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Onwards And Downwards Continues In March 2013

Hello all, I for one am glad to see the lighter nights and mornings, makes me feel that summer is coming! Who is up for an Easter egg hunt? Of course, you can use chocolate eggs or bags of sweets, but...

TheOtherHalf

Hot Curry Tongue

I made a very hot curry last night which my OH loves, but I dont like it too hot and always suffer with a burning tongue afterwards. I remember reading somewhere that a bit of sugar on the tongue...

divegirl

Not Happy With Colour Of Paint...what Can I Do?

Morning all! I've just opened a tin of paint to give the bathroom a spruce up and I hate the colour :0( I wanted something a lot brighter and vibrant! Is there anything I can buy to add to it, a...

gonan

I Live In Australia And Have Just Had Solar Panels Fitted.

What I want to know is do I use the power I produce and feed excess into the grid or do I use all the power from the grid I need and feed all the power I produce into the grid?

TheOtherHalf

Balsamic Vinegar Alternative ?

Help ! Just got back from shopping and realised I forgot to get some Balsamic vinegar. I need it for a recipe Im doing tonight. Is there anything I could use as a substitute. I have malt vinegar and...

I_Hate_Infinity

Einstein, Gravity And Space-Time In 3 Dimentions

Hi, My very first question, if this site returns the educated, logical people to answer this for me, there may well be more to follow. Einstein showed us that time and space were one and that space...

modeller

Pe Or Brainwashing. ?

I recently asked if faith schools were divisive. On the news today the government were saying there's not enough PE in the schools and the BBC showed a sports hall .. There dominating a whole wall was...

magsmay

Would You Be Upset?

I am getting rather sick and some what upset about all these 'horse meat' jokes -and I'm not alone -in the UK there are presently in excess of 4 million people who either own a horse as a PET or ride...

joggerjayne

Another How Big Is The Universe Video

Quite a good one. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/feb/11/how-big-universe-sand-video1...

albaqwerty

Kitchen Sink Not Draining

Anyone any ideas for a substitute plunger please? Tried a plastic cup and rumbled up and down. Plumbers were in next door this morning and would love to blame them....

heathfield

Contaminated?

Why are the government and the media constantly describing beef to which horsemeat has been added as being 'contaminated'? This word describes something to which a poison, or polluting or infecting...

sandyRoe

Is Gravity Elastic?

When an object with an elliptical orbit is at its nearest to the Sun it must be experiencing a certain force of gravity. As it moves away from the Sun it must reach a point when the gravity that once...

GRAHAMBURGESS

Can You Help?

LAST CLUE 'Teaching unknown quantity in Latin and French' 5 LETTERS *A*E* THANKS ALL I AM DESPERATE!!...

Suzie228

Windows Not Responding

I am having problems with my laptop running Windows 7 since renewing Norton 360 and installing Norton Utilities. I have uninstalled Norton Utilities and reinstalled Norton 360 but problem still...

emmie

Mousemat

i need to buy a mousemat, i know there is lots of info out there, have looked at various websites, however are there differences apart from price. i have a wireless mouse, and find that it's more...

Simon_Winns

Should Foreign Drivers Be Expected To Undergo British Driving Exams?

Hi all, I discovered yesterday that there was a loophole in place that allowed foreign drivers to get a British driving license without adequate proof that they had passed any form of test. The...

Roberta

Lining Paper

I have papered a room with lining paper and filled the joints with flexible filler. Applied two coats of paint and all seemed well. Now however a month later I can see the seams darker than the paint....

Chipchopper

Santa's On His Waaaaaaaay!

When I was a kid, I used to get terrified of that big Santa guy getting stuck in our small chimney pot Last Christmas Eve, my mom left out the usual glass of eggnog and some cookies, and as usual,...

johntywino

Squirrels

Has anyone noticed that there is just NO acorns this year? The poor squirrels are going to be desperate as there was practically no conkers either.Today they were hoarding holly berries but they also...

LochNessMonster

Problems with PC can you advice folks ?

Runs on Vista washaving problems and had started a system restore selected date and was working until power cut in household. On power restoring booted up Pc again but after selecting window start...

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