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pro rata

Daughter's looking for a job.  She's seen one [Education based] salary is ?20K, but it's shown as "pro rata" does this mean as she'll only work 40 weeks [12 weeks school hols] her  actual...
09:03 Fri 11th Mar 20053 answers, last by Calvesy 11:56 Mon 14th Mar 2005
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carnations

daughter bought the missus some carnations for mother's day.  They were quite tightly budded, just the tip of the petals showing.  They've so far failed to open, any ideas how to get them...
09:18 Thu 10th Mar 20055 answers, last by smudge 09:03 Fri 11th Mar 2005
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tortilla and farjitas

There's obviously a knackj to wrapping these up [a] so it looks neat & [b] so all the filling does fall out!   Any tips/hints/pictures on how best to do it? 
12:33 Tue 01st Mar 20053 answers, last by magicdice 08:41 Wed 02nd Mar 2005
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name of a product

It's like cellophane, but not as clear, and almost paper like. Used on things in the past on wrapping playing card packs.  Any ideas what its called?
11:20 Tue 01st Mar 20051 answer, last by Kingaroo 21:32 Tue 01st Mar 2005
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school type font

We're looking to do s scrapbook for grandchildren with pictures of family, pets, food etc a sort of flash card with pictures.  Any ideas what the nearest font to the Janet & John style [as...
13:07 Sat 26th Feb 20055 answers, last by ayla44 16:21 Sun 27th Feb 2005
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"� for a game of soldiers/skittles"

Where does the saying[s] "B?gger [or S?d] that for a game of soldiers ?" originate from [also heard skittles instead of soldiers]
09:36 Sat 26th Feb 20051 answer, last by Quizmonster 12:08 Sat 26th Feb 2005
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e-mail addresses

Is there a finite number or capacity for e-mail addresses?   I've lost count of the number I've banned from my inbox - it's approaching tens of 1,000's.   What I really mean is...
14:22 Sat 19th Feb 20054 answers, last by ianess 17:50 Mon 21st Feb 2005
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road rage

I nearly suffered from this, [as a victim] this morning.  Any ideas - no smart ones like hit first - how to defuse this sort of situation?
14:06 Sat 19th Feb 20053 answers, last by mrs.pudding 20:04 Sat 19th Feb 2005
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family trees

we want to set up a simple one for the Grandchildren with pictures/relationships who's a cousin etc.  Any advice?  what sort of software to use? Is it best to do a separate ones for each...
10:05 Fri 18th Feb 20055 answers, last by landie 18:38 Fri 25th Feb 2005
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social security [UK]

A friend of mine has had to go on benefit [for housing/council tax etc] after her partner left her & the children.  He still goes to see the children regularly and has some clothes...
10:58 Tue 01st Feb 20053 answers, last by londondave 12:21 Sun 06th Feb 2005
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Home contents insurance

As far as I know, contents of a lock up garage [not the car but tools etc] aren't covered under house contents insurance - if the garage isn't attached to your house.  Does the same apply to...
12:49 Sun 30th Jan 20051 answer, last by corganiser 10:26 Mon 31st Jan 2005
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rented garage

I've got a garage in a block that I rent from the local council.  [a]  Because it's not attached to my house, I can't insure [under my house contents policy] the contents - ladders, tools,...
10:30 Sun 23rd Jan 20052 answers, last by Miss Zippy 17:04 Mon 24th Jan 2005
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the moon this morning

Did anyone see the moon this morning [around 06:15 - 07:00] in Sussex that is?  Sure I didn't imagine it, but it was a pale yellow colour, very low on the horizon and had a red ring which was...
07:32 Sun 23rd Jan 20056 answers, last by slimfandango 14:00 Tue 25th Jan 2005
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Scandisk & PC space

Son has an old PC, have deleted loads of files to make some space for a largish CDRom game.  Unable to run scandisk [even with all other progs - antivirus etc closed down] any ideas? also what...
14:43 Wed 05th Jan 20053 answers, last by caramba22242 16:50 Sun 09th Jan 2005
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water margin/monkey

Did I hear right that they are going to repeat the water margin series on TV. I hadn't realised Andrew Sachs [Que' Manuel] did some of the voiceovers
08:54 Sun 18th Apr 20041 answer, last by nortonkid 22:52 Sun 25th Jul 2004
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Jacob

I think there could be a jacobite rebellion soon if all this jacob-ish stuff goes on much more - we've had his cheese [as it were] his ladder, his sheep [well I didn't] not to metion his party, joy,...
09:22 Sat 12th Jul 200313 answers, last by Jacob 23:39 Wed 16th Jul 2003
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One for the girls - shave, wax, sugar,epilators or Immac?

Am looking for new razor as a pressy for wifey [not her birthday or anything], for tidying up her bits and bobs. Which do you ladies reckon is the best to get? Are the electric ones worth having, she...
14:58 Mon 23rd Jun 20037 answers, last by paulz 08:36 Tue 24th Jun 2003
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recent questions

AB Ed - as we have Jacob & his cornish qu's can you enlarge the number of recent qu's from 20 to 50 so that they don't all get knocked of the page?
07:48 Sun 22nd Jun 20035 answers, last by Jacob 13:24 Mon 23rd Jun 2003
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pimms adverts

What's the name of the actor who does the Pimms adverts on Radio & TV?
10:07 Tue 27th May 20031 answer, last by m81 10:33 Tue 27th May 2003
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bush televisions

We bought a Bush TV from car boot. Snag was no instructions. its a 1478T or AK20S. Any ideas where I can get info on tuning it in? Anyone know a ctc no for Bush in the UK?
11:01 Sun 25th May 20032 answers, last by maitre d' 10:15 Tue 27th May 2003

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