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Road Tax

Here's a simple one from a new car owner.... my road tax runs out soon... how do i renew it? I'm assuming i just take my MOT certificate and registration details to the post office? Any "pot-holes" i...

natalie_1982

Whiskey or whisky?

I remember being told once that it is only real (Irish or Scottish?) whisk(e)y if spelt with an 'e'. Anyone else heard this and is it true?

Birchy

Bradawl

Where does the name "Bradawl" come from? Is it something to do with its inventor?

gedk

tax avoidance

I may receive 47,000 in a redundancy payment on the 30-31/32004 and know that the first 30,000 is tax free,paying 22% on the remaining 17,000. Any ideas of the best way to save on paying too much tax...

ansteyg

Clarkson eating birds program

Anyone remember this. Jeremy Clarkson had a series of programs just going round Europe, called something like "meeting the neighbours" anyway in France he tried a dish that was apparently illegal,...

lenkuf

old english money

Can anyone tell me the value of a 'Joey' I believe it was a slang expression for a pre-decimal currency.Many thanks in advance

marmaduke

Deleting files quicker?

Why is it quicker to delete a file from a disk or hard disk than to put it on?

DINGO11

RE GROWLERS

Yes I thought I had got an answer then!! There must be some pie lovers about who know their history?? Maybe I ought to check out pie websites if I don`t get an answer. Somebody suggested...

djprescott

Computer files

Is it possible to get a computer to list it's files in numerical order. i.e. not listing all files that start with the number 1 first, which results in numbers such as 150 or 1200 coming before 2....

Latchibeach

Baby- G watch adjustment

Hi does anyone know how to adjust the time on a Baby-G watch please?

pigface

computer freeze

Does anyone know why my computer keeps freezing up? Sometimes it is for a short amount of time, sometimes I have to manually shut the computer down When this happens, if I look in the Task List...

justin d

NTL Broadband

When I send emails to my home PC from works PC I sometimes get bounce backs with the message The user(s) account is temporarily over quota Does anyone else get this? can I change some settings to...

Rock_Gal_04

What is this Beeping Noise

My pc keeps making a constant beeping noise which gets really annoying, It happens from the moment i turn it on to the moment i turn it off. Does anyone know how i can stop this from happening. I'm...

bflt39

Escort Handbrake

The handbrake light keeps flashing on and off whilst I am driving along. What does this mean and is it possible that I can rectify this myself? It's a '95 Escort Ghia

berei_r

Saffron

Which countries it is grown? how much saffron costs?

Yeah Bee

What is Hashbrownies?

What is Hashbrownies? I understand what HASCH brownies is and I enjoy them but answer me a stupid Swede whats is Hash?

janetls

Kitchen implement

Has anyone heard of a kitchen implement called a Mandolin for grating potatoes. Only mandolin I know is a musical instrument but the recipe says otherwise