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Shower pump

I have a shower pump which connects to the hot tank and the cold water tank in the loft. This pump switches on when you turn on the shower and off when you turn the shower off. However, sometimes when...
14:04 Tue 19th Jul 20053 answers, last by Loosehead 21:42 Tue 19th Jul 2005
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Electric cooker

When I accidently touch the metal filament of my electric grill with a metal object why don't I get an electric shock?
10:08 Fri 06th May 200512 answers, last by Tim Baxter 23:23 Sat 07th May 2005
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Looking for the name of a film

It would be back in the late 70s/ early 80s. It was about a window in a laboratory which could look into the future. When they arrived in the future there was a desolate landscape where mutants roamed...
10:05 Wed 26th Jan 20054 answers, last by slimfandango 00:27 Fri 28th Jan 2005
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Weather forecasts

There seems to be a wide variation in weather forecasts and accuracy on the Internet. Can anyone recommend an internet site that they find consistenty accurate for UK weather. Currently I find the Met...
10:38 Mon 04th Oct 20046 answers, last by Upforit 00:25 Sat 09th Oct 2004
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Home electrical system

I went around an elderly relatives house and rewired all of her plugs as some of them even from the outside looked decidedly dodgy as she had a habit of doing them herself even though she has very...
11:50 Fri 16th Jul 20045 answers, last by Disco Fever 20:20 Tue 20th Jul 2004
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Plant growth

Do plants need a period of darkness for them to grow properly? Or would they just keep growing if exposed to light 24 hours per day?
15:24 Wed 16th Jun 20042 answers, last by darth vader 11:16 Thu 17th Jun 2004
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Central Heating Boiler fitter

I need to replace my gas boiler. Can anyone recommend a Corgi registered person or company in the Edinburgh or Lothians area? Thanks
08:13 Wed 19th May 20043 answers, last by desertrat 13:11 Wed 19th May 2004
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Concept of time

Would having a concept of time be important to an advanced civilisation or could one evolve without being bothered by it?
15:35 Thu 06th May 200414 answers, last by desertrat 08:35 Sat 08th May 2004
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Religious differences

Do different religions, christian and muslim for example, believe in the same god but disagree in the way that they worship or do they believe that they worship the only true god and that other...
15:39 Wed 28th Apr 20043 answers, last by Uzoma 07:27 Mon 03rd May 2004
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Help I need to find some telephone adaptors

I have a Meridian Option 11 switchboard on which we use Meridian 3901 telephones. I have run out of the adaptors which the telephone cable plugs into which then plugs into the telephone socket. It...
09:01 Mon 29th Mar 20041 answer, last by lard 22:57 Wed 05th May 2004
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Cannibalism

What do people taste like?
16:36 Tue 23rd Mar 200410 answers, last by Janetex 12:21 Thu 25th Mar 2004
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Maximum temperature

Is there a theoretical maximum temperature that could be reached?
09:21 Wed 17th Mar 20048 answers, last by Hamish 12:20 Thu 18th Mar 2004
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Hairiness

Human males are noticibly more hairy than human females. Do other female mammals have less hair than their male counterparts or is this a human characteristic?
15:18 Mon 08th Dec 20033 answers, last by molly 22:48 Mon 08th Dec 2003
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Worming rodents

I have a couple of pet rats and chinchillas. All are from rescue centres. Although I can see no sign of worms should they be wormed as a precaution?
11:52 Fri 03rd Oct 20031 answer, last by fayley 16:18 Tue 14th Oct 2003
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Redundancy

There is a possibility that my site may close and the work moved to another site within the company. Im not keen to move and would prefer redundancy. Is there a distance that my employer can expect me...
09:09 Fri 18th Jul 20033 answers, last by Einstein 18:16 Fri 18th Jul 2003
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Tyre Pressures

Why does a car tyre which has a far greater volume than a bicycle tyre need a lower pressure compared to a bicycle to maintain its firmness?
14:30 Thu 19th Jun 20034 answers, last by roomby 11:25 Fri 27th Jun 2003
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Specialist Insurance

Currently my company pension scheme is in deficit by quite a bit although the company itself is pretty financially sound. With all the bad press about company pension schemes being wound up and prior...
10:04 Tue 10th Jun 20032 answers, last by FTVS 11:57 Tue 17th Jun 2003
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Blood groups

Do blood groups vary amongst other animals in the same way that they do amongst humans?
14:44 Mon 24th Mar 20033 answers, last by wildwood 19:14 Sat 29th Mar 2003
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Heels on shoes

Are heels on shoes actually benficial to your body or are they purely aesthetic?
12:08 Fri 20th Dec 20022 answers, last by Kit 22:26 Fri 20th Dec 2002
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Inbreeding

Why does inbreeding cause an increased risk in genetic damage?
15:00 Tue 05th Nov 20023 answers, last by christina801 02:50 Sun 15th Aug 2004

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