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Is the improvement in NHS hearing aids well known?

The NHS service in providing digital hearing aids has improved enormously this year. Having had a single analogue one a few years ago I wanted to change to digital ones. In May 2006 I was told the...
00:21 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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Plum moth

! have a small Victoria plum tree, about half the fruit on which usually contains a grub even though I put up a pheronome trap. But this year I have found only two or three infected plums so far. I...
00:31 Sun 05th Aug 20071 answer, last by Thunderbird+ 22:55 Sun 05th Aug 2007
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Strawberry planter

I remember seeing a couple of months ago in a gardening publication a strawberry planter which was very different from the usual tub. It was about a metre long and stood high enough to take 3 tiers of...
23:58 Mon 25th Jun 2007
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Removal of algae, etc., from concrete slabs

A fair amount of algae and moss has built up on a path in a shady part of my garden, and I am trying to remove it. I have tried Jeyes Fluid, but it does not remove the growth that is firmly attached...
23:37 Fri 13th Apr 20076 answers, last by Thunderbird+ 23:21 Sat 14th Apr 2007
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Unusual wiring of switches

When my son-in-law replaced a three gang switch because of a broken face plate he was surprised to find the wires all red with all the neutrals connected together in a terminal block which is not...
00:05 Fri 22nd Dec 20063 answers, last by raysparx1 17:48 Sat 23rd Dec 2006
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New Topic suggestion - Storm Damage

As we seem to be suffering more thunderstorms and flash flooding I think there may be a case for such a topic at some time in the future. I have just suffered a TV power-up failure which is quite...
12:08 Sun 09th Jul 20062 answers, last by faraday 15:59 Sun 09th Jul 2006
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Watering hanging baskets

I have always watered my three hanging baskets with a watering can standing on a pair of steps. This year I decided to water from a standing position. Without a convenient hose I rigged up a 2-litre...
21:34 Thu 22nd Jun 20065 answers, last by faraday 21:58 Fri 23rd Jun 2006
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Cellulitis

I am experiencing a long attack of cellulitis. If anyone who has had this condition fairly recently and would be willing to report what treatment they received I would be grateful, and of course I...
00:02 Sun 09th Apr 200611 answers, last by faraday 15:14 Mon 24th Apr 2006
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Week start - Sunday or Monday?

I wonder what opinions others have about the layout of weekdays in their calendars and diaries. I like mine to have a Monday start. This is in line with the standard ISO 8601, which defines the week...
00:03 Wed 11th Jan 200616 answers, last by Stu in USA 17:09 Thu 12th Jan 2006
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dtgk 31/12

A further comment to add to the answers on DANAID from pega and Gowergirl. It is off-putting to draw a blank from all dictionaries. Putting firstly "butterfly + danaid" and then "butterfly + danaida"...
16:39 Sun 01st Jan 20062 answers, last by faraday 19:02 Sun 01st Jan 2006
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dtgk 31/12

A comment rather than a question. I managed to finish the crossword without reference to this site, but for one query re 15d. I had DANAID and wanted another letter. I knew there would be discussion...
00:02 Sun 01st Jan 20065 answers, last by sleeper2 13:11 Sun 01st Jan 2006
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Telegraph GK Crossword

What is an archaic exclamation meaning "be off"? (6 letters   a - a - n -.) 
09:43 Sun 27th Feb 20051 answer, last by nattajax 15:43 Mon 21st Nov 2005

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