isn't there.I'm using Windows Vista.AS USUAL any help would be much appreciated. Thanks...

Chipchopper

Grinding Noise...

My car is making a grinding sound when I take right turns. So what could be the problem, apart from the nut behind the wheel ?...

bhg481

Tubeless Tyre Repairs

In my early days of motoring it was considered safe and legal to repair puntures in tubeless tyres by inserting a rubber bung through the hole. As driving speeds increased it was found that these...

Jeza

Insurance Advice Needed....

I've just received my renewal notice. I have breakdown cover NCD protection Legal protection Courtesy car My renewal quote is £391 Before I shop around do I need all of this. I DO want breakdown...

kat-kin

Carpet Measure Advice.

I'm having trouble finding the correct measurements for carpet in my living room. I had my room measured by a carpet fitter as I intend to buy online.The measurements are 5metre x 6.30metre cut. All...

Mosaic

Led Adhesive-Backed Strip Lights Not Adhering

Anyone got any theories on this? It must be commonplace as the sellers have refunded me and don't want the product back. Basically, a very nice LED light but the 'adhesive back sticks to any surface'...

Tizzi24

Sainsbury

What's this about Sainsbury halving the points we get next year? Maybe if we all complained, and threatened not to shop there, they would have a change of heart. I usually only buy petrol at...

stevec000

Radiators

is there a certain order to bleed radiators??

martinjr

Wrong Engine Oil

I changed the oil in my BMW316i, automatic today. Instead of buying 5W30 Longlife for BMW I bought Halford's 5W30 part synthetic for Ford. I only noticed this when I was half way through refilling...

ToraToraTora

Law For Trailers??

http://www.armitagetrailers.com/trailerlaw.htm This site seems to suggest that the current regs apply to trailers made after 28/10/2012 - fair enough but it makes no mention of older trailers. I know...

andy-hughes

Steve Wright

I know that Steve Wright has an ego the size of Saturn - "Loving the show...", the fact that he calls his show 'The Big Show', all that nonsense, but ... why does he not back-announce records he is...

muchlovex

Driving In Alicante - First Time

I have booked a holiday in Alicante and hired a car. I've never driven in a a foreign country before but I would say I am a fairly confident driver here in the Uk. only worried incase I drive on the...

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