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Electricity

I have some hard to access plug sockets so it is not easy to switch them on and off. If I leave one switched on with a cable running through it to charge a device, is electricity being used when the...

flipnflap

Inverted commas

Which is the correct way to do inverted commas: [FOR EXAMPLE] 'Her mother said "Let's have tea" and boiled the kettle' OR "Her mother said 'Let's have tea' and boiled the kettle"?

Nosha123

is it Ok to buy non-branded ink cartridges

or do I HAVE to buy Hewlett Packard ones for my HP printer??

Tilly2

Injured wood pigeon

I experienced a really upsetting incident in the garden yesterday. I noticed some feathers on the ground and behind a shrub was a very poorly looking wood pigeon. It had had one of its eyes 'pecked'...

Nosha123

Any ideas on how to stop foxes chasing my cats???

Cant remember if I have asked this before.... ANyhooo My two 1 year old kitties (white birmans) are naughty to say the least. .and one has obviously found a local fox den, presumably with cubs.... I...

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Extinction of the Human Race

nailit

forced and arranged marriages

Given the recent media coverage of kids as young as 5 been forced into muslim marriages can anyone tell me, is this practice condoned in the koran or is it a cultural thing? Also, do people who...

naomi24

Seven miles beneath the waves

In a specially designed craft, James Cameron recently completed a descent to the sea bed in the deepest part of the ocean. This was the second such expedition to be undertaken, and Richard Branson is...

maggie01

Can I glue metal to metal.

I bought a second hand dolls pram for my grand-daughter to use at my house but I noticed there is a rod underneath the body that slots into a hole but it was originally soldered. Is it possible to use...

TheOtherHalf

ladybirds in garden

Earlier I was pottering around in the garden and noticed loads of very small ladybirds on undersides of plant leaves. Perhaps this is a sign of good weather ( 1976 ladybirds ) Are they baby ones or is...

Purple_Popple

Is this an Orchid?

Saw this gorgeous flower, so took a quick photo, on the south coast....but not sure what species it is....

fruitsalad

is it unsafe to

leave the tv and digital box in standby all of the time?

Farrnorth

Rabies

Does anyone know whether or not the UK is officially 'rabies free' and if so where I would find an official statement to that affect. Thanks

4getmenot

Turn it up louder

My volume icon has vanished from bottom right of laptop screen, how can I get it back??

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Heinz Dilemma (Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development)

Stumbled across this today: Please watch and make a choice. Let me know which you chose....

Philtaz

For Sale: One Litre Of Petrol

marval

Wrong number

A woman meant to call a record store but dialled the wrong number and got a private home instead. "Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked. "Well, no," answered...

LazyGun

Church stages fake kidnapping of kids

You would be hard pressed to make it up.... As if the Church does not already have enough to worry about with all the allegations of paedophile priests, now some church decides to stage a kidnapping...

flobadob

Being referred to as a sheep.

If someone was to call you a sheep, you would most likely take offence as they are inferring that you are a mindless idiot with no will of your own. Why is it though that people are happy to use this...

d9f1c7

is this an urban myth?

Apparently a black man in the US on death row has a better life expectency. I've done some googling and it seems it is true that the best way to increase the life expectency of a black person in the...

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