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Time off work to deal with a burgulry

Does my employer have to give me time off to deal with a burgulry that has happened during the night or can they force you to use your annual leave? Thanks...

dizmouk2009

I recently passed my motorcycle test (Category A2) but...

Hey, After passing my motorcycle test on the 5th of Decemeber I opted to send my licence and certificate to the DVLA myself, rather than the test centre doing so as I wished to update my photograph...

cojones

cooperation

Renault and Ford are working on a new small car for women. They are mixing the Clio and the Taurus, and calling it the "Clitaurus." It comes in pink, with or without fur on the dash, and the...

BigDogsWang

Burning CDs to play on my Arcam CD73

Hi. I have a number of Sony CD-Rs which people have burned albums onto for me, and they play perfectly in my Arcam CD73 player. However, when I burn them myself using Windows Media Player, they do not...

katekoala

Digital Camera

Hi my hubby saw an advert for a camera that has a moveable lcd screen, so you can take pictures of yourself and see the lcd screen to get a good pic. he cant remember what camera it was and I have...

BertieButton

Bleeding Radiators!!!

My fathers radiators are very hot and cold! I have got a key to bleed them, but don't know in which sequence - if any- I need to do them in! Of the 11 radiators in the house, some are very hot (too...

CAJ1

In-Laws...

How often do you see your other half's parents/family?

paddywak

Venison

We've been given some venison, (about 4lbs) and could do with some ideas on how to cook, it recipes for two people. We've checked on line and most recipes recommend long, slow cooked casseroles etc...

MM2S

Can I force my local council to take out speed humps?

The speed limit of the road is 30mph - you can only do 10mph without damaging your car! What is the legal standpoint here?

Jahrome

turning left at a yellow box junction

If turning left can I stop in the yellow box if my exit is not clear eg. ajunction has a crossing 10metres after turning left.

joko

samsung U600 - screen has gone blank,but phone still works...??

hi, my u600 screen has gone blank and dark, though the light behind is stil visibly on around the edges, but the phone will still let me dial out and talk and still rings etc...other buttons such as...

pede9466

Backing up to an external hard drive

I have an Emachines £520 laptop with Windows Vista, which is about 6 months old. I have been doing regular backups via the link on my laptop, to a 500 gb external hard drive which was new at the...

WILLWONKER

CALCULATING CARPET

Need to replace carpets, lounge/ dining room easy to do , so how do they calculate stairs and landing so i have a good idea of the cost . i have 11 steps with 190mm rise x 240mm tred x 800mm width,...

Mr Veritas

IS NTSC compatible in the UK?

I have seen a DCD I want o buy on Amazon,and althought it is Region 2,it is listed as NTSC. Checking on Wikipedia I xan see that it is a different systen to one we use (PAL) does this mean I would not...

driverdale1

Gadget

Hi, i have a large collection of DVD's and my problem is that when im out and about i forget which ones i have or have'nt got, so what i need is a gadget that i can put all my dvd's in a list in...

Barmaid

Lost Document - urgent, please help!

Through outlook express I received a Word document which I opened. This document needed substantial changes to it, which I did. Kept pressing Ctrl S to quick save it as I did them. Closed the document...

taddie

how do I stop a screensaver and restore the images to their files please ?

caslass

Irish Joke

How do you confuse an Irishman? Show him two shovels and tell him to take his pick.

hallj1

cycle lamps.

I have recently noticed cyclists using flashing white or bluish lamps on the front of the cycles.Is this legal as I thought flashing lamps facing forwards were for emergency vehicles only?Thanks.

JesysChristHelp

Lincoln Continental Executive Series will not go into drive or any other gear

Please help my Lincoln Continental Executive Series will not go into drive or any other gear. I have checked the cable from the drive stick to the transmission and it's Okay. What else should I check...

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