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Hill Street Blues

Does anyone know why it's never been on Sky? I used to love it and all the other old series are on regularly

Two Pensions?

I have a personal pension pot of around £100k and then I have a final salary pension which also entitles me to 25% tax free. At 55, assuming I take 25% of the £100k pot, can I also take 25% of the...

curlyperm11

Hi, my daughter has just had a new clutch on her ford KA, and she says it feels more difficult to drive regarding transmissions and she said sh nearly stalled it a few times on the way back from the...

auntie-bertie

New Pension Rules 2015

Can someone clarify - the more I read, the more it seems to contradict itself........ if I have a pot of £100k, I can take £25k tax free at 55. This leaves £75k in the pot. Can I then draw down...

Davypops

Risks Of Taking A Capped Drawdown Pension.

I'm thinking of taking the 25% tax free sum on my private pension and leaving the rest in Drawdown (but not taking anything out yet). The legal blurb goes on about you could lose a lot of your pot if...

voltey

Mic To Mixer To Pc And Back

Hi, Hope somebody can shed some light onto this but i've currently got a xlr mic into a Xenyx 502 and then the output from the mixer into my pc. Now to hear my mic through my pc i plug my headphones...

marje

Pension Rise

Wow, can't wait for April and my 9p per week Pension increase. Now what can I spend it on?

malana3

Eco Halogen Bulbs

I have a light fitting with three 60W bulbs controlled with a dimmer switch. I want to exchange the bulbs with 42W eco halogen type bulbs. My bulb catalogue states that this type of bulb, if to be...

prendi

Zanussi Washing Machine Smashed Glass

my daughter bought a Zanuusi washing machine 4 weeks ago,when she came home from work the glass in the door was smashed and was leaking!! has anyone else heard of this happening?she thinks it is cos...

kermit911

30 Second Led Timer

Hello everyone, I am trying to build a small led strobe for an old fashioned photographer flash. The old flash they used to use with gun powder back in the day, it is going into a Christmas Village. I...

Wikky

How Do I Convert 12Volts Ac To 12Volts Dc

I have a need for a 12v DC output (around 1 amp) and bought what I thought was a 240v to 12v dc output. When it didn't work, I complained and was told that it is a 12 volt AC output. I need to convert...

Heatherbegg

House Of Fraser Pension

I have received a letter from house of fraser to say I have a pension with them I only payed in £460 the whole time I was there they are now saying I could take a lump sum of£16'000 should this be...

diadem01

Nimh Rechargable Batteries.

My Apple mouse eats batteries. I have tried Panasonic Evolta and found them to have a recharged life of about ten days. I know this is a subjective question but is there a top of the range NIMH 1.2v...

kita1

Dimmer Switch Keeps Failing

Normal consumer unit with 5 Amp rewirable fuse for lighting circuit. Living room lighting 5 x 60W candle lamps. 400W Dimmer Switch stops dimming within a year, just remains on full bright. Tried two...

happy max

Is It Possible To Use A (Tv) Monitor To Show Two Sources At Once?

Is it possible to use a (TV) monitor to show two sources at once? For example.. half of the screen showing HDMI 1, while the other half shows HDMI 2...

bobby554

6 Volt Gps

Hi all Does anybody know of a GPS/Satnav that will run on 6volts. My friend and I intend to ride our old motorbikes down to Spain in September. Thanks Bob....

catmando

Car Diagnostic Code Reader

Has anyone used one of these cheap devices (£15-£30 approx) available on ebay? Are they any good? All I want to do is to clear error codes that keep making my orange engine light come on. My garage...

Noth43

Battery Charger

I have 4x12v 10ah sla batteries connected in series and am looking for a suitable charger. At the moment I'm using a TDC-2Q but it's stopped detecting a full charge and doesn't auto cut out. Tried...

fireson3

What Can I Do Rather Than Just Sell

I'm not far from retirement and have an interest only mortgage due for repayment next year. The mortgage people are precluded from extending the term. I was expecting to pay the mortgage off but it is...

Maydup

ebay novice

There's an item on ebay which I'm interested in buying but I'm not used to the auction process. There are no bids at the moment and the "reserve" price is £30. There are 4 days left on...

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