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Traversing Speed Humps

When traversing speed humps in my front wheel drive Polo I always depress the clutch under the impression that it prevents shock travelling through the transmission and causing possible damage. Am I...
09:50 Sat 16th Oct 201011 answers, last by derekpara 21:08 Sat 16th Oct 2010
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Restricting Google searches

Is there any way I can opt to restrict Google searches to the UK ? Thanks. D...
16:08 Sat 04th Sep 20104 answers, last by derekpara 17:23 Sat 04th Sep 2010
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Life expectancy of a toilet cistern !

My high-quality, very expensive toilet cistern has cracked and caused a minor flood. OK, it is forty years old but apart from the internal valve the ceramic unit has no moving parts so why should it...
10:52 Tue 24th Aug 20108 answers, last by annie0000 12:23 Thu 26th Aug 2010
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Looking for a book on London

I'm looking for a book on London, written by a female author about ten-15 years ago. I can't remember her name or the title of her book. It was very thick, with a red paperback cover and described the...
08:14 Sun 08th Aug 20102 answers, last by derekpara 18:57 Sun 08th Aug 2010
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Supermarket Fuel

Is there any difference between supermarket ( ie Morrisons) fuel and BP or Shell outlets , or are they sourced from the same bulk suppliers ? In my area the price difference is about 5p a litre, with...
09:48 Sat 26th Jun 20104 answers, last by R1Geezer 11:38 Mon 28th Jun 2010
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Eurotunnel breakdown insurance.

I am driving in Europe for a week and am thinking about including the Eurotunnel breakdown cover in with my fare costs. Has any ABer had cause to use this service for a vehicle breakdown, and if so...
16:01 Mon 14th Jun 20102 answers, last by derekpara 20:57 Mon 14th Jun 2010
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Football and the Recession.

Do you think the current level of footballers' pay can be sustained in the forthcoming ecenomic constraints ? I am not an avid soccer supporter and have always thought that the extremely high salaries...
16:17 Wed 09th Jun 20101 answer, last by Count-A-Strong 08:58 Thu 10th Jun 2010
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Splitfire HT Leads

I've ordered a set of Splitfire HT leads for my Mk2 Mondeo. Anyone used them ? Any opinions ? Thanks. D...
15:18 Fri 04th Jun 20107 answers, last by derekpara 18:56 Mon 07th Jun 2010
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Ford engine code

How do I find the engine code for my Mk2 Mondeo ? I think it's a three digit code. ( Not the engine number.) Thanks. D...
18:26 Wed 02nd Jun 20102 answers, last by derekpara 19:31 Wed 02nd Jun 2010
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Electronic engine tuning

When I owned an old Metro I often had it tuned by a mobile engine tuner ( Crypton or similar). Plug and points gaps, carburation, timing etc were all checked and adjusted and the difference in...
16:59 Sat 29th May 20104 answers, last by AlBags 20:42 Sat 29th May 2010
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Barristers, Lawyer, Solicitors.

What is the difference between the functions of a Barrister, a Lawyer and a Solicitor ? Thanks. D...
21:12 Sat 22nd May 20104 answers, last by grasscarp 17:34 Sun 23rd May 2010
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Northen France.

I'm looking for somewhere to go for a few days in France. Ideally, it should be within two hours drive of Calais and preferrably on the coast or near a scenic river, have good restaurants and a degree...
17:13 Sat 15th May 20106 answers, last by derekpara 08:39 Sun 16th May 2010
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Taking direct debits

My 90 year old mother-in-law had her Sky TV disconnected by the company prior to moving to a residential home with it's own connection. Due to her age, pressures of moving etc, she forgot to stop the...
21:09 Sun 25th Apr 20105 answers, last by derekpara 15:57 Mon 26th Apr 2010
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Windows XP Firewall

I've been told that the firewall built into Windows XP is ' perfectly adequate' and therefore I assume Zone Alarm is not necessary and could, in fact, cause problems. Anyone care to comment, please ?...
11:49 Fri 08th Jan 20106 answers, last by Mr Veritas 15:42 Fri 08th Jan 2010
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Sticking loading bar.

Any idea why the blue loading bar sometimes sticks about three quarters of the way ? It can take minutes to complete loading even simple things like AB for example and sometimes doesn't load at all,...
21:49 Wed 06th Jan 20105 answers, last by squarebear 11:08 Thu 07th Jan 2010
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Windows Media Player.

How do I make Windows Media Player my default programme for downloading and burning videos/music from YouTube - instead of Real Player ?
19:22 Tue 15th Dec 20093 answers, last by squarebear 09:34 Wed 16th Dec 2009
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Fed up with Real Player

Having subscribed to Real Player SP I'm fed up with its problems and want to use Windows Media Player as default for downloading and burning music etc from, say, You Tube. How do I make WMP my default...
20:37 Mon 14th Dec 20093 answers, last by derekpara 19:20 Tue 15th Dec 2009
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OE Inbox

My Outlook Express inbox has got out of sync and all the messages are now out of date order. How do I restore them to ascending date order ? Thanks Derekpara...
19:52 Thu 03rd Dec 20093 answers, last by derekpara 20:02 Thu 03rd Dec 2009
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Trouble installing Realplayer

I can't install Realplayer. It starts to install then about halfway through it quits and the whole loading box disappears, leaving no message and no installation. I am running Windows XP with...
21:09 Sun 22nd Nov 200914 answers, last by TTG 10:34 Tue 24th Nov 2009
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Trouble downloading sites

I'm running Firefox 3.012 and am having trouble downloading most sites. The loading bar sticks at about halfway and nothing seems to happen. I've changed from version 5 in the hope of curing this but...
22:03 Tue 17th Nov 20092 answers, last by derekpara 22:20 Tue 17th Nov 2009

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