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Markings On Old Tools

Son got a job lot of old tools from a boot sale. A few of them have the mark S, then old crown, then O. Anyone know what these marks signify please?...

jake-the-peg

Is Being Called A Black B****rd An Acceptable Part Of Life In The Forces?

So Patrick Mercer is resigning the Tory Party whip before Panorama exposes his misdemeanors http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22727815 Ironic since he once said: he had seen "a lot of ethnic...

giveup

Fao Ann

Have you got your emails back yet. I had about half an hour this morning and then it went and nothing since. Same message every time I ring.

atalanta

When a question is posted, it sometimes gets a few relevant answers, then responses get silly or personal. What do I do if I have a reasoned answer to the original point, but in the meantime dozens of...

Stargazer

Can A Blackbird Ever Be Mistaken For A Thrush?

I have a bird feeding from my table feeder at the moment (from a suet slab)that looks like a thrush but the breast is less distinctively speckled than the normal thrush. I wonder if it could be a...

coomputerman

Broadband Provider

Hi All Have been looking at the site for a while now and finally decided to take the plunge and join. As you all know O2 have been taken over by Sky (Don't want to give them ANY of my money), and I'm...

2sp_

Leapt Or Leaped

Just watching 5 News. Some Russian lunatic has jumped off Everest. The reporter said "Mr Russian Man leaped of the summit" I thought the word was leapt?...

torcars

Gmail

I run on Windows 7 and I don't know what I did but the type size on my gmail page and the whole page has shrunk. I've done everything I can think of including closing dow and restarting and its still...

Sqad

Confused.

Back in the 50's, if you asked a girl to marry you and gave her a ring (engagement ring).......you were engaged and she ceased to be your girlfirend and become your fiancee. Now, if you did not go...

ummmm

Can We Have An Update Of The Site Rules Please?

A thread about a news story that is all over the on-line news has been deleted. What are we not allowed to post about?...

Ann

Talktalk "problems With Webmail"

Anyone else with TalkTalk Broadband? I can't get my emails this morning and when I rang the TT technical help there is a recorded message saying they are having problems with Webmail - does that mean...

whiskeryron

Dvd To Cd

Because I do not own a CD Recorder I have recently recorded 5 episodes of The Jungle Book onto a DVD disc. Does any ABer know how I can transfer this to a blank CD please ? WR....

owllady

Facebook Problem

I wondered if anyone can help please. I can get on to my home page but as soon as I go to any games it flashes up that Shock wave flash has crashed, and not being technically minded I don't know what...

tuktuk

Tuktuk

Is going for a short afternoon power nap now. Wish me sweet dreams...

queenofmean

Its Gonna Be A Long

Night. Sugars are up, Ketones are up, pen cartridge was faulty and received NO inslulin at tea. Wish me luck Night night everyone xx...

Ann

Please Identify ....

I've found a flower growing (self set) in a plant pot which looks a bit like lily of the valley flower only much taller and with different leaves. The tiny flower bells are yellowish tinged with pink...

leahbee

Who Has Got My Lawnmower?

Just discovered that my garage has been broken into and ladders and lawnmower has gone.Not a question I know , but I am so angry that I just had to tell someone.

rosyposy

Disabling Items In Windows 7

I am trying to disable some start-up items on my new laptop, but please how do you know which ones to disable :o( I have Intel (3) Com listed three times,and I haven't a clue what it is, surely I...

naomi24

Automated Emails From Ab

Threads I've subscribed to are listed on the side of the page, so I don't really need emails to tell me a new post has been added. Does anyone know how to stop them? I thought there might be something...

josaphine32

Samsung Tv Turns Off After 3 Hours

Hunted high and low but still can't find out how to stop my samsung turning off if you do not use the controls within 3 hours, do's any one know if you can change the settings, I am off out tomorrow...

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