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Radial Power Circuits - Upgrading

One for Bright Spark or another qualified person. If a dwelling has been rewired 30 years ago from its original (1920s) radial configuration, not converted to ring circuits for power sockets, is there...
21:26 Fri 05th Sep 20149 answers, last by BRIGHT SPARK 17:37 Sat 06th Sep 2014
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How Many Questions In 'news' Can One Ask?

How many questions per week is one able to ask in this section per week before one gets permanently excluded for abusing AnswerBank? I do hope the answer is around 12, then we'd all be put out of our...
19:42 Tue 19th Mar 201369 answers, last by andy-hughes 15:59 Sat 23rd Mar 2013
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Accessing Email Messages Constructed In Outlook Format

If one uses Windows Live Mail as the email client, but wishes to view (on a one-off basis) some email messages on a CDROM that are in MS Outlook format, what is the best way to do this, please?...
12:16 Wed 16th Jan 20138 answers, last by buildersmate 17:02 Thu 17th Jan 2013
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Keeping the bugs at bay - 1st year orchard

In the winter I planted a small orchard of 12 bare-rooted trees - mixed apples, pears, plums and cherries. Some are maidens, the rest of two-year olds. Because the trees came from a reputable nursery,...
12:11 Wed 09th May 20124 answers, last by buildersmate 13:00 Thu 10th May 2012
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MS Office 2007 mystery

I have MS Office Professional 2003 installed. When I attempt to open a document created in Word 2007, the system purports to open Word 2007 (it looks exactly like the 2007 format on the screen),...
21:21 Tue 21st Feb 20122 answers, last by buildersmate 22:03 Tue 21st Feb 2012
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Strange chaffinch behaviour

A chaffinch (male) has taken to perching on the horizontal bars of the windows of the house, sitting there and chirping. Its almost as if he's asking to come in - he's not looking for insects. Several...
10:42 Sat 18th Feb 20125 answers, last by Baldric 14:25 Mon 20th Feb 2012
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Laptop USB to HDMI TV and Audio

My laptop has plenty of USB outputs but no HDMI. I would like to be able to display BBC iPlayer output onto a much larger Sony 1080p LCD TV screen. There seem to be a small number of converter kits...
20:45 Tue 10th Jan 20124 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:28 Wed 11th Jan 2012
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Use of Windows Live Mail with other browsers (than IE)

Is there any reason why I can't use Windows Live Mail for email but a non-Microsoft browser (like Firefox) for internet? I'm currently using IE8 and Windows 7 as my operating system....
10:28 Mon 31st Oct 20116 answers, last by AlBags 14:46 Tue 01st Nov 2011
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Black slug - Oh Dear

Looks like a black slug has been squashed in my garden. Let`s hope it didn't suffer. A pair of scissors has been involved. Maybe it went without a noise.
20:43 Sat 20th Aug 20113 answers, last by boxtops 15:49 Sun 21st Aug 2011
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Amazing business opportunity

I've received this amazing opportunity by email. Am I the only one? Helpful hints on what to do? See it in the first answer line - its rather long(winded)....
09:11 Fri 29th Jul 201116 answers, last by Messi_Ten 20:58 Mon 01st Aug 2011
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Panasonic bread-maker spares

Given that the price of a replacement bucket for the Panasonic breadmaker is over 50% of the current price of a brand new machine (£60 plays £115), does anyone have a solution to a worn...
08:28 Sun 16th Jan 20114 answers, last by buildersmate 21:24 Tue 18th Jan 2011
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Commercial gas contracts

Does anyone know how commercial gas contracts work for medium-sized organisations - those with several premises? Can you lump together several premises, each with its own gas meter, in different parts...
21:10 Mon 25th Oct 2010
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Additional State Pension - calculating your own entitlement

I wish to calculate whether the Pension Service are correctly calculating the additional pension that adds to the Basic State Pension, since I don't trust their ability to do it right. This question...
08:21 Thu 15th Jul 20105 answers, last by eihpos 19:19 Wed 21st Jul 2010
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Confusing brussel sprout plants with cabbages

First time I've tried growing brussels (Evesham Delight). The fast-developing plants currently resemble 'open' type cabbages, with the largest leaves as big as your hand. 1) Does this sound right (or...
09:45 Wed 07th Jul 20102 answers, last by buildersmate 11:08 Wed 07th Jul 2010
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Vibrating mole deterrents

Do they work? I don't want to kill or catch them - just keep them out of my vegetable patch. Area affected is about 3 metres by 5 metres.
07:42 Tue 15th Jun 20106 answers, last by buildersmate 05:04 Wed 16th Jun 2010
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Debt Collector Trouble

Dave moves out of his rented property (22 Acacia Ave) and informs the utility company of his new address - Flat 6. Unfortunately it gets recorded wrongly as 'Flat 8' instead of 'Flat 6' by the utility...
23:17 Fri 19th Mar 20106 answers, last by buildersmate 20:30 Tue 23rd Mar 2010
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Is Ahmskunnirt out to beat AOG to be the AB Christmas Number 1?

As in the title.
08:12 Thu 17th Dec 200927 answers, last by buildersmate 14:34 Fri 18th Dec 2009
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Who makes John Lewis' own brand LCD TVs?

- the smaller sized ones.
19:48 Sat 17th Oct 2009
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Completely anal statistics - Part 2

Those following my recent spat with AOG over his persistant tendency to post loads of questions then not even have the courtesy to take part in the ensuing debate, may be amused to read to the very...
08:30 Tue 01st Sep 200925 answers, last by TCL-MUMPING 22:51 Wed 02nd Sep 2009
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Bureaucracy gone mad or what?

another 5 old questions yesterday? http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question79 8845.html http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question79 8837.html http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question79...
08:53 Fri 21st Aug 20098 answers, last by buildersmate 21:41 Sat 22nd Aug 2009

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