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It's happened again.

Just like last night my laptop (Compaq, OS Vista) decided to shut down of its own accord. On the first attempt at restarting I got the message 'resuming windows' followed by another immediate...
16:14 Tue 15th Feb 20118 answers, last by mike11111 10:25 Wed 16th Feb 2011
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Explanation welcome.

I am no technocrat so please bear with me. About 45 mins ago I was perusing AB when my screen suddenly went black. I switched off and restarted, only to get the never before seen message 'Resuming...
03:20 Tue 15th Feb 201110 answers, last by mike11111 05:11 Tue 15th Feb 2011
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Ah well

One thing about wyzard, he tells it like it is!
22:09 Sat 05th Feb 201159 answers, last by AlBags 23:11 Sat 05th Feb 2011
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Gone, and never called me mother!

Looks like Jove's thunderbolt has struck Mamjet in record quick time. Pity, because although I am not unaccustomed to being insulted, I have never been called a power-crazed megalomaniac, nor that my...
17:33 Wed 19th Jan 201131 answers, last by Jemisa 08:35 Thu 20th Jan 2011
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Which pope?

Hoping my RC brethren will be able to help me on this one. Who is the Pope featured at the beginning of this clip? I think it is Pope Pius. Definitely not the X or the XII, so I am torn between IX or...
12:18 Sun 09th Jan 201111 answers, last by jomifl 21:33 Mon 10th Jan 2011
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Times 24740

23a Fell bad, having got out off bed with a twist in the region of the heel (6) a?u?i?
09:26 Fri 07th Jan 20114 answers, last by bibblebub 09:36 Fri 07th Jan 2011
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How to get rid of...

Instead of shift + a letter I have accidentally pressed CTRL + letter and now have a search window down the left side of the screen. How to I get rid of it?
23:13 Tue 04th Jan 20116 answers, last by ChuckFickens 23:28 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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Miss Marple

Did anyone see The Mirror Crack'd on Sunday? On the film set I am convinced that the guy who played the Pharaoh was Bruno Langley, who played Todd Grimshaw in Corrie, but I can find no reference to...
23:31 Mon 03rd Jan 20119 answers, last by mccfluff 17:17 Tue 04th Jan 2011
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Circumflex Accent

Does anyone know how to place a circumflex accent over a letter using the keyboard without using an ALT + numerical combination? The reason I ask is that Welsh sometimes has a circumflex over w and y,...
02:42 Thu 30th Dec 20109 answers, last by mike11111 03:38 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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Google Images

The last time I changed my avatar I went to Google, clicked on images and was offered a large list of categories from which to choose a picture. I don't seem to be able to do this any more. Anyone...
19:11 Mon 27th Dec 201013 answers, last by Invictas 02:57 Tue 28th Dec 2010
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13 Across

Last clue to get. Drink from West African not Chinese, 4 ?s?i. All I can get is Asti, but can't fathom out the wordplay.
18:32 Thu 23rd Dec 20104 answers, last by bibblebub 18:37 Thu 23rd Dec 2010
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Corrie

Am I the only one who feels a little bit sorry for Kevin? OK, cocked up big time but it takes two to tango, and Molly is suddenly exalted to sainthood. Given the three sour shrews he has to live with,...
01:19 Sat 18th Dec 201023 answers, last by oscarina 00:09 Sun 19th Dec 2010
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Snobbery?

So why was he awarded the George Medal and not the George Cross? This kind of snobbery is enough to turn me into a raving leftie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/...th-yorkshire-12016747...
16:54 Fri 17th Dec 201017 answers, last by anotheoldgit 11:52 Sat 18th Dec 2010
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Times 24722

1d Close building sealing ends off (4) A?I?. All I can get is AKIN (meaning close) from MAKING (building) with end letters removed, but am not supremely confident.
16:43 Thu 16th Dec 201010 answers, last by mazie 17:43 Thu 16th Dec 2010
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Times 24720

Anyone else find this one particularly obscure? Last three: 1ac Take in double dose of fluid in the morning and I'm drunk (?L?M???M) 10ac Biting on end of short rod and line (?O?I??) 4d Green gets a...
13:45 Wed 15th Dec 20105 answers, last by mike11111 13:57 Wed 15th Dec 2010
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"He implied that women were more likely to do silly things than men"

Please prove me wrong, on no more than 2 sides of A4
21:50 Sat 11th Dec 201013 answers, last by Zippy 22:55 Sat 11th Dec 2010
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FAO Barmaid

As you are currently on-line, could you give me a professional answer to a previous post? http://www.theanswerb...w/Question966878.html...
19:05 Sat 11th Dec 20101 answer, last by Barmaid 19:16 Sat 11th Dec 2010
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Chrimbo

Am I the only person who has a violent antipathy to this derogatory, illiterate term for Christmas? I ask this not because of any religious reason, merely out of concern for ignorance and disrespect...
15:30 Sat 11th Dec 201025 answers, last by jno 12:31 Sun 12th Dec 2010
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Personal Injury

Given the appalling state of the pavements during the recent bad weather I was very surprised and disappointed that they have been left untreated. When asking why, I get the usual 'elf'n safety'...
11:06 Sat 11th Dec 201016 answers, last by Barmaid 17:49 Sun 12th Dec 2010
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Vitamins

Last year, when in hospital with acute pancreatitis, part of my medication was 100mg Thiamine HCI twice per day and Vitamin B strong compound tablets once per day. I have just realised that these were...
11:26 Thu 09th Dec 20104 answers, last by mike11111 12:24 Thu 09th Dec 2010

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