Anyone remember the Street Sounds compilation albums of the 1980s? I've got 33 of them and have been contemplating putting them on Ebay - some people out there treat vinyl as proper collectible stuff,...
I've been given a Garmin nuLink satnav by a friend who received a bigger/better equivalent at Xmas. I switched it on and it prompted me for a PIN. My friend had written a 4-digit number on the front...
This is really infuriating! Using the Android website I downloaded a free analogue clock widget to my Sony Erikkson Xperia phone (never liked the digital display), and the phone acknowledged the...
Could I just say that I don't really enjoy this setter's puzzles. They are just a slog and rarely make me smile when I solve a clue - which I like to do! I finished 1018 and binned it so don't have...
On Monday (early afternoon) I had a BACS remittance advice sent by email. I would expect this to usually process in 2 days, although it hadn't cleared by this morning. Is BACS fully automated, or can...
This is fairly similar to a question below, but with one small difference. For about 5 years I contributed to a Group Personal Pension Plan (with Aegon), but these contributions stopped when I was...
Is the trick to recognising spam e-mails as simple as letting the mouse hover over the link you're given, and if the address that comes up in the little box is different to that in the link, it's...
A friend will soon be visiting me in the UK, travelling from America. He only uses a debit card (not a credit card). I don't know yet whether it's a MasterCard. Will he need to convert $ to Sterling...
Racking my brains - the name's on the tip of my tongue. Think it was Jason Manford who, as part of a routine, mentioned this celebrity doctor/dietitian. He uses a line something like "Well, I've...
My daughter's netbook is loaded with Win 7 Starter but I'd her to have the full Home edition. All the stuff I've found on the net so far seems to be based on installing over old platforms like XP,...
I bought the cheap & cheerful (but with good camera) LG Cookie GM360 yesterday, swapping onto it my Vodafone PAYG SIM. Calls & text work fine, but I'm unable to connect to...
I found today's Sunday Times crossword difficult and tried to crib an answer or two from the answer bank to get me going but didn't see any questions. Is this because everyone else found it easy or is...
Just want to check this as a crossword reference; I have some dictionaries that suggest rocket is classified as a herb. I'm not sure, but equally not sure what I'd call it if not a herb. Any ideas?