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Alternative To Lovefilm By Post

Lovefilm by Post is closing on 30 October. I use this as it is pretty good on foreign language, early cinema and titles rarely seen on TV. It is better than Netflix, which is a more mainstream...
12:54 Mon 14th Aug 20173 answers, last by MaxQ 08:51 Sat 26th Aug 2017
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Book Recommendation On Eu

Hi, could you recommend a good, balanced book about the history of the European Union, which would help me understand in more detail the issues that were discussed during UK EU referendum. Thanks.
13:54 Sun 07th Aug 201612 answers, last by New Judge 20:32 Mon 08th Aug 2016
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Laptop Out Of Range Issue

Hi, our HP laptop is only able to connect to the internet in the same room as the router and then slowly. It is fine connected by ethernet, when a download of 46 mbps is suggested. All our other...
17:45 Sat 06th Aug 201612 answers, last by CrapAtCryptics 19:49 Sun 07th Aug 2016
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Music Used On Danny Baker Radio 5 Saturday Morning Show

Hi, Could anyone tell me what the music is playing when the Danny Baker show resumes after the 10:00 am news (last two weeks anyway). It is a rock track that develops into a lovely guitar passage - a...
18:23 Sat 06th Feb 20164 answers, last by Mr Zippy 21:15 Sat 06th Feb 2016
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Gaming Laptop For About £500

Hi, my son is going to Uni soon. Needs one with reasonable gaming capability for about £500. Considering Toshiba Satellite L70. Any ideas?...
22:16 Mon 14th Sep 20151 answer, last by MichaelZZ 09:35 Tue 15th Sep 2015
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Scottish Comedian

While at a recent comedy show, we recalled a Scottish comedian we saw in Coventry in the late 1990s (I think), whose act involved assembling people from the audience to act in little comedy routines....
12:50 Thu 14th May 20151 answer, last by GetOverIt 11:17 Wed 03rd Jun 2015
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Bt Cloud Creating Duplicate Docs?

Hi, apologies if this is a silly Q, but I am working on a very long Word doc article using a number of laptops depending where I am at that time. Having a crisis because each time I download the...
14:09 Sat 25th Apr 20151 answer, last by Sputnik 11:39 Mon 27th Apr 2015
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Liquid Spilt On Laptop

We have spilt a small glass of Southern Comfort on our laptop. We cleaned it off as quickly as we could and removed the battery . This morning the laptop will not come on at all. Could it have shorted...
10:19 Wed 08th Apr 20154 answers, last by Baldric 12:53 Wed 08th Apr 2015
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Major Pop Up Issue

Hi, My son uses his laptop for college, but over last couple of months he has been plagued by a major pop-up issue, which is essentially preventing him from using it. Using Google Chrome generates...
16:18 Sun 28th Sep 201410 answers, last by Obiter 13:49 Tue 30th Sep 2014
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Infinity Broadband - Poor Range

Hi, Had BT Infinity Broadband installed a few weeks ago. Firstly, the speed is not the 60-70 mbps advertised (about 42), but more importantly we are unable to use any internet based device upstairs!...
15:00 Sat 08th Mar 201410 answers, last by gerbra 10:23 Sat 03rd May 2014
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Novels About Working Class England1800S

Apart from dickens, could you recommend a novel which gives a good picture of life for the working class in the 1800s. I am doing a family tree and would like to better understand living conditions....
18:56 Sun 03rd Nov 201322 answers, last by Mr Zippy 23:20 Sun 24th Nov 2013
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Querying Gcse Results

Hi, we returned from holiday last week and would like to query one of my sons GCSE results (a critical one for A level course). The results sheet advises that queries have to be made before 31 August...
18:08 Mon 26th Aug 20137 answers, last by factor-fiction 15:45 Wed 28th Aug 2013
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Love Film And Masters Of Cinema Dvd/blu Ray

Does anyone know why DVDs etc released on Masters of Cinema are not available from Love Film. It is frustrating because MOC releases are quite expensive and few are available used. i am studying film...
16:51 Sun 07th Apr 20134 answers, last by Flyhalf 21:58 Sun 07th Apr 2013
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Blu Ray Blur

I have just watched Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Blu Ray. This is supposed to be a fine quality reproduction. It was horrible on my Panasonic plasma. strange ripples or ghosting around the...
16:55 Sun 17th Mar 20134 answers, last by Mr Zippy 18:20 Mon 18th Mar 2013
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Laptop Not Responding Issues

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 which has been very slow for some time. On the Internet it freezes or displays not responding and I am having similar problems with Word. I have used Registry cleaners,...
19:16 Sat 16th Mar 20133 answers, last by Mr Zippy 20:02 Sun 17th Mar 2013
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Generic30 Trojan virus

Hi, I keep getting a message via my free AVG software telling me my laptop is infected by the above Trojan. I read ths is an AVG problem so I uninstalled AVG and installed Avast instead. The system...
23:16 Mon 26th Nov 20123 answers, last by Wak 13:39 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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Joe Bloggs

Hi, My son is very brand conscious and I am thinking of ordering some tops for him from a Joe Bloggs catalogue. Looks the part, but he is very label sensitive. Is this a 'cool' brand?...
18:48 Wed 11th Apr 20129 answers, last by mickrog 13:49 Thu 12th Apr 2012
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Will price of vinyl come down

There seems a renewed interest in vinyl and I for one deeply regret selling tons in the mid 80s. I have a good turntable, but the price is very expensive - £20 average (a whopping £35 for...
14:45 Mon 26th Dec 20112 answers, last by Northernpopquiz 22:13 Mon 26th Dec 2011
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Va Va Voom

Does any one know the origin of this phrase and when it was first used? I know it was used in a Renault car ad, but well before that it featured in the 1950s film Kiss Me Deadly, when it had sexual...
13:35 Mon 28th Feb 20112 answers, last by ChuckFickens 17:22 Mon 28th Feb 2011
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Music in True Blood

Hi Can anyone tell me what the music was playing on True Blood broadcast on FX on 25 February during the scene where Jason Stackhouse was lying down with his boxers on. Thanks....
19:57 Sat 26th Feb 20113 answers, last by Mr Zippy 13:33 Mon 28th Feb 2011

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