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I ordered some goods from the USA (a video and an audio cassette) and paid for them by Visa (total about 48 dollars). Parcelforce turned up the other day demanding an extra ?17.31! I queried it with...

thebigchill

Why?

Why do we still push our children around in buggies and prams that are the same height or slightly higher than vehicles exhaust pipes/ surely this cant be good for the little uns?

Info Freak

Downloads

Hi AB's. I normally use Kazaa to download all my music ect. but i recently got load of viruses and crap from it so i got win MX which is very slow n not a lot of files are avaliable. Does anyone know...

udder

Mp3 downloads

Recently downloading audio (mp3) off the various download applications and i've noticed that alot of tracks come down read as mp3's but when they play they are around 20 odd mins long and are blank???...

samz90

Ultaviolet lights in public toilets

Why do they have ultraviolet lights in some public toilets? What are they for?

adydb

Driving to Spain from the UK

I intend driving to Spain (Alicante) in May from Dover and have checked the RAC & AA route planners via the fastest method. Of course these both include numerous toll roads, but there is no...

Kos

Beating Roulette machines

Anybody got any systems or tips on beating these Roulette machines that crop up in Bookies everywhere now? I'm sure they're fixed and know what numbers you've selected and they always 'short-spin'...

Gilli

How to manually

This is probably a really stupid question - but is there some magic formula and/or accessible database available, in order that a barcode can be read without using a supermarket style scanner ? .......

slinky666

Speeding of police cars

Are police cars allowed to speed to an incident without the use of sirens or lights at 9pm?

longy25

roadside police producer

Hi, i was pulled in my car on saturday , with no insurance or tax on my car, cops gave me a producer looking at the producer now they seems to be a signature missing at the bottom of the ticket,...

Halphpint

MOT expired

i was stopped by the police and only when they stopped me i realised the MOT had run out the day before. Can you tell me what will happen to me and my licence now as this has never happened to me...

netibiza

"Free" phone

Can I buy a free mobile phone without contract in England - could I put in my Spanish Sim card and have it working normally in Spain on my Spanish company Moviestar?

mercury

sound problems

anyone know if there is a program which determines what sound card u have? thought i had this problem sussed but its back again. The thing is we rebooted the comp and the sound driver wasnt installed,...

gerry

I'm needing some advice plz

I was wondering if anyone can give some advice here.I just found out earlier on today that my good friend got into an altercation with another person when he was out on Saturday night.It has something...

cockneyexile

film locations in brighton

going to be in brighton 26/03/05 and want to visit locations featured in the film quadrophenia can anyone tell me where these locations are?

c00ky83

Saving PDFs to disk

Is there any way I can save PDF filed from the web to my own computer? I have many I need to use, but don't need to actually print them.

KAZ

Coin in a bottle trick

How do magicians do this trick? Is it a trick bottle, a trick coin or just MAGIC?

andrew kelfo

Trnsferring home video to CD

Can anyone rcomend anywhere I can have home video transferred to CD. I have about 4 full tapes I need transferring. Is it worth doing it myself. If so what would I need and is...