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How best to proceed with claiming when car is written off

My second son has had his car written off. Youngster lost control on a bend, car came off the road and slammed into my son's car, parked completely off the road in a driveway. Both cars caught alight...
21:03 Sun 19th Jul 200918 answers, last by gouldc 13:59 Thu 23rd Jul 2009
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Alternatives to scrapping vehicle after accident

My son's car was damaged by another car whilst parked in the staff car park. The culprit owned up, so it seems to be a simple case of the owner's insurer settling. The vehicle is 9 years old but in...
07:33 Tue 07th Jul 20099 answers, last by gouldc 10:18 Wed 08th Jul 2009
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Timings regarding Take That at Wembley Stadium this weekend

Question for anyone at last night's first concert. I know the gates open at 1600hrs. What time is the support band supposed to be on? What time is Take That on? What time (approx) did it end? Which...
08:46 Thu 02nd Jul 20094 answers, last by buildersmate 10:58 Sun 05th Jul 2009
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Transferring the Registered Keeper of a vehicle

Is it possible for anyone other than the existing Registered Keeper to transfer a vehicle to another person using the normal V5C process? Specifically, the executor of the estate of a deceased person...
10:10 Tue 02nd Jun 20098 answers, last by buildersmate 11:27 Wed 03rd Jun 2009
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Looking after bubblebees for a season

A colony of bubblebees has taken up residence this year in one of my (unused) blue-tit boxes. They have virtually blocked up the hole with leaf debris and are busy in and out 'doing stuff', 3 metres...
09:22 Fri 22nd May 20095 answers, last by BeatySwalls 10:00 Sat 23rd May 2009
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Getting HD television broadcasts

So now we've all bought our HD-ready TVs, the latest wheeze from Auntie Beeb is that we need a freesat box and a dish to watch it. A few questions, please. Is there any danger that HD will be put onto...
09:49 Mon 20th Apr 200910 answers, last by buildersmate 19:50 Mon 20th Apr 2009
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Mobile email - working out how much one has used

I use Vodafone's mobile email via a SIM card dongle attached to my PC. It came with a proprietary piece of Vodafone software to manage the connection - which I ditched because it kept interfering with...
16:46 Thu 16th Apr 20092 answers, last by buildersmate 09:33 Fri 17th Apr 2009
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Drastic pruning of an English Holly tree

I have a mature holly tree which is about 30cm diameter across the trunk at the base so is perhaps 30 years old. For years this tree was deep in other thick undergrowth so grew very tall. Now cleared...
07:57 Fri 13th Feb 20094 answers, last by buildersmate 09:57 Mon 16th Feb 2009
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Trouble modifying files in Remote Access Storage System

I run a networked Remote Access Storage System (WD My Book) which I use to keep back-up copies of files from my PC. It is properly networked, not on a USB connection. Though it will always copy files...
11:07 Fri 06th Feb 20096 answers, last by kentavr 00:07 Sat 19th Sep 2015
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Wood boring beetles from abroad

12 months ago, I brought back a ornamental piece of shaped tropical hardwood back from South Africa. It is of mahogany appearance and is heavily varnished. Now two holes have suddently appeared in the...
10:05 Thu 04th Dec 20084 answers, last by buildersmate 09:38 Fri 26th Dec 2008
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Mobile broadband for a laptop

I am thinking of subscribing via a USM dongle type of arrangement. Several questions: What is the possibility of the mobile signals being intercepted and decoded - in much the same way as unencrypted...
19:42 Fri 21st Nov 20086 answers, last by buildersmate 08:48 Sun 23rd Nov 2008
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Nationwide Building Society part of the BoE bail-out scheme?

How can the Government potentially take preference shares in the Nationwide Building Society when it is still a mutual society owned by the (long-standing) members, and not a bank with shareholders?
07:46 Thu 09th Oct 20082 answers, last by buildersmate 20:59 Thu 09th Oct 2008
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Negotiating a legal right of access via a third party

Out of my depth on this one. Any offers Themas, New Judge, Barmaid etc? A landowner with a landlocked plot wishes to use a Restricted Byway as a means of access during the construction of a new house....
22:52 Tue 23rd Sep 20081 answer, last by themas 22:31 Fri 26th Sep 2008
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Legend758

Should this person be banished from all parts of the site apart from Chatterbank, where he clearly belongs?
21:05 Tue 05th Aug 200872 answers, last by buildersmate 23:45 Thu 07th Aug 2008
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Getting a Turkish visa - Part 2

Can anyone else help with this question please? Although posted last Thursday, it failed to appear on AB until this morning, by which time it had lost its place in the first 20....
14:07 Mon 14th Jul 20081 answer, last by dzug 20:46 Mon 14th Jul 2008
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Visa for entering Turkey

British passport holders entering Turkey for a holiday require a tourist visa. One way of dealing with this is at the port of entry, when a "sticker-type entry visa" (the exact terminology from the...
20:33 Thu 10th Jul 20087 answers, last by buildersmate 20:24 Mon 14th Jul 2008
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Growing Jacaranda from seed

Any hints, please? I've tried soaking in water to soften, and elevating temperature to 75F. No sign of anything sprouting. Seeds were brought to UK from a sunnier climate.
13:45 Fri 04th Jul 2008
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Further question about Parking Controlled Zones

This question follows one on Friday put here. http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Road-r ules/Question586606.html Today I went to a town where I went through a Controlled Zone notice as I entered...
23:06 Sun 29th Jun 20085 answers, last by buildersmate 11:57 Mon 30th Jun 2008
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AVG 8.0 - Does it do what it says on the tin?

With only 6 more days of AVG 7.5 left, I'm going to have to decide to upgrade soon. Does it work properly, please?
21:33 Sun 25th May 20085 answers, last by FIREMARK40 05:27 Mon 02nd Jun 2008
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Yet more cunning ways to trap spending motorists

M4 westbound, just before Junction 17 Chippenham. Cameras mounted on tripods on bridge over motorway. White 'Safety Camera Vehicle' (sic) not on bridge - just off to one side. Junc17 sliproad - 2...
00:04 Mon 12th May 200818 answers, last by Compostella 14:04 Thu 29th May 2008

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