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which famous person used a tool to get famous?

Are there any males out there who actually watch ITV's primetime schedule? On any given night you will find programmes dedicated to the female viewer i.e. soaps, docu-soaps, or progs like 'celebrity...

bigben

Recording a phonecall without a computer

How can I interview someone over the phone and record it without using a computer? I have access to a personal stereo or a dictaphone.

icecold

IE homepage restart

my homepage for IE has always been ntlworld.com but then i decided to make it blank and this saved me having to wait for loading times..now internet expolerer has reset my homepage and its now just a...

Robinia

Butter on bruises?

I can see the thinking behind some old fashioned remedies but why would you put butter on a bruise? Has anyone got an old cure that really works well?

manutdstott

missing dll

when i click properties on my computer it wont open it i get a message saying missing imm32.dll is missing. i tried searching for it and cant find a download for it

mollymoo

grabbing streaming media

Hi i have a copy of streaming vcr software that allows me to grab streamign media onto my hard drive. How ever, i cannot seem to find the links on flash sites. I am OK on html sites bit not flash. The...

katiesara

How should I get rid of a washing machine?

That's about it really! I have a broken machine, I've brought a new one from an auction site that state they don't take old appliances away. My local tip don't take them, even if they did it certainly...

jakesi

FreeviewT V

I've got a freeview digi box and BBC1/2 ITV are ok all the other channels have bad receiption. any ideas.Cheers.

abfandango

Moon rights

I see various ads selling 'an acre of moon space'. Who owns the initial rights to the moon space? Who decided it is theirs? Will it be worth something more one day? I found a guy on ebay trying to...

Tartanwizard

burglars' jerseys

Why do stereotyped burglars (in comedies, cartoons, etc) wear striped jerseys? Did they ever wear such things? Surely a black jersey would be more practical if they didn't want to be seen?

cdn52

initials in name

me and the wife have got exactly the same initials in our name [C D N] is this very rare or is there lots more out there

xyzzy@bok

PC U.K.

What percentage of homes now have a p.c.?

cdn52

spring water

where can i go to collect water straight from a spring in the midlands

mandydraper

what is an orbe??

I took a picture with my digital camera and an eerie 'thing' appeared on the screen. Somebody had since told me this could be an orbe. Does anybody know what this is ??

ajmmac

video compression

can anyone suggest some good free video compression software--want to make it easier to send stuff by email for example--thanks in advance

TEAK36

AVI to MPEG

I currently use a program called Cucusoft to convert my downloaded AVI files to MPEG,which I then burn to disc as a VCD.While Cucusoft seems to do the job ok,it is incredibly slow (about 4 hrs to...

Nimbus

news groups

Hi - we so enjoyed the S/Times quiz we'd like to do more, so can someone tell me how to join uk.rec.competitions... never joined a newsgroup before!

xyzzy@bok

What's New?

'Adverts New'. Think that's old? I watched a film 'The Blue Lamp' (1949) and it featured 'New Scotland Yard' So my question is; How long has New Scotland Yard been 'New'?

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