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Specks

When you hear National Health specks do you imagine glasses in the style that John Lennon wore (round, wire-rimmed) or do you picture them as the Jarvis Cocker style (fat, black rims).I don't know...

squiggle

Sax solos

Can anyone recommend some songs with really good sax solos? Something in the vein of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street or Hazel O'Connor's Will You? Thanks.

hec 789

Does any one know a 1970s film about soldiers missing presumed dead in vietnam their wives at home in america get on with their lives remarry etc then the men return thats the general gist remember...

GucciGal

Output bin full on HP colour printer

Dear AB'ers, My HP colour printer has "Output bin full" on the display, however the HP website is really unhelpful and google didn't throw any light on what it could be either.... any ideas anyone?

Traceyglaze

The BBC Head Advert

Does anyone else find themselves feeling ill whilst watching this advert for BBC programmes. It is a giant head made up of lots of little heads. I can't watch it and don't know why it is so...

buddha01

What is the name of this film, little small blue people and giants.

I remember watching a mad film, it was a cartoon but a film, it might have been foreign im not sure. The story was about to different groups, one was small little people and they were being squashed,...

felinechums

Did Bruce Springsteen play with Roy Orbison?

Did Bruce Springsteen ever play guitar with Roy Orbison? Roy's Orbison's Greatest Hits was a programme on the Performance Channel recently, and included some black and white clips of Roy Orbison...

The Cowboy

Firmware Update Help Needed

I recently bought a Targa DVD Player. Model: DP-5100x . I needed to download the Firmware Update from targa.co.uk and I did so. It has to be burned to a disc but I am completely dumb when it comes to...

felinechums

Does anyone know this poem?

Does anyone know who wrote the poem with the lines "He was my north, my south, my east, my west, my (something or other), and my Sunday best".

HappyFace

Lost - did anyone see....

...the episode that was on Ch4 tonight? My missus said that when Jin Soo Kwon went to deliver the message to his father in law's employee and was given a puppy in return, the little girl was watching...

NewDazzler

Spooks Evening Standard free DVD

Can anyone tell me the codes to watch the second and third episodes on the free DVD given away with the evening standard, I believe it was in the ES on Nov 3 2005, but I've only just got round to...

Whickerman

sickth

why do people say sickth when they mean sixth?

c00ky83

International date line

What would happen if you could orbit the Earth in a plane in less than 24 hours, and crossed the date line (East to West) twice? Technically you'd gain 2 days, but obviously that's not possible!

Katkins

Drum heads

Should i stick to the Remo drum heads i got with my kit or should i go for a different make?? And if so can you point me in the right direction for which heads i should get?! Kat

ludditefreak

batch file renaming

i need to rename over 1000 files. can anyone recommend a free batch file renamer? I have the old names and new names on a sheet, is there anything out there that could rename the files automatically?