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Cuckoo Clocks

Please can someone help me . I have a battery Quartz Cuckoo clock , model number # 94/614M . which is still given me the correct time ,however there is no sound from the cuckoo , or from the water...

Canary42

Outrage. It's All The Rage.

It never ceases to amaze me what people now get "outraged" about. https://uk.style.yahoo.com/post/125245796544/bugaboo-pushchair-photo-sparks-outrage-among-mums...

DTCwordfan

So - Are The Saudis (& Muslims) Going To Ask For Their Koran Back?

Shades of the Elgin Marbles here, perhaps? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33436021 Quite a find though....

hc4361

Stopped Clock

Is it true that a stopped clock will be showing the correct time somewhere in the world?

Darksky40

Looking For An Archaeology Expert

Is there an Archaeology Expert who can Identify pieces of Crockery pottery as I often find broken pieces in the garden probably pushed up by the worms and I like them identified please can anyone...

cecil39

I have an old metamec wall clock that keeps good time but has to be wound every 8 days, since it is on the wall and to high for me to reach I rely on taller visitors to wind it for me, but recently...

pastafreak

Mikey...re Tupperware

I know you were asking about Tupperware,and said you'd not found any on eBay. There seems to be tons of the stuff...and authentic/vintage. This is just a tiny amount......

mrs_overall

When Something Is Not Meant To Be

I have been coveting a floor rug from Laura Ashley but could not justify spending the £70 it cost. I spotted the identical rug on Ebay for £25 but misread the end time of the auction and missed it...

Tilly2

Can You Buy A Wifi Printer

that only need black ink cartridges? I am appalled at the price of colour cartridges and I don't do anything in colour now that I have finished work. Actually, when I was at worked I used the printers...

ummmm

This Sum Again...

7 + 7 ÷ 7 + 7 x 7 - 7 = ?...

Retrochic

Fao Stuey I Have A Clock Question...

Hope you see this Stuey(or any other horologists) I bought a metamec clock on Sunday, German quartz movement battery operated. Tried with a battery and it wouldn't work so took it to bits gave it a...

RSDonovan

Thumb Drive Gone Through A Hot Wash Cycle!!!

Hi I just ran an 16Gb "Connect" thumb drive through a 40 degree wash cycle! What is the likelihood that it will still work (after I've left it to dry out)? I'm scared to try it in my computer in case...

FrogNog

Fao Stuey

I'm off to bed in a minute but I know this is your time of night, so please could you help me? I have a gorgeous watch but know very little about it. I know it's from the 70s and is made by Vulcain....

joggerjayne

Sensing When People Look At You

What's that sense that we have, which tells us when someone is looking at us? Doesn't it happen a lot, that you feel the urge to look round, and there's someone looking straight at you? I was in a...

vernonk

Hairdresser

Should hairdressers / barbers use a clean pair of scissors for each client? I don't want my hair combed by the same dirty comb as others

ABAuntie

101 Uses For An Old Tax Disc

With reference to Bazile's thread: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1372744.html If you have removed your tax disc what could you do with it? We came up with these hilarious few: 1....

spathiphyllum

Raw Throat

It feels like i have a 'Raw Throat', almost like their should be a shield on the back of it and it has disappeared... Sinuses are ruined.. Every time i cough my throat dies.. Every time i sneeze it...

maggiebee

Tables

Following the family's move to Dundee I offered to help my 10 year old grandaughter with her maths homework. Absolutely appalled that she does not seem to know any times tables. Are these not taught...

steveb

Toaster Settings

I have tried googling this but been unsuccessful in finding anything really. I was wondering does putting your toaster on a higher setting actually increase the power going through the element or...

sandyRoe

A Full Page Advertisement In The Sunday Mirror For Miracle Weight Loss Tea...

Slightly older ABers may remember page 3 model, Samantha Fox, was used by her con-man boyfriend to promote this rubbish. The sellers must think the world is full of mugs. Are they right and will they...

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