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The house that Jack built

OK, this is a long shot, but does anyone have any information/links on a 1980s DIY store ad that used a version of 'The house that Jack built'.
13:58 Tue 08th Dec 20093 answers, last by caslass 16:13 Wed 09th Dec 2009
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What dance can I take up

I'm forty-nineteen, overweight and unfit, so I've decided to start taking some exercise in the new year. Thing is, I'm not sure what to try. I find gym training boring and I'm not really into all this...
17:36 Fri 04th Dec 200910 answers, last by China Doll 17:03 Mon 07th Dec 2009
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Viking slavery

How common was the practice of slave taking by the Vikings in what we now know as Britain? Can anyone point me to any trustworthy websites that can back up how common it was? It's to settle an...
12:00 Sun 22nd Nov 20099 answers, last by Ankou 08:12 Tue 24th Nov 2009
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Joysticks and mice

Is it possible to use gaming joysticks for standard PC work, i.e. as a 'normal' mouse? I ask because I've been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and am having a workplace assessment done this...
18:30 Sun 04th Oct 20091 answer, last by HowardKennitby 21:23 Sun 04th Oct 2009
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The weather

Whenever there's a major earthquake on the other side of the world, we seem to experience high winds in the UK a few days afterwards. Is this coincidental, my imagination, or can earthquakes really...
15:17 Sat 03rd Oct 20092 answers, last by heathfield 13:10 Sun 04th Oct 2009
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Finedon

Can anyone tell me anything about the history of this Northants. town/village, particularly in the 15th and 16th century? I've recently discovered that several generations of my family lived there and...
19:16 Tue 29th Sep 20092 answers, last by jno 23:11 Tue 29th Sep 2009
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Cigarette Cards

Does anyone know what the market is like in cigarette cards at the moment? I have six complete sets of Park Drive cards from the 1930s, all in excellent condition. I've found some prices on the net,...
17:34 Thu 17th Sep 20091 answer, last by fredpuli47 07:18 Fri 18th Sep 2009
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Bass guitar books

I can already read music, play several instruments and have some rudimentary knowledge of guitar. Now I'm planning to teach myself electric bass. I want to learn mainly rock and blues, sufficient to...
11:42 Sun 23rd Aug 20092 answers, last by saxy_jag 17:06 Wed 26th Aug 2009
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Gold hallmarks

Hi, I have a 9ct gold ring c.1962, set with stones that are probably of very little value. I say 1962 - the assay mark is a sort of italic N, and in the hallmarking council's booklet that indicates...
20:22 Mon 10th Aug 20093 answers, last by saxy_jag 21:33 Sun 16th Aug 2009
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RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Is there a difference between the two? I have intermittent pins and needle in my right thumb, index and middle finger and lower forearm. The locum I saw on Thursday said it was probably RSI, which I...
20:59 Sat 25th Jul 200915 answers, last by saxy_jag 20:20 Tue 04th Aug 2009
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Cashing in a small pension

Wonder if anyone can advise me? I'll be 50 later this year. In the early 1990s I paid into the NHS pension scheme for 2 years. Just a few hundred quid in real terms. I wanted to get it refunded when I...
22:43 Thu 11th Jun 20092 answers, last by saxy_jag 18:11 Fri 12th Jun 2009
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Letters after your name

When you list your qualification letters after your name on, say, a letterhead or business card, which order should they go in?
11:40 Sat 11th Apr 20096 answers, last by Buenchico 15:46 Mon 13th Apr 2009
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Jimjams

I'm in need of a set of winceyette/flannel pyjamas. I'm a big-ish girl - 44" bust and hips, and I really don't want anything frilly or floral, so a men's set would be fine. Button-through top would be...
23:14 Fri 30th Jan 200913 answers, last by dawndevil 10:35 Fri 06th Feb 2009
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Otitis

I've just been diagnosed with this, in the outer ear, and have antibiotics by way of treatment. It's very sore and swollen, hence I have tablets rather than eardrops. How long before I can go swimming...
17:52 Mon 26th Jan 20093 answers, last by saxy_jag 18:33 Mon 26th Jan 2009
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A lump on my finger

For some months now, I have had a small, white lump on my middle finger, between the base of the nail and the first knuckle joint. If I put pressure on it with, say, the handle of teaspoon or the back...
23:11 Wed 14th Jan 200914 answers, last by saxy_jag 21:10 Sat 17th Jan 2009
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Homework

Yet another new poster sees fit to quote the title of their homework title - and nothing else - in A&L in the expectation that we'll do it for them. I wonder whether we could have a homework help...
13:27 Sun 14th Dec 20085 answers, last by Papersinn 15:34 Thu 19th Mar 2009
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The Christmas Jumper

On the ad (which I believe is from last year) for DAB radio, they recite a poem about the Christmas jumper, unwanted, neglected, alone, forlorn etc. Is there a more complete version of it than what we...
22:56 Sat 06th Dec 2008
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Miserable sister - ideas please

OK, she's 56 and shacked up with a scrap dealer who owns a farm. Her hobbies are shagging the boss, looking after her (very large) dogs and pretending that she's one of the 'county set'. Never cracks...
19:29 Fri 05th Dec 200821 answers, last by bizzylizzy 22:56 Fri 12th Dec 2008
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Dentures ... alternatives?

I had a post crown reseated today for the second time in as many months. It stayed in placed for three years before that and considering it's an upper incisor, it's done well. When my dentist first...
22:26 Mon 01st Dec 200810 answers, last by saxy_jag 23:10 Sat 06th Dec 2008
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Fiesta won't start

1.1 1994 Fiesta doesn't like starting from cold. When you turn the key in the ignition the engine begins to turn as though it's going to start - and then nothing. We've replaced the plugs and the...
18:45 Mon 01st Dec 20087 answers, last by saxy_jag 22:18 Tue 02nd Dec 2008

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