My wife and I have visited several Islamic countries where the faithful are called to prayer five times a day from the mosques. However, we have yet to discover exactly what the muezzins are singing...
My wife and I are staying in Krakow for two weeks at the end of the month. We have booked a hire car and we like walking too. We are going to visit the Wieliczka salt mine and Auschwitz and we stayed...
Do people realise that they could be paying more than necessary at the supermarket? The problem seems to be that discounts and "Buy One - Get One Free" offers are not always passed on to the computer...
My wife and I have a question to ask and a confession to make. Firstly - the terrible confession. We are not great ornithologists! We love to see wild birds and we love to hear them - but we confess...
In March, my wife and I found a mobile home advertised for rent on the internet. We contacted the owner by email initially, and then we chatted twice on the phone (a land line). We booked the caravan...
I bought a bread making machine last year and I am very happy with the results now that I have some practice. However, I am rather puzzled by one point and I wonder if anyone can help. When I make...
I live in the Chilterns which is an area with many beautiful beech woods. I have noticed that some trees in the woods exhibit a strange type of woody growth on their trunks. The growths match the...
Our local Tesco has just put a notice in their car park that you can park free for two hours, but then they will issue a 70 pounds parking fine. OK, I know it is to stop people taking the p and...
My wife and I are touring southern Spain and Portugal for three weeks in November. We are also staying in Gibraltar for a few days. We are visiting Granada, Seville, Cordoba etc but wondered if there...
Here's a thorny one. We've been having a debate about whether fish suffer when they are caught on a hook and line. Some people say they can't feel the hook, but others like me think they must do. They...
Hello everyone - you helped me a lot with my question about keeping fruit a couple a days ago so I have another one. We bought a Kenwood breadmaking machine in the summer. We are quite happy with it -...
I'm 45 and I just wonder what happened to the pastimes that took up our spare time as kids. I know 'Airfix kit' became a term to sneer at but most boys built model planes, ships, tanks, cars, figures...
Is there any special way of making fruit last a little longer? My wife and I like fruit and we keep it in two bowls at room temperature in the lounge. We know the simple answer is to eat it in time....
I smoked for 31 years and I stopped nearly 5 years ago. I feel completely different, healthy, more money etc and I think I've now beaten it. However, I have now progressed from the 'hope it doesn't...
My mother died six years ago and she has a black marble headstone with the engraved letters filled with gold paint. I lived in another part of the country when the headstone was placed after six...
When I switch on the computer from cold I have trouble connecting to my server. I switch off the computer and my set top box as the manual recommends but it can take the best part of an hour to...