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Gas cylinders

This is a slightly odd one: There is a variety of gas cylinders in use throughout Europe, in particular those in use in Britain are probably unlike any other (the fittings). Some 7-8 years ago I was...
16:07 Sun 08th Nov 20092 answers, last by KARL 16:13 Mon 09th Nov 2009
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Vanishing trick

What causes your answer to a question to vanish without trace at the point of being posted/submitted ? My intended contribution to a thread did just that and I could not be bothered to retype it (it...
10:38 Thu 05th Nov 20094 answers, last by yawnzzzee 13:35 Sun 08th Nov 2009
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Bus travel Argentina and Chile

Any advice on being able to find information regarding this, including cross-border, would be welcome, thanks. The travel will take place in December. Own experience accounts (with route details) is...
16:44 Mon 02nd Nov 20092 answers, last by KARL 23:32 Mon 02nd Nov 2009
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Stain removal

Does anyone know of a really good way to remove a green copper stain (also known as Spanish green) from natural fibres without risking a visible change in original colour ?
15:43 Sat 31st Oct 20091 answer, last by heathfield 16:54 Sat 31st Oct 2009
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Cheap flight searches

I wonder how many people are annoyed by the way some sites lure you in by flagging up prices which turn out not to be available. Similarly, how many are irritated by drip-pricing at low fares agents...
22:02 Fri 30th Oct 20098 answers, last by tinkerbell23 03:47 Wed 18th Nov 2009
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Agent\'s commission

What is likely to be the typical percentage that travel agents gain from the sale of a ticket with a mainstream (national) airline ?
22:27 Thu 29th Oct 20091 answer, last by Buenchico 22:37 Thu 29th Oct 2009
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Warning

Those who have their landline rental with BT, their calls billing with someone else, AND the caller ID facility with the BT line, please note that BT have blocked the 1280 facility whereby you could...
17:19 Tue 27th Oct 20096 answers, last by BenDToy 19:24 Wed 28th Oct 2009
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Argentina-Chile border

I am in the early stages of planning a trip which will take in both countries with travel by road (I currently assume) between the two. I wonder if anyone knows the position regarding border crossings...
17:18 Sun 25th Oct 20096 answers, last by Piano-Man 03:31 Mon 23rd Nov 2009
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Lost in space

Many years ago, I arranged some e-mail addresses with BT under the @talk21.com guise. These were for quite a while free, but then they started to charge for them. Because I wanted to keep the...
14:45 Tue 20th Oct 20095 answers, last by KARL 12:26 Sun 01st Nov 2009
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Second accuracy

This is perhaps not the best place to post the following curiosity question: Is there really nowhere on Freeview that one can get a clock ticking away accurately to the second ? On analogue Teletext...
20:37 Mon 31st Aug 2009
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Clocking

Out of curiosity: Does anyone know in general how likely it is that this has been done, or how easy it is to do - I am thinking of a Mark 2 Golf offered for sale because the mileage is low and I...
21:10 Thu 27th Aug 20097 answers, last by gary2411 21:34 Sat 29th Aug 2009
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Radio services

In the past, it was quite easy to tune into the BBC World Service but, now that its short wave broadcasts have been phased out in Europe, those of us who want to catch the news in English when...
11:46 Thu 20th Aug 20091 answer, last by Zacsmaster 12:49 Thu 20th Aug 2009
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What is it called: A plant that produces...

.... berry that looks somewhat like a raspberry but has smaller individual components and is bright red (even very slightly on the orange side) rather than wine coloured ? The berries have a very nice...
15:09 Fri 14th Aug 20091 answer, last by Clanad 15:24 Fri 14th Aug 2009
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Collection/delivery

I am thinking of buying a piece of furniture on eBay to give as a present to someone in Nottingham. The item is in Grantham, Lincolnshire and it will be some weeks before I can collect but the seller...
09:25 Sun 09th Aug 20094 answers, last by KARL 13:18 Sun 09th Aug 2009
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Fuel prices

Does anyone know of a convenient site where I can find out petrol and diesel (including bio) prices across Europe ?
13:49 Tue 04th Aug 20091 answer, last by jno 14:33 Tue 04th Aug 2009
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Chemistry

It's a long story but I suspect that, either deliberately or by accident, somewhere in a particular room there has been contamination by a stink bomb chemical that smells not unlike cat's urine. I am...
20:54 Tue 21st Jul 20094 answers, last by KARL 20:17 Fri 31st Jul 2009
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wahat does....

...Bystrica (with spelling variations) mean in the various Slavonic languages ? I note that it occurs in place names in different countries and assume/imagine it may mean any of Upper, Lower, Outer,...
17:38 Sat 18th Jul 20091 answer, last by jno 09:21 Sun 19th Jul 2009
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What is the name

....of the castle/chateau in the foothills of the Alps which I recall visiting many years ago in the then Yugoslavia? I believe it was in Slovenia (rather than Croatia), it was a picture-postcard sort...
18:18 Sun 12th Jul 20093 answers, last by Mr Veritas 23:50 Sun 12th Jul 2009
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Given leave to stay

This is possibly not the best place to post this, but here goes: People from within the EEA can live and work anywhere within the area, including in the UK. Others need a permit (a visa, say) to do so...
14:07 Sat 27th Jun 20092 answers, last by KARL 15:04 Sat 27th Jun 2009
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US medical service

There have been cases reported in the media where seriously ill patients have been refused treatment pending/until payment could be seen secured in advance. If I am not mistaken, this has included...
19:42 Wed 17th Jun 20097 answers, last by KARL 10:44 Thu 18th Jun 2009

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