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I`m trying to get an idea of the cost involved in having roof work done on my house which is a typical 3-bed 1950`s semi detached. The roof is getting tired and one or two minor leaks are showing - it had a loft conversion about 30 years ago so has skilling ceilings and a dormer window up there...

Hi, currently going mad doing the merry-go-round that is finding out about all the car buying options for daughter No1s new car. As if choosing the actual car isnt complicated enough..... I`m a PCP newbie and here`s the question: When the PCP period ends and you decide to chop the car in for...

Hi, how i listen to music has changed over the years..... I used to have a nice system (Naim/Ruark/Arcam) but due to it hardly being used i sold it. I just don`t sit down and dedicate time listening to music as i once did On the rare occasion i listen to music nowadays (the radio is always on...

Hi, i would like some help with what is probably a very simple electronics project - i would like to build `Gadget A` in the below image or even better is something suitable already available `off the shelf`..? What i require is an output relay to be powered for a set period of time once the...

A neighbour phoned us to inform us that he could smell gas from my wife`s fathers house. My wife went over and sure enough evidence of the obnoxious odour could be detected emitting from the gas meter cupboard on the outside of the house. She turned the gas off at the valve and she is sure that...

My old laptop died recently, `no bootable device found` on startup was one of the problems with it. The HDD wasn`t completely dead and i managed to retrieve all my files by using an external HDD docking station - except for a few files which were located on the Windows OS desktop... I can see...

My old laptop died, i bought a new one. `No bootable device` and `Media fail` were a couple of the faults i got when i tried to start it. Although the old harddrive seems a bit ill i have been lucky and managed to get all my files off it by using it with a docking station. It`s been a very...

I have multiple AOL email accounts. I used to use the AOL desktop/software to check them all - i could log into one email username then use a drop-down menu ostensibly used to switch your username - but you could also see if any of the other accounts/usernames had any emails. AOL software has...

I like to listen to the radio whilst tinkerin` in the garage. Due to the violent destruction after the recalcitrant piece of crap ****** me off one time too many sad demise of the mini hi-fi that i used to have installed in the workshop i now find myself listening to an ancient car...

I`ve been toying with the idea of buying some land for `recreational purposes` - one acre would be enough. Grazing/paddock/pasture, that sort of thing. An acre around here is about 40K+. However, there is for sale locally two/three fields totalling some 40 acres (far too much for what i require...

While i was at the field last weekend preparing for flight this distinctive-looking `rock` caught my attention. It`s a different colour, shape and texture than all the flint that predominates in this location and has interesting features. I`ve done some brief research online and it looks like...

A mate has just bought a 2004 CLK 320 and a potentially spendy problem has reared it`s ugly head already... The Zenons flash off/on intermittantly; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssG-4D-_xOw&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssG-4D-_xOw&feature=youtu.be It looks like the nearside is...

Hi there, I very rarely watch TV fillums , i don`t watch TV that much.. There`s one or two i`d like to see again if they ever come up - i like the films but not so much that i`d buy the DVD! Are there any add-ons / software available to install on a `pooter or TV listing sites that will flag...

`Ello folks, When a clutch wears - or is nearing the end of it`s life - does the `bite` point (the point at which the clutch engages/disengages) move up or down relative to pedal movement? ie: do you have to push the pedal down further to disengage or does it disengage with less pedal travel...

I heard on the news tonight that the ISS would be easily visable this evening. Looked up on the web for times and what direction to look at and sure enough, dead on time there it was - never seen it before so that was interesting. But (theres always a `but`, isn`t there?), there was a second...

...that`s the laptop, not me. Toshiba laptop, Belkin wireless, Vista. After sleeping the lappy is seeing the router but isn`t connecting to the internets - i`m getting really peeved seeing that bloody `limited conectivity/local only` icon and having to go upstairs and reboot the Belkin. It...

I`m going to Hungary in May - Lake Balaton area. I know Hungary isn`t exactly the back of beyond but as i haven`t been that far east by motorized velocipede before i thought i`d get some idea of what to expect. Anything to look out for from a motorists point of view - quirky rules - that i`d be...

Hello,i want to make a small graphic using a `computer font`,similar to this; Is there anywhere on a Vista-equipped PC that already has such a font,for example in paint,MS Works or...? I also have PS/Imageready if one is included there.. If i have to download a font from one of the free...

Mrs Esox left my ageing laptop on its side all night (with the heat-sink air vent blocked by the carpet). Came home today to find the fan running but after picking it up the fan turned off and now it`s completely dead and won`t turn on. Is it toast? Whats the most likely thing to have happened...

Hello ebay `professionals`,a quick question please. Does the buyer of an item on ebay get the sellers address or name details - on the email invoice sent by the seller or in their `my ebay` for example,or is there any way of finding out these details? The buyer has not paid for the item yet,if...