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Bay Tree

Hello All, I have a bay tree, about 5 feet tall, in a pot on the deck. It's been in the pot about 3 years and seemed happy until recently. Now it has a lot of brown discoloration on its leaves, these...
16:06 Tue 27th May 20146 answers, last by AB Editor 13:06 Thu 29th May 2014
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Curry Ingredients

I have a curry recipe here, which calls for 2 tablespoons of curry paste, and I haven't got any. I have however got curry powder, can I use that instead, and if so, how much would be the equivalent of...
11:27 Sat 17th May 20144 answers, last by treatme 10:30 Wed 21st May 2014
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Dudley Moore "10"

I know this question has been asked before, but perhaps in the meantime someone has come up with an answer. I am trying to get hold of the sheet music for the 'It's easy' piano solo Dudley performs in...
12:02 Tue 18th Mar 20144 answers, last by greenrook 17:14 Fri 21st Mar 2014
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Diphtheria

I bet that title got the attention of some of you? Well, here's a question, I don't know where to ask it, but the Chatterbank set seem to have a pretty broad general knowledge (and age span!) so who...
20:30 Wed 01st Jan 201415 answers, last by anneasquith 15:48 Thu 02nd Jan 2014
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Camera Batteries

Hello Everyone, I have a Canon camera, model PowerShot A560, which used to be very moderate in its battery consumption, and is satisfactory in all other ways (we are not serious photographers, just...
18:08 Thu 10th Oct 201313 answers, last by rcontrerask 13:56 Wed 16th Oct 2013
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Official Secrets Act

I signed and was bound by this Act in 1954, as a serving soldier handling 'sensitive' material in Germany, as part of my job. I left the Army several years later, but don't remember any sort of...
15:52 Tue 08th Oct 201328 answers, last by granny grump 21:10 Wed 09th Oct 2013
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Passion Flowers

Hello gardeners, our passion flower vine (it is the Passiflora Caerulia) has now produced a very great many fruits, green and Victoria plum-sized at present, but Google tells me they will turn orange...
09:40 Tue 24th Sep 20135 answers, last by greenrook 14:30 Fri 04th Oct 2013
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3-Cornered Leek (Allium Triquetrum)

We have these all over the garden, and we eat them in salads, use them as chives etc., but I wonder if you can eat the bulbs as well, and would you eat them raw, or cook them, or what?
11:17 Fri 03rd May 20131 answer, last by greenrook 22:39 Fri 03rd May 2013
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Gas Cooker Too Efficient!

We bought a new gas cooker in Comet's closing-down sale, and we like it very much, it's very controllable, except for not being able to very slowly simmer soups and suchlike - even the smallest ring,...
17:33 Sat 16th Feb 20138 answers, last by greenrook 09:40 Tue 19th Feb 2013
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Dudley Moore "10"

I'm sure this has been asked before, so apologies for that, but can anyone tell me where I might find the score for the piano solo dear old Dudley played in the "10" film? There are lots of simple...
19:15 Mon 04th Feb 20132 answers, last by greenrook 17:39 Fri 08th Feb 2013
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If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind

Hello All, I have been looking, without success so far, for a solo piano sheet music arrangement of the song of my question title, Cilla Black did it back in the day, and Agnetha Faltskog later. I...
19:41 Thu 03rd Jan 20132 answers, last by bazwillrun 20:46 Thu 03rd Jan 2013
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Unsolicited Goods

Hello Everyone, am I correct in thinking that if items are delivered to me without my ordering them, it is the responsibility of the sender to collect or otherwise retrieve them? You will gather that...
11:10 Thu 03rd Jan 20139 answers, last by greenrook 19:13 Thu 10th Jan 2013
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Combi-Boiler Pressure Drop

Hello All, I keep having to re-pressurize my central heating combi boiler (about once a fortnight) and I remember there used to be some jollop available from plumber's merchants, which when introduced...
15:02 Fri 28th Dec 20124 answers, last by greenrook 17:34 Sun 30th Dec 2012
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cats and fireworks

My 2 confident cats, brother and sister 4 years old, go to ground behind the sofa around Nov. 5th., or New Year time, or whenever there is a distant firework explosion outside. Sometimes they seem to...
00:22 Mon 12th Nov 20127 answers, last by Starbuckone 11:28 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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old threepenny bits

Hello All; not sure where to ask this; I have about 50-odd of the old 12-sided threepenny pieces, showing George VI or Elizabeth, and I understand they have no intrinsic value, or interest to...
17:52 Sat 25th Aug 20127 answers, last by greenrook 19:12 Fri 31st Aug 2012
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old wine/beer

Hello everyone, sorry this is a bit lengthy - my son has cleared the shed in a house he's bought, and found among the cobwebs the following:- A Magnum of Freixenet Black Label Cava Brut; 6 unopened...
14:42 Mon 23rd Jan 20122 answers, last by greenrook 19:30 Tue 24th Jan 2012
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Shirt buttons

Hello everyone, my missis bought me a nearly-new Gap shirt from a local Charity shop, extra-large, and tailored for a man, so no chance it's a woman's garment. However, the buttons are on the opposite...
15:49 Sat 31st Dec 20118 answers, last by greenrook 18:58 Mon 02nd Jan 2012
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Sunday Times Crossword 4460

20 ac., Doctor greets an officer of the law s?r?e?n? Surgeons? Sergeant? Sargeant? I'm probably being really dense, but I can't see the sense of any of them. Help please
14:56 Mon 21st Nov 20115 answers, last by maurice 18:02 Mon 21st Nov 2011
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Cornwall-Lower Saxony

We may have to travel from West Cornwall to Diepholz sometime in early 2012; has anyone got a suggestion how this can be done with a minimum of changes of transport, and without costing the Earth? Our...
11:17 Tue 27th Sep 20114 answers, last by greenrook 00:46 Sat 11th Apr 2015
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Coin collection

I really don't know where to ask this question, there doesn't seem to be a relevant category. I have about 50 of the old 12-sided 'brass' threepenny bits and I wondered if they have any value, scrap...
11:25 Thu 08th Sep 20118 answers, last by greenrook 18:05 Fri 09th Sep 2011

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