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manilow

Contacting the ED

If one writes via Contact Us to the Ed - does the Ed ever answer via email or is one just ignored??

macjillifer

prescious metal test

is there a simple test on gold or silver,without hallmarks to prove that it is genuine,any tips welcome,thank you.

buddha01

Train, its starts real slow what if it was put to maximum speed from start

Hello, I took the train today, I was impressed with how slowly and carefully the driver slowly increased the speed from stationary. What would happen if the driver just opened that engine right up,...

slimfandango

God is 42

why did Douglas Adams think it unreasonable or meaningless to ask questions about 'the higher things'?

Imagine

Potato Cannon - UK Legality?

Sorry to post in this topic, but not too sure else where it would go. Seeing as I vaguely describe HOW a Potato Cannon works, I thought here would be the best topic. ;) Me and a few friends have...

kriskwery

Cordless phone/answering machines

A few months ago I replaced a separate cordless phone and an answering machine with a Cable & Wireless DECT "all in one" cordless answering system, model CWD 2700. It was fine...

Jon R Smith

Ventilation ducting for kitchen

Is it more efficient to use round or rectangular ducting?

tali122

forces/loads/energies equivalents to when the Titanic

can anyone quantify and analagize the forces/loads/energies equivalents to when the Titanic was split in two by the amount of flooding and also the impact of such a heavy object at speed hitting the...

Rooser

The Blackwall Tunnel in East London

The Northbound tunnel of this particularly ancient and decrepid peice of engineering is so ridiculously bendy that it seems the forefathers of one Uri Gellar had more than a helping hand in it's...

slimfandango

Countdown

How the heck is that new unsmiling youngster doing that maths? Does anyone have a copy of the one he pulled off yesterday? I don't even know how it was possible! He took mostly large numbers, then...

regulators

speed camera on dual carriageway

if there is a speed camera on a dual carriageway or motorway does it check speed on more than one lane, and how do they tell the difference on a single carriageway between a car that can do...

neurosurgon*

need help

working on an invention. need ideas for a name. a corntainer of salt for a car for icy roads. thinking about Carice.

jeffbwfc

combi boilers

whats the difference between condensing combi boilers and standard combi boilers

nickymanley

Seatbelt laws

I give a lift to a collleague and her 3 year old child every day, she sits in the front and he sits in the back on his booster seat. The problem is that sometimes he climbs out. Obviously this isn't a...

Ricfor

How do I transfer my house deeds to my ex

I bought a house with my ex Fiance 4 years ago and we have since split, I want nothing to do with the house, we have already had a settlement figure on the house ( she basically bought me out ) and...

cleopatra44

One nail in wood

Was sent a homemade puzzle with nail down through three holes in wood, each piece of which extends from narrow piece of wood. The wood is all one piece and there are five extensions out from it...

Calvesy

Power supply to sodium street lamps

While rolling my eyeballs around one night I noticed that the blurred trails of sodium street lamps left about 100 long dashes per second on my retina, as you might expect from 50Hz ac. However,...

tanyavee

The tide

When the tide is in on the west coast of Ireland is it out on the east coast of North America

paul feather

licencing

what are licencing laws

pzx9

DVD Recorder.

Could you tell me what benifits the hard disc type has over the standard DVD recorder.....Are they of a better quality for example or just holds more info.

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