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One child only policy

I've heard that China has a 'one child only' policy. Does anyone know what this means and how it works? Perhaps the state only supports one child. It's difficult to imagine how it could mean anything...

Amilcar

No sound on PC

For a long time my lady has been unable to get proper volume from her PC. She gets the opening fanfare when logging on and can hear the AOL welcome and "You have Email," though only at low...

Coldicote

Why strike?

With this country and others in dire financial straits, with spending cuts and unemployment, what do workers expect or hope to achieve by going on strike? If money's not there - it's not there. It's...

Coldicote

On line payment

Must admit I'm wary of internet banking and don't know much about it. My question is a simple one. If I want to pay a bill on line, or send money to an individual, what do I need to know about that...

ummmm

Thinking of getting patio doors...

What is the best way to find the best company for the job? Should I just rely on 'word of mouth'?...

NOX

'Borderline retarded' woman to be executed in the US.

A woman who is described as having an IQ of 70 is to be executed in Virginia, USA for arranging the murder of her husband and his son.... Any thoughts on the rights and wrongs of judicially killing...

AB Editor

Malware Warnings on The AnswerBank

Hello, I thought I would make this a sticky as most of my other posts have been lost in the ether. Some of you may be getting warnings from your antivirus software or browsers saying that The...

Coldicote

Welsh National Anthem

I've seen searching the lyrics of 'Land of My Fathers' but would like to find a version I learnt at school, admittedly many years ago. It began with "Land of My Fathers the land of the free, the...

Coldicote

Unsafe email attachment

I try to send myself an email with a photo from my mobile in the hope of bringing the picture onto my PC screen. The email arrives but not the picture. Outlook Express tells me it has removed an...

Coldicote

Television or Computer?

If you had to choose between a TV or a personal computer - and could only have one or the other - which would you choose and why? I would miss my computer much more than the TV. It provides...

carlton23

Wasting of Water

It makes my blood boil when I run my hot water tap in the mornings only to have to waste about 1.5gals of water before it becomes warm enough to wash and shave. I have a Baxi combi 105e. I`m just...

Coldicote

Orange email problem

My Orange email is 'up the creek' again 26.08.10. I'm paying nearly £20 a month for Orange broadband, but can't send emails (Outlook Express) or access the Orange webmail site to send them from...

4getmenot

Now be honest

Have you ever got present you didnt like and given it to someoe else as a present?

mrs_overall

Southerners and their odd pronunciation

I've got the radio on and a Southerner has just pronounced Yorkshire as "York-sheer". You say "shire horse" not "sheer horse", so why change it? Odd!...

Butch

Charity............do you think charity begins and ends at home?

Basicaly are we just a greedy set of B*st*rds who do not know how lucky we are? The Great British layabout lives a life that people of other nations can only dream about. and thinking about it, a life...

Coldicote

The gender pay gap

The so-called 'gender pay gap' is frequently in the news. Do you agree that there should be equal pay for equal work or for work of equal value? I have heard it argued that when an employer takes on...

Coldicote

MailWasher bouncing emails

I have three email accounts - let us say A, B, and C - and use MailWasher to bounce spam and other unwanted emails. When I bounce an email, MailWasher tells me that it is being bounced by account A...

Coldicote

So many updates

I very frequently see a gold coloured shield-shaped symbol, bottom right of my screen, inviting me to download updates. First of all who or what does this gold symbol represent? I don't see it...

Butch

Do you find glasses sexy or a

turn off? i think i need some btw. how many years do you say to yourself ' I think I need glasses' before you actually go out and get some?...

Coldicote

Broadband and web space

I've had 15MB of free webspace for several years, initially provided by Freeserve, which was taken over by Wanadoo and is now Orange. Something has happened that I can no longer upload my website...

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One child only policy

No sound on PC

Why strike?

On line payment

Thinking of getting patio doors...

'Borderline retarded' woman to be executed in the US.

Malware Warnings on The AnswerBank

Welsh National Anthem

Unsafe email attachment

Television or Computer?

Wasting of Water

Orange email problem

Now be honest

Southerners and their odd pronunciation

Charity............do you think charity begins and ends at home?

The gender pay gap

MailWasher bouncing emails

So many updates

Do you find glasses sexy or a

Broadband and web space

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