When the chap who sells you a house in Kerry leaves you a dry oil tank you need oil in a hurry....it's bloody cold! You just mention it to your solicitor when you trot into the village to pay him for...
They’re hot, taste of potatoes, but they don’t taste like chips anymore. Tonight I wrapped one in tissue, then unwrapped it, and the tissue was clean! No hint of fat. How can you fry potatoes and...
I want to put an HDMI Cable through a brick wall. The cable is 21mm wide at its widest. If I use a 20mm masonry bit, will there be enough ‘extra’ to wiggle the HDMI cable through? Ta BillB...
We want to buy a broadband-only package for a pal. He is old, and a techno-phobe, so we’re thinking of just setting up wi-fi in his home, then getting him to use an ipad (internet, email). He’s on...
I pressed the button to open the door and there was a noise and then it started up on its own with nothing on the timer - it's not supposed to do that. I couldn't get it to stop and had to pull the...
Thinking of ditching our BT landline. Mrs B says... supposing she dialled 999 from our landline, the dropped the phone down the sofa (or whatever) could the police trace the call more easily than from...
Our GP gives out inhalers for most ailments, or so it seems, and certainly any of a throat or lung variety. Why this reliance on inhalers? I thought they were for asthmatics. What do they do for a...
Various local chemists are telling me that OneTouch Ultra Test Strips are out of stock, unavailable, and even discontinued. Anyone know what is going on? (I suspect the usual profiteering on behalf of...
'German comedian Henning Wehn made a number of surprisingly sensible points on Question Time on Thursday night, pointing out the utter futility of holding yet another referendum. He was a refreshing...
I hold no brief for Theresa May, but is she right in her assertion that there is no direct correlation between knife crimes and police numbers? "Despite the spate of knife murders in recent days, May...
I want a new 4-port extension for our Macbook Pro, and Belkin have always been a 'good name'. Are they still a good name? Anyone recommend any other hubs - one problem with our current one is that it...
When our family (me, sister, mum and dad) went out on one of our rare outings (no car) it only recently struck me that what we took along (Thermos, sandwiches, etc) was all carried in shopping bags....
I've got loads of precious home videos which I've successfully transferred to DVD using a video/DVD combi recorder. I've also found it quite simple to transfer the DVDs to my computer. If I copy the...
According to a NatWest employee.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-47257996
Footnote for cruciverbalists: NatWest is an anagram of Ant Stew ;-)...
I need to get ointment onto my back, up under my shoulder blades, and I can’t reach. Mrs B helps of course, but at three in the morning I’m on my own. Any ideas for applicators?
Ta.
BB...