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Define poverty

In the current financial crisis there are many references to poverty and in particular to the prospect of thousands more children falling into poverty. Does any know what definition of poverty is...
19:21 Tue 11th Oct 201119 answers, last by Coldicote 08:54 Thu 13th Oct 2011
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Who could help ....

an elderly person living alone with no immediate family, sons, daughters, brothers or sisters? There are such people and the big fear is that of being carted off to hospital for some reason and being...
10:33 Wed 05th Oct 20115 answers, last by Coldicote 17:10 Wed 05th Oct 2011
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Outlook Express

Someone sent me an email with a pdf newsletter attached - totalling 1.3 MBs and Outlook Express wouldn't download it. The 'Help' pages say that the maximum size of an email is usually 1MB. I found the...
14:32 Fri 30th Sep 20114 answers, last by Coldicote 19:49 Sat 01st Oct 2011
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Choose to Refuse

There's a lot about BT 'Choose to Refuse' on the internet as a way of stopping unwanted phone calls: http://bt.custhelp.co...s-choose-to-refuse%3F At one point it says, "To bar other numbers at...
20:54 Wed 28th Sep 20118 answers, last by Coldicote 09:05 Thu 29th Sep 2011
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Do you understand ....

.... the European debt crisis? I know this has featured before on AB and perhaps I'm being naïve but, put simply, isn't it a matter of living on borrowed money and having to pay for it rather...
08:26 Sun 25th Sep 20116 answers, last by Coldicote 19:36 Sun 25th Sep 2011
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Orange webmail

Orange is my ISP and I frequently go to the webmail page, to empty the Spam folder and see if there is anything in the 'Inbox' that I can indicate as Spam before downloading. Recently Orange's webmail...
08:49 Fri 23rd Sep 20114 answers, last by Coldicote 20:39 Sat 24th Sep 2011
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Windows Media Player

I have on line a feature of Old Times Music and Songs, with the idea of 'sing-alongs' that I hope older people might enjoy. Sound should play automatically, but on my PC sound frequently cuts out. I...
09:56 Sat 10th Sep 2011
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The Google Page

When I open Google search page I see a black horizontal bar with various links on it. At the right hand end is a link to 'Sign in' which I presume is for Google email if I wish to use it. Next to it...
18:26 Thu 08th Sep 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 14:10 Fri 09th Sep 2011
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Updating Internet Explorer

I have IE7 and Windows XP. I see there are now IE versions 8, 9, and 10, but hesitate to update in case things don't work out satisfactorily. If I were to update to say IE8 or 9, would it be possible...
10:57 Sun 28th Aug 20116 answers, last by Coldicote 14:56 Sun 28th Aug 2011
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Are girls more intelligent?

According to today's news, girls have yet again outshone boys in exam results. In my school days it was put down to boys being preoccupied with sport, while girls were more serious about study. Why is...
12:01 Thu 25th Aug 201129 answers, last by LoftyLottie 17:26 Thu 25th Aug 2011
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The Libya rebellion

News reports give much coverage to the uprising of the rebels in Libya and to violent repression of the people by the Gaddafi regime. Somewhere along the line the origins of the problem seem to have...
07:40 Wed 24th Aug 201133 answers, last by ichkeria 08:18 Thu 25th Aug 2011
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Emails vertical line

Down the left side of emails there is often a vertical black line, or a line of pointers or dots. Mine shows dots but I would like to change it to a simple line. I know it's there somewhere but can't...
16:18 Tue 23rd Aug 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 19:48 Tue 23rd Aug 2011
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Are libraries important?

According to the news today fewer than 50% of children aged 8 - 17 read novels outside school, but prefer text messages and emails I'll probably be 'shouted down' for saying this, but I've never been...
10:22 Tue 23rd Aug 201138 answers, last by joko 22:31 Wed 24th Aug 2011
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Gold Sovereign

Many years ago I was given a 1918 gold sovereign as a keep sake. What was a sovereign worth originally and can anyone tell me please what it might be worth now if I were to sell it?
21:34 Fri 19th Aug 201121 answers, last by evamax 07:19 Thu 18th Apr 2024
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Savings compensation limit

With the £85,000 compensation limit in mind, if one needs to spread savings over more than one bank or banking group,does anyone know a simple website reference that shows which banks are...
11:14 Mon 08th Aug 201114 answers, last by boxtops 06:21 Tue 09th Aug 2011
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Browsing history

Recent browsing history used to re-appear when I started to type into Google search box. This could be useful unless I chose to go to Internet Options and delete it. Now browsing browsing history...
19:04 Fri 05th Aug 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 10:02 Sat 06th Aug 2011
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"Eat up your carrots"

As a child I was told to "Eat up your carrots - they'll help you see in the dark." I never did know if there was any truth in it. Does anyone know? Any other curious recollections of...
13:03 Fri 29th Jul 201121 answers, last by Coldicote 19:54 Fri 29th Jul 2011
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Zooming web pages

Recently I had problems with my PC when a part broke loose from the motherboard. An attempt was made to remedy this by introducing something called INVIDIA and a new graphics card to override the...
16:26 Wed 27th Jul 20119 answers, last by Coldicote 14:53 Thu 28th Jul 2011
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What's in a name?

Spying, prying, nosey parking, eaves-dropping, is as old as the words describing it. Now 'hacking' is added to the list. Does anyone know the chapter and verse that makes it illegal and is there a...
09:04 Mon 18th Jul 20117 answers, last by jake-the-peg 11:09 Mon 18th Jul 2011
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Size on disk

I intend to save 'My Documents', OE address book and one or two other things on a CD. Why is it that 'My Documents' shows two sizes: Size 846 MB (887,469,972 bytes) and Size on disk 861 MB...
20:45 Wed 13th Jul 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 23:47 Wed 13th Jul 2011

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