Donate SIGN UP

kriskwery

61 to 80 of 102

First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Last

Avatar Image
kriskwery

Fixing silver collar to porcelain jug

Advice please on cement or glue to fix collar securely and be true to age of item (ie. antique) if possible.
19:37 Sun 08th Feb 20043 answers, last by kriskwery 19:52 Mon 09th Feb 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Big Bean Bag Cover

Any idea where one can buy just a cover (I already have a basic bean bag) or alternatively a pattern to make one?
00:57 Sun 01st Feb 20043 answers, last by fanacapan 12:43 Sun 08th Feb 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Removal of tar on car

Please advise chemical/preparation to use so my red, shiny car stays that way! Any ideas, too, why this should be a never-ending problem? Doesn't the stuff ever 'set' when they tarmac roads these days...
16:08 Sat 24th Jan 20041 answer, last by sddsddean 21:15 Sat 24th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Copying data to disc

As someone who has previously lost all info on my computer, I now try to save things regularly but have two big problems. Firstly, I struggle to understand what my software Nero can do for me - the...
15:58 Sat 24th Jan 20043 answers, last by DuzyEverwork 07:21 Sun 25th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Removal of oil from nubuck leather

Stupid of me to cook a roast wearing my lovely new light tan nubuck leather shoes! They're now ruined by a centimetre size blob of cooking oil. I've tried kitchen paper, washing up liquid, biological...
23:28 Sat 17th Jan 20041 answer, last by apricot 00:24 Sun 18th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Status: divorced versus single

Various forms (especially online) ask your marital status. I resent ticking a box that says 'divorced/separated' as I have been divorced some dozen years now and feel truly 'single'. However, could...
21:58 Sun 04th Jan 20043 answers, last by Hippy 11:25 Mon 05th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Status divorced versus single

Various forms (especially online) ask your marital status. I resent ticking a box that says 'divorced/separated' as I have been divorced some dozen years now and feel truly 'single'. However, could...
21:55 Sun 04th Jan 20044 answers, last by Hoppynose 11:32 Wed 07th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Photos received from me too big

A friend complains that the pix (jpegs) I send her, attached to e-mails, are too large to view on her computer - she has to scroll up, down & across and can't see them as 'complete' pictures. How do I...
21:50 Sun 04th Jan 20045 answers, last by Cetti 13:44 Mon 05th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

How do I know it's silver?

I have an old vesta to sell. It's a bit special, with sovereign holder, place for stamps, small pencil & toothpick. I'd always thought it was silver but now realise there's no hallmark. How do I know...
01:46 Sat 03rd Jan 20045 answers, last by sft42 00:02 Mon 05th Jan 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

How do I copy a dialogue box?

I was once taught how to do this but have forgotten! Please help.
23:34 Tue 23rd Dec 20032 answers, last by kriskwery 19:40 Fri 26th Dec 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Inky Pinky Parlez Vous

A silly song from my childhood 50 years ago went along the lines 'A fart came rolling down the street, knocked a copper right off his feet, inky pinky parlez vous' Did we feel naughty, singing that?!...
01:53 Thu 04th Dec 20039 answers, last by Bekal91 19:07 Sat 28th Jan 2023
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Zouch Estate in Tidworth Hants

Where, what or who is Zouch, please? Many of the road names in Tidworth have exotic names, reflecting the Army link with the Indian sub-continent, but where does Zouch come in?
23:50 Wed 12th Nov 20032 answers, last by Hippy 20:04 Wed 19th Nov 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Identifying Porcelain

I have a lidded pot (10cm high) depicting a silhouetted city skyline with sunrise/set or flamed sky, framed by trees with a top frieze of apples & leaves. There's an inscription 'Munchen 1908', and a...
22:10 Sun 19th Oct 20032 answers, last by kriskwery 20:27 Tue 12th Oct 2004
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Towels

Where can I buy towels with 'locked loops' or whatever they're called - I'm fed up with the most common sort which look tatty very quickly because the loops 'pull' (especially if caught on bra hooks...
14:31 Fri 17th Oct 20035 answers, last by BBWCHATT 13:59 Tue 17th Oct 2006
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Late lamented budgie

Looking for literary suggestions (poem maybe) to comfort the bereaved as Bertie aged 14 has departed to the big aviary in the sky
18:40 Tue 16th Sep 20032 answers, last by Kit 20:38 Tue 16th Sep 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Coffee with banana??

Looked like a take-away coffee with the lid on but had a banana sticking out of the top. Seen on a London tube train. Please can someone put this country cousin out of misery and explain all...
21:04 Sun 14th Sep 20032 answers, last by KEJ2000 19:40 Thu 25th Sep 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Knorr Stir-fry cubes

I have used & loved these but can't now find them in my local Sainsbury's, Waitrose or (smaller of 2) Tesco's. Any ideas?
22:04 Sun 20th Jul 20034 answers, last by sawtest 09:45 Thu 31st Jul 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Pub names

'The Blue Pigeons' was run in ? the 1940's by some long-deceased friends. Anyone know its whereabouts? And how about other silly pub names???
22:10 Mon 23rd Jun 200311 answers, last by Tintin19 04:18 Sat 05th Jul 2003
Avatar Image
kriskwery

Chewing gum flavour

Opinions, please as to best brands for flavour retention or point me in the direction of a definitive report. Ta.
22:06 Mon 23rd Jun 20031 answer, last by quattro 13:50 Wed 25th Jun 2003

61 to 80 of 102

First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Last