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Help needed with music quiz, please

Hi, A friend and I are trying to run a quiz night for a local cause, and are setting the questions. However, we are a bit stuck woth the music round. We thought we'd have a theme of "food and...
15:23 Fri 29th Jan 201032 answers, last by momcj 19:24 Fri 29th Jan 2010
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How can we drive up our steep driveway in snow?

Hi We live in a house with a very steep driveway and getting up it to the house is a nightmare in the snow and ice. Today I only just managed to get the car up to it. My neighbour suggested buying a...
16:47 Sun 20th Dec 200914 answers, last by carlton23 23:40 Fri 25th Dec 2009
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connecting PS3 to a pc monitor

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this query. My son has just purchased a PS3, which he's connected to our TV. However, he needs to get a new monitor for his PC and it has just occurred to me that...
17:32 Sat 25th Jul 20091 answer, last by ACtheTROLL 19:19 Sat 25th Jul 2009
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Painting an interior brick wall

Hi, we live in a house with a large conservatory attached to the back. This means that what was the back wallof the house is now one wall of the conservatory. I would really like to paint the wall, as...
17:26 Sat 21st Feb 20098 answers, last by craft1948 17:10 Mon 23rd Feb 2009
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help re catalogue please

Hi, I don't know if this is the best section for this request or if anyone can help me. I was recently sent an unsolicited catclogue full of really good present ideas for children, mostly...
17:04 Wed 12th Nov 20083 answers, last by growbag 19:45 Fri 14th Nov 2008
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will an ipod work with windows media player?

Hi, my younger son has a Sony MP3 player and downloads music onto it via windows media player. My older son is now asking for an ipod but I don't know if it's compatible with WMP. A lot of our CDs are...
19:07 Sun 09th Nov 20086 answers, last by jeffmatt 03:12 Mon 22nd Dec 2008
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easy tent for children when camping

Hi, my son aged 12 is going on a school trip with his year group. The idea is that they are camping, but have to provide their own tents. He wants to share a tent with two frineds, and so needs a tent...
11:53 Tue 27th May 20088 answers, last by MarkThomas 15:41 Sun 07th Apr 2019
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fancy dress ideas please

Hi, I've been invited to a fancy dress party where the theme is "people from music, stage or screen over the last 50 years" but I can't think of any ideas!! My husband is equally stuck. We don't want...
20:17 Sun 27th Apr 20088 answers, last by Kimbles20 13:58 Wed 30th Apr 2008
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How can i block obscene spam?

Hi, I have spam filters plus protection on my pc so that my kids (and me!) don't get exposed to stuff we don't want. I do get a lot of spam but it does get filtered out. This is mostly of the trying...
16:54 Thu 14th Feb 200810 answers, last by fo3nix 10:59 Fri 15th Feb 2008
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help needed with downloading music to MP3 player

Hi, I have bought my son an MP3 player for Christmas. I've downloaded CDs onto it fine, via the pc, but have had problems downloading music i've bought from sites such as HMV and Tesco. When I've...
20:09 Fri 04th Jan 20084 answers, last by growbag 19:44 Sun 06th Jan 2008
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discount paint

Hi, does anyone know where you can buy discount/cheaper Farrow and Ball paint? We are wanting to paint some rooms in our house but the Farrow and Ball paints are very expensive. We can't find colours...
15:52 Sun 02nd Sep 20072 answers, last by ZebUK 00:24 Mon 03rd Sep 2007
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orange squash substitute in USA

Hi, we are about to go to The States with our children and will be staying in a fairly rural area. When we last went a couple of years ago I remember that it was really difficult to find something...
15:10 Tue 24th Jul 200710 answers, last by Palemoon 22:39 Sun 08th Jul 2012
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mobile phone

I have an almost-11 year old son who we have promised a mobile for his birthday. I don't know much about them - I have an ancient PAYG mobile which i top up about twice a year. Is it better for him to...
19:01 Fri 29th Jun 20073 answers, last by Ricky martin 14:12 Tue 03rd Jul 2007
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deodorant for boys

Hi, my son is nearly 11 and in the hot weather is sweating a lot. He's not smelly, just sweaty. He's having a shower each evening but i wonder if he should be using deodorant/anti-perspirant. I think...
16:06 Wed 23rd May 200716 answers, last by Steve805 19:50 Wed 22nd Sep 2010
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does anyone know this book?

When I was a teenager (in the 80s) I read a book, can't remember the title or author, but it was American and was narrated by a teenage girl whose sister was dying of cance. I have a feeling that she...
13:22 Sat 28th Apr 20073 answers, last by growbag 23:10 Sun 03rd Jun 2007
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raised beds on grass

Hi, we're planning to build 2 raised beds in our garden, about 1m x 2m, and 30cms high, in order to grow vegetables. We're putting them in an area where there's already lawn, and don't know if it's ok...
08:45 Sun 21st Jan 20075 answers, last by tomwakeman 12:49 Sun 25th Feb 2007
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bottlebrush plant

A few weeks ago I was given a bottlebrush plant (callistemon linearis) which was in flower - large red flowers, very beautiful. I planted it in a large container using ordinary potting compost. Since...
08:11 Sun 06th Aug 20063 answers, last by growbag 14:29 Mon 07th Aug 2006
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novice gardener needs help!

I have been given some tomato plants, Alicante and Moneymaker, and the instructions with them are to pinch out sideshoots as they appear, without taking off the bit where the tomatoes grow. I have no...
10:34 Sat 06th May 20062 answers, last by Clanad 13:53 Sat 06th May 2006

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