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A fool-proof method of determining whether a person should be allowed to own a gun

Only one question need be asked, and that question is:- Do you want to own a gun? Should the answer be yes, then clearly you are an unsuitable person to own a gun....

flobadob

Booking our own holiday - maybe.

I was thinking of booking a holiday without going through a travel agent just to see how it turns out. I'm thinking if I book the flights and a hotel on the internet and then maybe try to book a taxi...

Bellini

Picking up work in France or Holland

Hi My boyfriend and I are contemplating jacking in this country and trying our luck in France or Holland. My boyfriend has a design degree and we are tired of waiting for our lucky break to happen in...

Elijay

Car Insurance - Buying and Selling

In the past I've always traded my car in but this time round I intend buying my friends car. Until I sell mine, for a short while I could find myself being the owner of two cars. Taking mine off the...

mollykins

1=2

Because the proof is flawed, why do people still bother with it? if you do it with numbers, it doesn't work but if you do it with letters then it kind of does, until you realise that you are dividing...

MtnMonk

How to change 24vdc to 18vdc (3.5amp)?

Solar electric power input is 24vdc from battery. Laptop uses 18vdc, 3.5amp. What components are needed to make the change?

trish1234567

Handling cash.

My husband has an elderly homebound cousin who lives quite a distance from us whom we visit occasionally. She is unmarried and has no other family apart from my husband. She has four daily visiting...

puternut

External Hard drive playing up

Ohhhhhh n1ckers Haveing nothing but problems lately with hard drives!!!!! My external drive connected via a v2.0 USB and on Win 7 has suddenly decided it is an 'unknown device'. The thing just...

Puzzled001

mx2- computers .co.uk print cartridges etc.

Hi,does anyone know if mx2 has gone to the wall? they are not answering the'phone or replying to emails and the web site is down. Any suggestions of another company similar . Looking for Epsom TO715...

woodelf

Won't take the paper

I have an Epson C64 series Photo Edition printer, but when printing the paper begins to move then stops and isn't taken into the printer to complete its print run, while the printer continues as if it...

fabemmy

prescription lenses put in cheap pair of sunglasses (is it possible)

Can anyone tell me if I would be able to go to my local specsavers and have prescription lenses put in a pair of normal sunglasses bought from the highstreet. I have a high prescription so cant just...

funkylad20

Art Print jpeg or PDF

I am desperatly trying to obtain a jpeg or PDF in a resolution of at least 150dpi of Salvador Dali's 'Reminiscene archeologique de lAngelus' - does anybody have any ideas? It is to get it large-scale...

Dangie68

Jesey

Do I need a passport from UK to go to Jersey?

moskaski

Enery saving

Hi, i've just been looking at these enery saving devices, one from kvar power savings http://www.kvar-power-savings.com and another from http://www.plugandsave.com i know the sites are very advert...

KARL

Calling auto electricians

Although I have a basic understanding of circuitry, the following baffles me. The indicators and hazard lights are served by a single relay/flasher and there is a single flashing light on the...

Hymie

Neighbours from hell recently moved in next door

My new neighbours have wasted no time in making a nuisance of themselves. Yesterday, while I was in the garden, without warning my neighbour threw a bucket of water at me, and ran back indoors. The...

koiman

Strip Lights

I've got an old double light fitting in my garage which takes 2 x 58w/35 5ft tubes. I put 2 new tubes in at the weekend but they still are difficult to get lit. There are no normal looking starters in...

Mattk

Can I buy a 'trip fuse' for an old style fuse box?

We have an old style fuse box i.e. just bog standard fuses which blow rather than trip. For some reason when our living room light bulb goes it blows the fuse which costs several pounds to replace....

kaaallen

Central heating problem

I have just had fitted thermostatic radiator valves and since then I get a noise occassionally which sounds like a pnuematic drill throughout the house. I assume it is something to do with the valves....