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It's the weekend again

As it's the weekend, I wonderd ...... What's your favorite tipple?

If I buy a beef and a pork steak and put them in the fridge, within a few days the pork starts lifting whilst the beef matures nicely. Why is this? Is it some native bacteria? If so why can't it live...

airbolt

Zokko - was i imagining it?

I remember watching a children's programme in the late 1960's or early 70's called Zokko. Does anyone remember it ?

Kim White

union jack flag

Why is Wales not represented on the Union Flag?

gaza

Electrical fault

I have a Rover 214, when it engine is running the lights start to flicker, when the engine is not running they are fine, what could the possible cause be thnx.

Pickle

Corned Beef

What is done to beef to make it into corned beef?

crimbo

Green pepper burps

Why do green peppers repeat on me when red and yellow ones don't?

firetto

Chesterfield's Crooked Spire

Why is the Crooked Spire in Chesterfield crooked? Will it ever fall over?

TEAK36

pc ' fix it' software.

Can anyone recomment a program that with scan my computer and repair any faults it may find.There are so many available, I have no idea which one to get.

brida

mysterious fruit

Can you tell me which fruit is peachy coloured, smallish, comes with brown papery leaves. A bit like the consistency of a grape (ish)? I had them on a dessert yesterday and I always forget what they...

BaggieJim

more 70's/80's sweets

what were those choclate drop things in a white bag & i think the bag had animals on the front (a giraffe possibly). they were similarish to choclate buttons but smaller and shiney i think.

Smiley

Von Dutch a fake?

I've just ordered a Von Dutch top off of Ebay. It has no proper label, although there is a printed msg inside saying "Von Dutch Originals, 100% Made in USA." Then along the side seam, there is a tiny...

FishBox

Kinetic Energy

Here's something that's bothered me for years: If you took a snapshot in time of a ball rolling along a table, how would it differ from a similar, but stationary, ball? How could you tell (by looking...

Flea

Gypsy Tart

My husband used to have "Gypsy Tart" at school but I've never heard of it. Does anyone have a recipe for it please?

Shatnerfan

Broadband pros and cons

Hugely frustated by pop-up auto-diallers, I am considering going onto broadband. I would like a list of advantages and disadvantages please.

bluedolphin

an easy to access txt file with security....

I would like to keep a file updating it daily (text) file on my computer .....ideally it would have some sort of protection so that it would be relatively safe from prying eyes....something very easy...

jacks

Failing hard drive?

Mt PC has been making a grinding noise on startup recently which I thought must be the fan. Now I am getting out of memory errors. I have uninstalled loads of stuff but it still shows low memory. Is...

m-shell

no internet

hello, i recently wne ton holiday and when i came back my computer wasn't working quite how i'd left it. When trying to get a web page (i'm broadband) it says down the bottom 'detetcing proxy...

pinkcolette

1970s Stuff

Anyone remember any obsolete products of the 70s? Ones you hated / loved...

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