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masking tape

anybody know how to get old masking tape off car paintwork? tape that has dried and gone hard !

breaking your child's spirit

What would you have done in this situation? Today I heard a Mum yelling at her boy ”I'm so f˄ck1ng tired of you...!” The boy was about six and they were on their way home probably after a...

Scylax

Fitting a grab-rail

I need to install a grab-rail in the bathroom for a disabled relative, but the walls are covered by ceramic tiles. How does one drill through these without cracking them ? Any advice gratefully...

comerton45

daily telegraph

This lurid landscape is found in a country that is also home to the Simien mountain range and the Erta Ale volcano. Name this country's capital city

sandyRoe

Does Ian Duncan Smith think he's a Victorian workhouse master?

He's going to make life very difficult for people on benefits and appears to be relishing the prospect.

Annie W

Scam emails

I received an email from DHL re the collection of a parcel. I think it's a scam and was wondering if anyone else has received anything similar? Thanks.

janzman

PC Upgrade...

..My PC uses an Intel Pentium 4 CPU. Can I simply change the CPU for a more modern,powerful unit or would I have to change the whole tower.Any suggestions greatfully received.

CailinDeas

IS IT TRUE?

That there is no such thing as white gold?

keithg

In Excel (2007) how do you copy a cell without the formula changing i.e. formula in B6 is +B4 when B6 is copied to B7 it copies +B5 but I want to stay +B6 whenever its copied to, seem to remember it...

pixi-

white women covering their heads

Ive put this in this section as i cant be bothered with a religious debate about it, im just wondering what opinion people have of white women covering their heads....at risk of being accused of...

scotman

New hard drive not seen

Hi all I have just fitted a second internal hard disk to my PC. Everything appeared to go OK. I set the jumper for slave and everything plugged together fine. On restart I looked for it and can't see...

wolf63

Help with my dodgy plumbing needed.......

I have been having problems with my bath water draining away from my bathroom which is situated on the third floor. I have had a company out this morning cleaning the pipes - they said that they were...

zzxxee

fed up with next door neighbours cat poo

Hi can anyone suggest a way i can stop next doors cat from coming in my garden (or any other cat) and leaving me various piles of presents i.e...poo ? `A spray or something ?? TIA X...

alice_goble

is it bad to eat a whole jar of artificial sweetener?

Is it bad for you to eat a whole jar of artificial sweetener in one day, on a regular basis?

anotheoldgit

Music files

Today I got a message to update my Nokia OVi Player, I am operating on XP and my browser is Firefox.. I carried out the update but then found that all my music files had changed from MP3s to OVis....

flobadob

What is your mental age?

This is just a test with 20 questions and at the end you are given your mental age. http://mymentalage.com/new I did it twice, the first time I was 8 years older than my age, the second time 11 years...

Notveryhappy

PC keeps Swithing Off

My PC keeps just turning off. It has also become really slow all of a sudden. Could it be a virus....

carlton23

Hard Drive

I have bought an `Silver Crest Portable Hard Drive` from Aldi`s and would like to know how to transfer all my photo`s from Picasa3. I don`t fully understand about Folders & Sub folders and so on,...

lankeela

Decimalisation - 40 years ago today!

Where were you - I was at Tottenham Technical College. Where has the time gone?