The electricity that comes out of my wall sockets does so at 240 volts AC. However according to the embossed wording on my main fuse, it comes into my house at 415 volts. Where and how does it turn...
I read that a shock of 50mA is enough to kill me, so howcome when I got a shock from my desk light, (don't ask) of 240v rated 3 amps I didn't die. I shook a bit but I'm still here. Any ideas?
I've inadvertantly uninstalled the sound programe off an old Advent/Windows XP laptop, I wanted to use it purely to play music and Videos so I removed any Internet programe. Now it's useless. For some...
I really enjoy the Top Gear expeditions, (accross South America, across Africa and to the North Pole) but I'm not so naive as to believe it's just the three lads on their own. How many people and...
I have no problem downloading 'You Tube' vids onto my PC, but when I try to put them onto my Express 5800 some load fine whilst others say they can't play either sound or pictures and then go on to...
If it is illeagal to put up posters to advertise products and services on English motorways, Why are the fields alongside motorways littered with decrepit vans and trailers covered in adverts for...
What was the book or short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. that featured the population wearing handicaps so that everyone was physically equal. I remember the story and my daughter wants to read it, but...
The word Wrap in "That's a wrap" from the film world, meaning something they have filmed is ok, is a mnemonic for '???? rewind and print' . What is the first word begining with 'W'. I heard Michael...
My partner has inherited a Rolco watch. It is square and the dial is art-deco ish with blue metalic fingers and a normal set of digits on the face rather than Roman or just lines. At the 6 o'clock...
How can I return my itunes display to the normal screen list. I've dowloaded the latest itunes update and the screen display is now either an album cover grid or the the large blockof titles with an...
I have put some photos on my ipod nano, My original pc has since been stolen and I don't want to lose the pictures, as I have no other backup how do I transfer the pictures from my nano onto my new...
I've managed to put artwork with the songs on my new iPod nano, however, I can't change the pictures once they're on the itunes thing. Some of the songs had a picture from itunes when I asked it to...
I remember years ago on Blue Peter Val Singleton did an experiment where she put pure distilled water in a sealed bottle into a freezer. The water didn't freeze at all even though the temperature was...
I was told Damon Runyan of Guys and Dolls fame wrote all his stories in the present tense except for 1 instance in a story where he wrote a line in either the past or future. I bought and read a...
Linda Lee-Potter (the late Daily Mail columnist ) always seemed to make really catty and nasty coments about Elaine Paige as well as not seeming to like her. Does anyone know why.