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Colour or Fruit?

What came first. The colour orange or the fruit orange?

sand in a digital camera

I have a Kodak digital camera that has sand in it. When it is turned on, the lens cannot come out because of the sand. So it just turns itself off immediately. Would it be worthwhile to have it...

WendyS

The lastic curtain hooks clipped onto our Swish plastic curtain rails are starting to drag and stick when we try to open or close them along the rail.. Can anybody suggest something we can put on the...

joko

sat nav software

any one know where i can get free or cheap sat nav software? cheers

boink

light on a volvo dash?

Hi just wondering what a symbol is on a Volvo's dash, its an old one maybe a 440? im not good with volvos, but its a shape like a bulb with a X over it, i imagine its a bulb blown or somthing but the...

heybridge1

New car servicing

Do I have to take my 1 year old Citroen Picasso to a Citroen dealer for its first service? I have a local garage that will be cheaper but don't want to invalidate my warranty or terms of the HP...

GlitteryPink

freeview box

The adaptor for my freeview box is broken but the box itself is fine, where can i just get a new adaptor from? i tried a universal one with the same outut etc but it didn't work.

Kay

Lest You Dare Report!

Ok I've reported posts which I've found offensive and also the posters themselves. Not because Im a misery, I just cant agree (just like others) on B+S being taken over by "Page Hogger's" with their...

sg

What are the main reasons..

...that a long deceased aristocrat should be making the front page of certain daily newspapers perhaps two to three times per week?

Redsun

Strawberry offshoots

I have 6 strawberry plants which i have put in medium plastic pots and are looking healthy. There are many runners on each plant what should i do with these cut them off? . The main problem is that...

bubblebubble

Breeze blocks

can anyone tell me what are normally known as "breeze blocks" is it the heavy grey type or the lighter thermalite blocks ?

kezza1973

Counting traffic

Why do I see old people in cars wearing illiminated jackets with clipboards watching traffic at a t-junction. are they counting or seeing who isn't indicating or what?

The Tree

21st birthday???

why do we celebrate our 21st birthday.why not our 20th.why are all the other big birthday afterwards even?

Sozzie

DVD`s from Amazon - new and used

Has anyone bourght a DVD from the `new and used` or would you just buy a brand new DVD ?

Rock'n'Roll

whinberries

Been searching local markets for Whinberries to no avail. Have I missed the season? A grown man is going to cry if so .

Denise S.

passion flower - caerulea

I was delighted to see some buds and one or two of the flowers appeared - beautiful. But now the flowers have closed - is this normal? Will they bloom again.

jake-the-peg

Question quota

Is it practical to introduce a quota of say 5 or 10 questions in a day? Justified under the principal of fair usage Mentioning no names you know who I mean!