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Tipping Point / Sign Language

Not overkeen on Tipping Point or its presenter, but it’s recently been made more difficult to watch by the addition of a ‘signer’ in the bottom right of the screen. Have I pressed a ‘settings’ button...
09:43 Fri 01st Jan 202151 answers, last by allenlondon 07:44 Sat 02nd Jan 2021
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Private District Nurse

Is there such a thing as a private District Nurse service? I ask as Mrs A has returned home from hospital with a foot ulcer, which I know to my cost (one leg) can prove disastrous if not properly...
08:36 Wed 30th Dec 202010 answers, last by Peter Pedant 07:55 Sat 02nd Jan 2021
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What Is This?

Pic below of a white melamine unit on my kitchen worksurface. No idea where I got it. Probably Ikea or Argos (definitely not John Lewis). Anyone help identify it? i.e. What would it be called, where...
16:25 Sun 27th Dec 202038 answers, last by Zacs-Master 07:56 Mon 28th Dec 2020
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Light Bulb Changers

In my drop ceilings, I have lightbulbs (R80 screw in). I can no longer do ladders, so the last time one blew I stuck some duck tape upside down on a reaching stick, and managed to turn it enough to...
11:24 Sun 27th Dec 202016 answers, last by allenlondon 13:24 Sun 27th Dec 2020
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Witold Pilecki

Remember his name. Unremembered heroes. Women and men driven to almost unbelievable acts of heroism, forgotten by most of us. One such: Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter who broke IN to...
16:07 Sat 26th Dec 202050 answers, last by naomi24 10:34 Wed 30th Dec 2020
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Blood Pressure Meters

Mrs A has trouble putting on our conventional cuff BP monitor. Are the wrist ones any good? They would seem easier to put on. A...
06:34 Fri 25th Dec 202019 answers, last by Sqad 20:16 Fri 25th Dec 2020
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Tumbledryer. Installation?

Most of the companies selling condenser tumbledryers offer ‘expert installation’ (for a fee). Do I need this? Surely it’s only a question of plugging it in, reading the book, and running it? Ta. A...
02:33 Thu 24th Dec 202019 answers, last by KARL 15:44 Fri 25th Dec 2020
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Stained Chair

Schoolboy error. I put some cream on my back, didn't put a shirt on, sat in a blue fabric chair, and managed to transfer a fair bit of cream onto the fabric!...
13:25 Tue 22nd Dec 20209 answers, last by allenlondon 09:47 Thu 24th Dec 2020
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Net Curtains Revitalised

Getting things ready for Mrs A's possible homecoming, I had a go at the net curtains in the bedroom - the damp bedroom. The bottom six or more inches of the nets was black-stained with wet mould....
11:18 Sun 20th Dec 202018 answers, last by woofgang 18:25 Sun 20th Dec 2020
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The Peace Process

Photo our friend in north-west Ireland took from her kitchen window. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKPR6yxojWcpiywNQ1qPHZeCzCCCsG_8/view?usp=sharing Apparently sometimes these four are also joined...
10:34 Sat 19th Dec 20201 answer, last by tiggerblue10 10:50 Sat 19th Dec 2020
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Freezing Milk

If I need to freeze milk (semi-skimmed), what is the best way, and what are the drawbacks? If I don't freeze some, I could buy some UHT instead. Ideas welcomed. A...
09:06 Fri 18th Dec 202020 answers, last by ummmm 13:20 Fri 18th Dec 2020
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Hermes! Grrr!

Amazon insist on using Hermes as their courier of choice. Why? Our local Hermes drivers are inefficient, lazy, and rude. Today I got the email from Hermes saying my parcel had been left with a...
14:45 Thu 17th Dec 202079 answers, last by allenlondon 10:01 Sat 19th Dec 2020
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Amazon Calling

No, of course they’re not, but I’ve had at least six of these in the past week, and normally I leave them to go to answerphone but with Mrs A in hospital I HAVE to answer the landline, just in case. A...
14:35 Wed 16th Dec 202033 answers, last by bhg481 08:22 Fri 18th Dec 2020
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Amazon/Ebay

Ordered an item from eBay. Arrived today in an Amazon box (Amazon label, Amazon driver). What is occuring? A...
09:53 Tue 15th Dec 20205 answers, last by AuntPollyGrey 11:06 Tue 15th Dec 2020
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Sound Clips On Ipad

Using the iPad keyboard, I accidentally hit the ‘microphone’ key next to the space bar, and it picked up the adjacent radio chat and sort of transposed it into the text box. Question. Can these sound...
16:38 Mon 14th Dec 202011 answers, last by barry1010 08:41 Tue 15th Dec 2020
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Ignorance

Really showing mine here. I know a great deal about (insert obscenity) ... all. Is there a way of connecting our mobiles to our ipads without taking out contracts etc... A...
14:07 Sun 13th Dec 202022 answers, last by bednobs 18:21 Mon 14th Dec 2020
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Wi Fi Dodgy

Mrs A has been in local hospital for 4 weeks. Her mobile, thank gord, works all the time. But the hospital’s Wi-Fi is on and off like the proverbial trousers, so our iPads, our preferred method of...
20:57 Sat 12th Dec 202022 answers, last by bhg481 14:58 Mon 14th Dec 2020
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Large Files To Youtube

Is it possible to upload an hour-long film to YouTube, or am I on a hiding to nothing? Ta Allen...
19:01 Sat 12th Dec 202017 answers, last by allenlondon 20:15 Fri 18th Dec 2020
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Damp On Wallpaper

Moved a cupboard in an unheated bedroom, wall shows dark stains from damp. I’m not moving house, so this isn’t a cover up, but I want to know what I can wipe the woodchip paper with to make it just...
12:21 Sat 12th Dec 202017 answers, last by allenlondon 14:27 Wed 16th Dec 2020
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Annoyances

Silly things annoy you. I watch Tipping Point as a minor distraction, but rather than listen to the innane remarks of the odious host I turn the sound off and read the subtitles instead. Trouble is,...
18:46 Fri 11th Dec 202034 answers, last by mallyh 12:38 Sat 12th Dec 2020

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