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Train Strikes This Week

Does anyone know what happens to rail freight transport during the strike days this week? I'm thinking in terms of the petrochemical products transported from the oil refineries near me and such...
15:25 Sun 19th Jun 20225 answers, last by bookbinder 15:42 Sun 19th Jun 2022
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Unidentifiable Person Owing Money

My wife and I live in a terraced road. The opposite side of the road has a different postcode to the side we live by having a different letter of the alphabet at the end. As conventional, the house...
10:20 Mon 26th Jul 202120 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:19 Mon 26th Jul 2021
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Hydrogen Peroxide

Spilt some hydrogen peroxide on my fingers this afternoon. Washed it off as quickly as I could but tonight my fingers have turned white and look like Ash on the areas that the peroxide was spilt on....
00:07 Sun 21st Feb 20216 answers, last by jennyjoan 01:58 Tue 23rd Feb 2021
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Landed

When I lived in Wales many years ago, I came across many people who would say the word "landed" in a sense that I've never heard or seen elsewhere since. As an example, a parent of a child would say...
13:05 Mon 15th Feb 202120 answers, last by Ellipsis 18:27 Mon 15th Feb 2021
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Beef Paste

Just bought a jar of Princess Beef Paste. I haven't eaten it for years but it takes me back to the days when my dad used to take paste sandwiches to work with him. Those were the days with bloater...
13:24 Thu 04th Feb 202125 answers, last by neuron 12:25 Fri 05th Feb 2021
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Carpenters Hand Saws

When using the above, how reliable are the 45 degree and 90 degree angles created in the plastic handle moulding? Are they good enough for general woodworking or is a carpenters square or combination...
17:53 Sat 16th Feb 20198 answers, last by neuron 18:26 Mon 18th Feb 2019
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Haywards Piccallili

I'm really dissapointed this Christmas as I've been unable to find any retailer selling the giant sized jars of Haywards Piccallili. A standard size jar seems to available amongst the sauces and...
12:51 Thu 20th Dec 20186 answers, last by neuron 18:26 Fri 21st Dec 2018
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Printing From Facebook Photograph

My daughter has taken a spectacular picture of herself and her fiance on the Rialto bridge in Venice and its presently showing on her Facebook page. Having spoken to her, I know its been taken at a...
21:19 Fri 07th Dec 201810 answers, last by neuron 00:45 Mon 10th Dec 2018
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Pembrokeshire Theme Park

In the Ninetees, there was a small theme park in Pembrokeshire that no longer exists. I'm not thinking of Oakwood, which is there to this day. I'm not absolutely sure of its location which is why a...
19:25 Tue 18th Jul 20178 answers, last by rhysboyjp 07:05 Fri 17th Nov 2023
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Computer

My PC has to go back to the online retailer I bought it from in a few days time. It has developed a fault that I think will mean the hard drive will have to be replaced. Looking at the terms of the...
19:16 Fri 17th Feb 201720 answers, last by Buenchico 16:37 Sat 18th Feb 2017
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Who Pays For The Electricity?

At the back of my home in a country lane, there is a telegraph pole. The top of the pole has a couple of ceramic insulators in place with each holding a single mains cable. These two cables travel via...
16:25 Tue 11th Oct 201612 answers, last by donny48 07:46 Thu 13th Oct 2016
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Brackets For Lightweight Shed Shelf

I'm all out of ideas this morning so I hope you folks can help. I've made a 140cm long shelf to attach under the window in my wooden shed. The shelf is to be used solely to overwinter a dozen or so...
12:05 Sat 08th Oct 201610 answers, last by neuron 22:11 Sat 08th Oct 2016
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Emailing Large Image Files

I'm sure I was able to send a batch of jpeg photos by email using a web service recommended on AB some time ago. My current email provider only allows attachments of up to 50Mb I think and this is...
01:26 Tue 14th Jun 20162 answers, last by neuron 17:41 Tue 14th Jun 2016
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Flickering Electric Lights

What is it exactly that causes electric lights to flicker during gales.? Is it something to do with the pylon cables bouncing around? My electricity comes into the property underground so I don't...
13:23 Thu 15th Jan 20154 answers, last by Clanad 14:26 Thu 15th Jan 2015
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Fake Windows Call

Just had a second phone call this week from a chap with an Indian accent called Kevin with an Indian accent. He claimed to be working for "Windows" and said they had detected a problem with my...
17:40 Thu 13th Nov 201422 answers, last by methyl 00:54 Fri 14th Nov 2014
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Price Matching

I've been looking to buy a freestanding induction cooker in recent weeks and came across a top of the range model sold by John Lewis. The price was £999.99. Argos and other major online retailers...
22:33 Mon 10th Nov 20147 answers, last by Jeza 18:10 Tue 11th Nov 2014
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Free Games/trials?

Are there any free PC games or trials available that will really show the ability of a new gaming laptop at its best? The laptop is an MSI GT702PE Dominator Pro with 32GB of RAM, a GTX880M Graphics...
12:54 Mon 03rd Nov 20146 answers, last by LeviFeil 08:07 Sat 26th May 2018
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Induction Cooker Cable

I'm thinking of buying a freestanding electric induction cooker. There's a limited choice out there but it seems the ones I've found have typical power consumption of 17.1kw, 13.6kw, 12.0kw, 10.67kw...
18:02 Mon 27th Oct 20149 answers, last by neuron 12:45 Tue 28th Oct 2014
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Hard Drive Purchase

I need to replace a 320GB SATA II Hard drive in a Gateway desktop computer. The drive is making a clicking noise upon booting the PC and will not boot into Windows 7. The DOS window stops at...
00:26 Sat 14th Jul 201210 answers, last by neuron 20:22 Sun 15th Jul 2012
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HDTV and SkyBox

Hi all I have a bog-standard Sky Digibox at the moment- neither Sky+ nor SkyHD. My present TV is a CRT type that's a few years old now. All the connections to my DVD recorder etc are via SCART...
21:48 Mon 26th Dec 20112 answers, last by Mattk 01:34 Tue 27th Dec 2011

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