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storing addresses and contacts

we have a combination of about 6 e-mail accounts, 4 mobiles and am looking for a sensible way to store all the info in one file, along with all the personal and business addresses, insurance renewals,...
07:01 Wed 17th Feb 20104 answers, last by magicmerlin 11:33 Wed 17th Feb 2010
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Is our £billion now a thousand million [like the US, I think]

Or is it what I thought it used to be, a million, million? Only a BBC news article mention that 3 million of us in the UK have lost £3.5 million [in total, not each!] due to scams on the web....
07:29 Mon 15th Feb 20107 answers, last by ABerrant 15:54 Mon 15th Feb 2010
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transferring cassettes to PC

Has anyone tried this? http://www.musicalitysoftware.com/default.aspx and is it worth buying. Was going to use my walkman [more convenient than having leads all over the room]. Thanks...
08:05 Wed 10th Feb 20102 answers, last by anotheoldgit 14:58 Wed 10th Feb 2010
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Slovakian music

Neighbours of ours had a CD of what was almost Greek bozouki type music, which they always put on when they were having a bit of a thrash. I did ask what it was - a couple of tracks were quite catchy...
07:32 Sun 07th Feb 20103 answers, last by kia cat 08:44 Sun 07th Feb 2010
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One for the Quizmonster

My Mum-in-Law [currently awaiting a cataract operation] uses a magnifying glass to read magazines, books etc. She always calls the lens/glass her "bosser" not sure of spelling, but that's...
13:29 Mon 01st Feb 20103 answers, last by kia cat 17:40 Mon 01st Feb 2010
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connecting a non-USB printer via a USB socket

It's all plugged in with a Parallel to USB lead, how do I get the PC to recognise there's a printer there? Would it be best to assign one particular USB socket as the one for it?
11:55 Sun 31st Jan 20102 answers, last by scotman 12:10 Sun 31st Jan 2010
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is there a straighforward step by step guide for converting flv [and similar files for mp3?

Have several files - flv etc to I'd like to put on an mp3 player. Is there an idiot's guide [for me] that's reasonable easy to follow + convert said files ? [preferably free!]. I have tried and got...
06:57 Tue 26th Jan 20102 answers, last by kia cat 10:54 Tue 26th Jan 2010
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error message

keep getting an error message pinging up when I'm using the net it's something like: "Cannot find users/ .... Make sure the path or internet address is correct" It does it time & again....
12:51 Sun 17th Jan 20102 answers, last by kia cat 05:50 Mon 18th Jan 2010
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Server error problem

Connected to my earlier question [http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Qu estion852046.html] this is the response I get when I try to post my query to goodmans: Server Error in '/' Application....
08:11 Sat 16th Jan 20101 answer, last by squarebear 20:46 Sat 16th Jan 2010
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MP4 mains charger

We have a couple of Goodmans mp4 players [the GMP34 G6]. It soes come with a mains charger, just a USB lead to download and charge the mp4 up. The spare parts stockist for Goodmans have nothing listed...
08:08 Sat 16th Jan 20106 answers, last by kia cat 18:31 Sat 16th Jan 2010
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Radio aerial for home stereo system

we have two connections points to add an FM aerial both marked ╥ 75 Ω [couldn't find the symbol but this is the nearest; i.e. two updown upper case "L" facing outwards] The wire one...
09:29 Thu 14th Jan 20103 answers, last by ChuckFickens 10:23 Thu 14th Jan 2010
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Ice free bird baths

Is there anything you can add to the bird bath water to stop it freezing up quite so quick? Cheers
11:29 Sat 09th Jan 20105 answers, last by Milvus 15:34 Sat 09th Jan 2010
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World War 1 - enlisting

My Great Uncle, who was killed in WW1, was enlisted in New Zealand Rifles. Don't think they were conscripted. He was British, from London and as far as I know, had no connections or preferences with...
05:32 Wed 06th Jan 201012 answers, last by Trenchfinder 22:03 Tue 06th Jul 2010
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windows live hotmail

Can you add to the list of fonts available in hotmail? Mine lists about six from Arial through to Verdana. I'd like to use the occasional wingding etc. Thanks...
06:24 Mon 04th Jan 20103 answers, last by kia cat 07:57 Tue 05th Jan 2010
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An old church magazine from 1916

My Great Uncle had a letter home published in a church magazine [Trinity Presbyterian Church, Clapham, London]. He was killed in action that month - July 1916 - in France. We have the following months...
07:01 Fri 01st Jan 20105 answers, last by kia cat 06:32 Sat 02nd Jan 2010
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tumble dryer - replacing the drive belt on a Creda machine

The belt on our dryer has broken. Got the spare, any ideas on how to replace it and is it a long task? Thanks gang
14:42 Sun 13th Dec 20092 answers, last by kia cat 08:19 Tue 15th Dec 2009
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growing your own mistletoe

Anyone tried growing it? It usually needs an apple tree. We have a laurel tree, would it grow ok on that?
08:05 Sat 12th Dec 20091 answer, last by Mr Veritas 12:28 Sat 12th Dec 2009
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shed roofing

Our garden shed has sprung several more leaks through the felt roofing. This has last less than a year. Is it worth going for twinwall poly sheets? It's a 8 foot by 6 foot sloping roof. Looking for...
08:49 Mon 07th Dec 20094 answers, last by heathfield 18:55 Mon 07th Dec 2009
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Trying to recall either the author/titles of a some books from 40 something years back.

One was a series of books about a village priest in Italy, in the valley of the River Po. All were short stories within each book. This was made into a TV series. The other was about a young lad...
06:50 Thu 03rd Dec 200913 answers, last by swedeheart 16:46 Sat 05th Dec 2009
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feuille de brick or brick pastry

As used by Delia Smith, last night. Where can you buy it, please? Not listed on my supermarket. Thanks
05:06 Wed 02nd Dec 20093 answers, last by suemouse 11:41 Mon 14th Dec 2009

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