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Plastic-looking bands on football strips

The shirts of most major football teams seem to have 'bandolier' style strips as part of the fabric. Do they have a purpose?

bob561941

Daily Mail Cryptic 14270 Tuesday July 3rd 2012

8d Rule used in textile shop in reaction to threats C?u???????s??? ta...

handygran

You Tube.

How do I put a tune from a cd on to You tube

Bert

Open sockets (switched on) waste electricity - Alistair Campbell

On "The Wright Stuff" (Channel 5) this morning (26 June 2012), Alistair Campbell said that open sockets (i.e. with no plug in them) use electricity if they are switched on. Could this be...

Cockney_si

80's Comedy TV show about two Irish women and two garage mechanics.

As above - One of the Irish women was dating one of the garage mechanics, her friend was a woman that was very strict and was engaged to someone called Dermot (Diarmuid?). One of the garage mechanics...

zebo

Kindles bought in the USA

If I buy a Kindle in the USA, will I have any problems charging it in the UK? Sorry if this sounds very dim, I've no idea how they charge etc.

Clanad

Anniversary Year of the War of 1812

Another connection between two peoples divided by a common language (apologies to Sir Winston Churchill of perhaps Wilde). This year is the 200th Anniverseray of the War of 1812... ya'll burned...

pacuk01

TV DRAMA - PAINTING / ARTWORK BEING RESTORED TO RIGHTFUL TOWN

I remember a couple of years ago there was a drama (I thought it starred Martin Clunes but I can't find it on IMDB so I am probably wrong). I think from memory they were returning some artwork back to...

in a mo

Citroen DS3 Music sung by DatA Who

The New Citroen DS3 car advert The song is called "One In A Million and the singer is "DatA" any ideas who he might be ,who wrote the song and "Who is the singer ie real name. Have...

clockwork29

Song used in Waterloo Road Series 7?

I'm searching for a song used in the most recent episode of Waterloo Road (Series 7, episode 29) It plays around the 21:00 minute mark, toward the end of the episode. So far I've had no luck in...

Moggypaws

Edwin Lawrence Godkin

Please can anyone tell me why there is a memorial to Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1831-1902) in Haselbech Church, Northants. He was born in Ireland and went to live in the US, so what is the connection?...

steves123

printer

lost my disc for printer epson stylus dx4400. cann anyone send a link for this as i dont want to put wrong one on . ty

mayennaise

Bridewell

In a couple of crime novels I have read recently, there has been reference made to a'Bridewell', being a police station with cells. Anyone know where this saying originates pse.

Gromit

Social Media Explained with Donuts...

If like me you are clueless about 'Social Media, and do not know your Twitter from you Facebook, I found this helpful explaination using Donuts. http://instagr.am/p/nm695/ (I know it is not News, but...

spatchco

True Blue, trailer song

can anyone tell me the name of the song that Johhnny Cash sings on the trailer for the new series of True Blue on Sky

Davypops

Informing about a suspected drink-driver

A while ago I think there was a reward system for giving information to the police about a suspected drink-driver. Does this still exist do you know?

daginge

Sky Programme Episodes

Hi ABers I've missed the first 2 episodes of Hawaii 5-0 season 2-3, can I watch them anywhere? TIA...

David H

Data Protection Act loopholes

The purpose of the Data Protection Act was to stop unauthorised third parties accessing our data. Therefore people calling hospitals to ask if their friend or relative is there, or OK, are banned from...

rob1295

Yellow football ??

Why were they using a yellow ball at the Man U v Newcastle game ??

shaneystar2

Orange PAYG..Unsolicited text messages

All of a sudden I've been getting these very annoying text messages from something called Bright Stuff .Drives me potty .Several times a day ..buzz .buzz ..win this win that ...I made the mistake of...

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