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Rorming - Is It A Real Word?

When I was young, about 50 years ago, my father used to say that a restless child was 'rorming', i.e moving about aimlessly, unable to settle down. The word is not in my dictionary. Does anybody out...
18:29 Fri 18th Oct 201322 answers, last by saxy_jag 19:32 Mon 28th Oct 2013
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Dry Lining Socket Box

I have been advised to get a plasterboard socket box to put a double socket in a bedroom where there is a single socket at the moment. The present socket has an 'ordinary' metal socket box, 25 mm...
18:25 Fri 18th Oct 20132 answers, last by bookbinder 15:22 Sat 19th Oct 2013
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Electoral Registration

The question "Do I have to fill in the Electoral Registration form?" has been asked before, but the answers were not specific. I have received the Electoral Registration form from my local council. On...
14:28 Mon 07th Oct 20138 answers, last by Peter Pedant 15:56 Mon 14th Oct 2013
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Who Is The Model In The Latest George (Asda) Tv Advert

Rather attractive young lady - seems familiar.
12:41 Mon 30th Sep 2013
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Getting Cash Abroad (In Europe)

The Halifax Clarity card makes no charges for using it to get cash (out of an ATM) abroad, but you are charged interest form the time of the transaction. Would it be possible to pre-load the Clarity...
21:00 Tue 02nd Jul 20131 answer, last by sunny-dave 21:05 Tue 02nd Jul 2013
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I Can't Find What It Says In The Hit When I Click On It.

I am looking for further details of the news item on the BBC where a Mr Wilson said that Stuart Hazell was a bully who threatened him with a machete. When I entered suitable search terms in Google, I...
01:19 Wed 15th May 20134 answers, last by Bert 13:26 Fri 17th May 2013
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Why Do Doors Slam?

Why is it that on the calmest of days, when there isn't even a breeze, that, if you leave the front door and back door of your house open, one of the doors in between will slam shut with enough force...
23:25 Tue 07th May 201319 answers, last by vascop 10:06 Fri 10th May 2013
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Hand-Cooked Crisps

What's that all about? How can crisps be hand-cooked? Even in the "regular" crisp factories they have some human operatives making sure that everything is working correctly. "Ordinary" crisps are not...
23:21 Tue 07th May 20134 answers, last by joggerjayne 23:29 Tue 07th May 2013
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Layers Falling Off Brickwork

Our house was built about 30 years ago with London Windsor bricks. Even with cavity wall insulation it seems that enough heat leaks out to keep most of the bricks from freezing in winter. However, the...
12:07 Sat 04th May 20132 answers, last by bushbaby_de 18:14 Sun 05th May 2013
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A Red Ring In The Yolk Of Harb-Boiled Eggs

We were given some eggs by a friend who has a few hens in their back garden. The shells were white (ish) - probably not important. We hard-boiled the eggs. When we had peeled off the shells and cut...
17:15 Tue 16th Apr 20134 answers, last by harveymoon 07:33 Tue 23rd Apr 2013
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All The Trimmings

I know in general terms what this means, as in "roast turkey with all the trimmings", but when did the expression start and how? It seems so imprecise - what do you think it means, exactly? Does it...
15:41 Mon 24th Dec 20127 answers, last by wazzaa 01:05 Tue 25th Dec 2012
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Can I change the date on some of my photos? (Part two)

I clicked on the link that Rojash provided. There seemed to be several download buttons. One of them wanted to give me Download Manager, and another wanted to give me 7Zip. None of them seemed to want...
22:08 Wed 10th Oct 20122 answers, last by Bert 16:54 Thu 11th Oct 2012
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Can I change the date on some of my photos?

While I was on holiday, I noticed that the date I had set on my camera was out by one day. I changed it to the correct date. The result is that I have two daysworth of photos with the same date. Since...
11:21 Wed 10th Oct 20122 answers, last by Bert 21:19 Wed 10th Oct 2012
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Is it possible to mend a broken zip?

The question has been asked before, I know, but the way mine has broken seems a bit different to the other questions. My zip is on a bag and is the sort where the sides that close together look like...
15:42 Thu 20th Sep 20126 answers, last by mjwman 18:10 Sat 22nd Sep 2012
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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...
14:27 Tue 26th Jun 201232 answers, last by Bert 11:09 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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Moonwalk ('dance' move)

I know that Michael Jackson did not invent the moonwalk, that it can be performed in slightly different ways, and that the move was known by other names in past times. But what I'd like to know is,...
09:53 Sun 29th Apr 20128 answers, last by Bert 21:06 Fri 04th May 2012
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In the lap of the gods

Does anybody know, or have any suggestions for, the origin of this expression? It means open to chance, an event over which we have no control - but why?
23:15 Fri 27th Apr 20125 answers, last by bert_h 20:23 Tue 01st May 2012
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Improved toaster

About 30 or more years ago, we had a toaster that worked by detecting the heat given off by the bread - at least that's how I think it worked. It definitely did not work off a timer, and it promised...
12:38 Fri 06th Apr 20129 answers, last by Bert 09:36 Sat 07th Apr 2012
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Anybody know where Zabomgewka is, or was?

There's a tomb in San Michele cemetery, Venice, of a woman who was born in Zabomgewka, Russia in 1885. I've tried to find Zabomgewka, but failed. It could have had a name change after the revolution,...
20:59 Thu 01st Mar 20127 answers, last by hveluwen 21:17 Wed 21st May 2014
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Blind guitarist

Has anyone ever heard of a blind man who taught himself to play guitar. When he heard groups playing on the radio, he did not realise that there were three people playing lead, rhythm and bass, so he...
03:42 Sun 26th Feb 20126 answers, last by DocSausage 00:10 Wed 21st Mar 2012

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