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Its no Cop.

My nieghbour was telling me she's got to have a new boiler because her existing one was"No Cop" meaning not working, no good, useless, etc. Made me wonder where the expression came from......

trailertam

24 volt battery isolator switch

If i have a vehicle with 2 x 12 volt batteries wired in series to give 24 volts, and i wish to install a battery isolator switch, does it matter where it is installed. Either the negative battery...

tweenyb

hi all i am in a panic so apologies for bad spelling etc i am due to go to jamaica on monday for 2 wweeks at a resort the holiday co told me was disbled friendly with wheelchair access. we checked the...

Caladon

When Voting...

When I voted last year for the general election... I went to my polling station and was greeted in the foyer by 2 people behind a table asking my name. They then directed me inside where I had to give...

Pythia

New ISA or pay off mortgage?

Can anyone advise me which makes best financial sense - to put my £5k savings into a new ISA at 3% or to use it to pay off some mortgage? The mortgage is at 1.05% but I owe them £14k. I...

JonnyBoy12

I hope you think this posting is a bright idea.

Just a quick note to let you all know that there is no more subsidies for Compact Flourescent Light bulbs any more. Whereas before you could get up to 5 light bulbs for about 50p, they are now all...

suff

CD Player in Renault Scenic

The 6 stack CD player in my car has suddenly decided not to function. When I try to play a CD all I get is 'CD CHECK' on my dashboard screen. Nothing obviously wrong with the cartridge & tuner...

missesbell

Fluorescent light

We have recently changed the tube and the starter in a fluorescent tube. It comes on alright but after a couple of minutes, starts to go off and on again continually.Any ideas?

Dumbo#1

Potterton Boiler Problem...

Please help...I have a Potterton Boiler Prima 40 b model (about 15 years old). The problem is that the control knob on the boiler will not run any higher than 3 1/2. Obviously the radiators are not...

MantaRay

Cars that cusion pot holes, speed ramps, etc

Are there any cars available that have suspension designed to cope with speed ramps and pot holes? Despite slowing right down for such annoyances I still get quite a jolt with the cars I've driven so...

bentaxle

wind farms

How do they synchronise frequencies of all those turbines to feed on to the grid system as there must be many variables

puternut

External Hard drive playing up

Ohhhhhh n1ckers Haveing nothing but problems lately with hard drives!!!!! My external drive connected via a v2.0 USB and on Win 7 has suddenly decided it is an 'unknown device'. The thing just...

foxyferret

Boot/repair and recovery disks

Has anyone used the boot recovery/repair disks you can buy? My friends computer she tells me, has been playing up lately, and this morning she said when she turned it on, she got a blue screen with a...

Bettypat

Water pipes

Does anyone think it unfair that householders should be responsible for the water pipes from the property boundary? We have had five major leaks in the last three years and each time our slabs have...

darkknight43

Life insurance claim Dispute

Whole of Life insurance policy with profits and periodical endowment paid over 30 years from 1966. Settlement figure at date of death (1999) £278. Can this be correct? The Insurance company say...

whitehill

using a mobile phone while it is charging

Is there any truth in an email doing the rounds at present which says that if you use a mobile phone while it is connected to the electricity supply, ie. if you make or take a call while it is...

hannah40

time share offer.

My husband filled in a survey on line and has now had a call from a telesales rep saying we can go to malta for 7nights with our children for £99 ,plus we book our own flights.when we are there...

Scarlett

Should I buy a house whilst being a student?

I am thinking of going to uni and was wondering whether it would make financial sense to buy a house to live in (renting out the other 2 rooms to other mature students or workers) for 3 years, or to...

smurfchops

Buying a new Laptop .. another question

Sorry I have asked a few questions about buying a laptop before, but I want to make sure before buying it. I have seen some in John Lewis at the less expensive end of the market, and now I have seen...

moonraker558

Hard Drives

Hi Guy\'s, I seem to have lost one of my three hard drives on my pc, it is used only for storage in case of a cfash so i dont lose everything i.e. thousands of mp3\'s and pictures. My other two drives...

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