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Landline Phone Query

When I pick up my phone to make a call I hear the engaged signal instead of the dialling tone but it doesn't prevent me from making and receiving calls. I expect this means that a caller has left...
14:45 Fri 08th Feb 201312 answers, last by Smowball 19:08 Sun 10th Feb 2013
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Noisy Windscreen Wipers

My new front wipers are driving me nuts because they 're making the most dreadful scraunchy noises and I gather that vinegar usually cures this. Is it o.k. to put some in the windscreen water bottle...
11:48 Sun 30th Dec 20125 answers, last by Just-Jude 19:36 Sun 30th Dec 2012
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Do I need to upgrade my desktop PC?

My computer is now 9 years old and has served me well but is becoming inceasingly slower and slower and it's driving me nuts. Broadband is not very fast in these parts anyway and we're campaigning to...
15:57 Fri 19th Oct 20127 answers, last by drmike 22:09 Sat 20th Oct 2012
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Midwifery in the 1900s

My great-grandmother appears in the 1901 census as being in someone else's house and described as "Midwife" and indeed the other people in that house are a couple and "son, aged 1/2 hr....
16:55 Sun 01st Jul 20125 answers, last by echokilo 12:12 Mon 02nd Jul 2012
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Meaning of eric as a noun

I've put this question here because I'm hoping you crossword addicts can help. I swear I heard on a quiz show on TV that an eric is a fee/charge but I can't find it anywhere in dictionaries, online,...
12:23 Sun 18th Mar 20127 answers, last by mrs_overall 12:31 Sun 18th Mar 2012
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Seed Potatoes

I've just sent this question to the Crossword section so I'll try again!! Can surplus seed potatoes be cooked and eaten like 'ordinary' potatoes?...
14:01 Thu 16th Feb 20127 answers, last by shoota 20:31 Thu 16th Feb 2012
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Seed Potatoes

Can surplus seed potatoes be cooked and eaten as 'ordinary' potatoes instead of being planted?
13:58 Thu 16th Feb 20122 answers, last by thickoeric 12:58 Sat 18th Feb 2012
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Velcro-fastening clothing for the disabled

My sister has Parkinsons and is becoming unable to take jumpers off over her head. I've searched the internet for days looking for tops, cardigans, etc. that can be opened by Velcro or perhaps poppers...
12:07 Mon 06th Feb 20126 answers, last by thickoeric 22:52 Mon 06th Feb 2012
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Fan oven

(Couldn't decide which section to put this question in!!) Why do fan ovens take ages to stop after they've been switched off and are they still using electricity?...
14:51 Sun 28th Aug 20114 answers, last by thickoeric 10:44 Mon 29th Aug 2011
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SunExp £1,000 Crossword

2d. C - O - (4 letters) Large, gregarious songbird with a glossy black plumage. I feel the answer should be crow but it doesn't seem to be a songbird. Any help, please?...
14:07 Sun 21st Aug 20114 answers, last by thickoeric 14:17 Sun 21st Aug 2011
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Road sign

I keep seeing a road sign that I can't find in the Highway Code. I'll do my best to describe it in the hope that someone can enlighten me, please. It is a black flattened diamond shape (not filled in,...
19:26 Wed 17th Aug 20112 answers, last by thickoeric 13:14 Thu 18th Aug 2011
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Digital TV and play station

Will my sister still be able to play her Nintendo when her TV goes digital in August?
10:08 Tue 05th Jul 20115 answers, last by SlackAlice 20:52 Mon 11th Jul 2011
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Argyranthemum

I bought an argyranthemum "Percussion Cymbals Dark Pink" recently and all the flowers were standing up ramrod straight. Now, a few weeks later, despite being watered regularly, they are...
13:33 Mon 20th Jun 20112 answers, last by thickoeric 15:06 Mon 20th Jun 2011
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Singing Sisters

Does anyone know the name of the 2 American singing sisters who play guitar or maybe banjo who were live on Aled Jones's Sunday morning programme on BBC2 a while ago? They sing the kind of music that...
13:28 Mon 20th Jun 20113 answers, last by thickoeric 11:31 Tue 21st Jun 2011
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Convicts returning from Oz to England

My 4xg-grandfather, Samuel Francis, was sentenced in 1820 to 7 years in Australia for stealing rabbits. I have a copy of a record showing him returning to England in 1828 on the ship 'Elizabeth',...
10:48 Mon 11th Apr 20116 answers, last by thickoeric 13:11 Tue 12th Apr 2011
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AOL Billing

I've been trying to get into the AOL billing site for weeks now and just come up with 'Error: Can't find website'. Is anyone else having difficulty with it?
11:36 Thu 17th Mar 20112 answers, last by thickoeric 12:46 Thu 17th Mar 2011
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Updating RAC satnav

I'm having trouble updating my satnav for the first time. I've been onto www.66.com/rac, clicked download and clicked on 'driver for RAC410' and saved it to My Documents. It then creates a file (?)...
20:40 Wed 09th Mar 20113 answers, last by thickoeric 14:34 Thu 10th Mar 2011
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Local Quiz

Help, please, on two in a local quiz in which all or part of the answers are numbers, e.g. The Lord is my shepherd (5,6,5) = Psalm Twenty-Three. Disabled rodents (5,5,4) = Three Blind Mice. 1. How...
21:33 Sat 01st Jan 201110 answers, last by thickoeric 11:29 Sun 02nd Jan 2011
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Scaredy-cat

My cat has a catflap and bombs happily in and out of it all day long but as soon as it reaches 3 a.m. it's a different story. He wakes me up with the usual pawing of my cheek and/or staring, etc. and...
11:17 Sun 12th Dec 201010 answers, last by thickoeric 19:09 Sun 12th Dec 2010
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Sunday Express £1,000

Help, please. I'm torn between dunnocks and pinnocks as the answer for 23across as they both seem to fit the bill (pardon the pun). Another name for hedge sparrows (8) ??N?O?K?...
11:56 Sun 05th Dec 20105 answers, last by thickoeric 10:24 Mon 06th Dec 2010

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