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Plugins

Since yesterday I see 'missing plugin' on pages with videos or moving elements. What do I need? Is it Adobe Flash that need updating,as there is no indication of WHAT plugin I need. I am using Google...

hammerman

baked beans (again)

Well whilst we're discussing the humble haricot bean in tomato sauce, there is only one question to ask..... Hot or cold ? Love cold beans and i'd have them on everything if i could. Nothing worse...

Notveryhappy

What would you do?

A good friend of mine is HIV positive. She has been for 3 years as her ex boyfriend was a druggy behind her back and bisexual. A sad story really I have always supported her in this situation. We...

brenda

What planet is

Iain Duncan Smith , Works and Pensions Sec.on? Quoted yesterday as saying " that most people should ,and even want to work beyond the age of 65." Is this really the findings of one of our...

Bobbisox

I hate seeing grown men spit their dummy's out

Eamon Holmes (a Man u fan) on Sky News this morning whinging about Rooney's 2 match ban??? "He mouthed off in the England game but they didn't do this to him then" well Eamon, they bloody...

nellypope

Emergency NHS Dental treatment can anyione receive it?

I am a privately registered dental patient (there are no NHS places available for me) and last December (4 months ago) I needed an emergency filling in a back top right molar. Obviously I had to pay...

maddisonM

To christian or not to christian?

My fiance and I are currently expecting our first child this year and so the question has come up. I was raised in a church going family and I still do believe in god and the things I have been...

woolly17

Music CD problem

Can you suggest why a music CD that plays correctly all the way through on one player should fail to play one track on another machine?

anotheoldgit

Referendum

We will be soon be taking part in a referendum on the voting system. Do we continue to vote on the 'first past the post' system that we now use, or do we want to use the 'alternative vote' system? Do...

pixi-

writing right to left

does anyone know when writing right to left why numbers are written left to right? dont know if all l to r writing does this but it seems weird to me. example (made up number) 07000 898989 and a name...

djtdjt

Faulty goods

If a cd player purchased in Jan 2010 develops a fault now, can it be replaced even if 12 month guarantee has expired? sale of goods act? Any advice appreciated, thanks.

Oneeyedvic

Diet / Way of life

Like a fair number of people, I say that I have a weight problem, but in fact I have an eating problem. I eat far too much and the wrong foods. I know what I should eat, and how much I should eat, but...

McMouse

Should incest between

consenting adults be accepted if pregnancy isn't possible?

luco1110

ring

does anyone know why prince william will not wear a wwedding ring...

maclarencat

Mortgage for retired people

I wonder if anyone on here knows if it is possible to get a mortgage when you are retired. We currently own our house outright (185k approx) but we would like to buy a piece of our neighbours land and...

postage

HOW IMPORTENT IS A NAN IN A CHILDS LIFE?

How much of your own life should you give up to be a good nan

mccfluff

roast beef in slow cooker

anyone done it and how did it turn out? i'm thinking brown the meat first and chop some veg put in the bottom and sit the meat on top not sure about liquid and for how long? there are so many diff...

Barmaid

Nesting blackbirds v cats

On Tuesday I noticed a pair of blackbirds nesting in the climber above the patio doors. Now apart from making sure the FH doesn't start hacking it back on one of his "pruning days", what...

david51058

School proms, why?

I dont know why we in the UK have adopted this silly idea fron the USA of having a prom at the end of every school year. It puts tremendous pressure on parents who perhaps cant afford to go out and...

flobadob

We are all 99.99% empty space?

According to Brian Cox on a recent episode of Wonders of the Universe, everything in said universe is made up of 99.99% empty space. He reckoned that atoms have a nucleus with accounts for most of...

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