Donate SIGN UP

Coldicote

321 to 340 of 779

First Previous 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next Last

Avatar Image
sammmo

britains debt

When the coalition government took over from labour the national debt was £4.8 trillion ..What was the debt when tony blair first came to power and what is the debt now..
16:44 Mon 18th Jul 20113 answers, last by annie0000 22:15 Wed 20th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

What's in a name?

Spying, prying, nosey parking, eaves-dropping, is as old as the words describing it. Now 'hacking' is added to the list. Does anyone know the chapter and verse that makes it illegal and is there a...
09:04 Mon 18th Jul 20117 answers, last by jake-the-peg 11:09 Mon 18th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Size on disk

I intend to save 'My Documents', OE address book and one or two other things on a CD. Why is it that 'My Documents' shows two sizes: Size 846 MB (887,469,972 bytes) and Size on disk 861 MB...
20:45 Wed 13th Jul 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 23:47 Wed 13th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Desktop display

This morning I did a system restore which worked up to a point, but I now find that all the icons on my desktop have shrunk to about a third of their normal size. Even the tool bars and task bar have...
08:58 Mon 11th Jul 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 13:49 Mon 11th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

How is it unlawful?

In the midst of all this 'hoo haa' about NoW, I certainly don't defend hacking but haven't seen any explanation of what law is actually being broken. Does anyone know?
10:19 Sun 10th Jul 201111 answers, last by Coldicote 18:02 Sun 10th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Power of Attorney

I know this topic has been on AB before but would like to put a specific question. In arranging Power of Attorney one must have a Certificate Provider (to certify that one understands) and nominate a...
19:13 Sat 09th Jul 20119 answers, last by Coldicote 16:57 Sun 10th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

ABS?

A catalogue came through my door and I was intrigued by an advert about a treadmill for my abs. As usual I looked for a definition and came up with Anti-lock Braking System. Can't be!! Any more bright...
10:42 Sun 10th Jul 20117 answers, last by Coldicote 13:13 Sun 10th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

A question of grammar

When is it correct to say "I were....." and "I was.....". Most of us have probably said "If I were you....." but I wouldn't expect to say "I were going for a walk...
10:27 Sun 10th Jul 201110 answers, last by Coldicote 12:43 Sun 10th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
wolf63

Is life a lottery?

This news story caught my eye on Google when I was looking for something totally different. I, personally, have no maternal instinct and no desire to have children. But I realise that other women (and...
04:04 Thu 07th Jul 20118 answers, last by Coldicote 11:02 Sat 09th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

What is GMail?

I browse with Internet Explorer and my opening page is normally Google. At the top of the Google page there are various tabs including an invitation to 'Sign in' for GMail. I see one has to have a...
14:37 Thu 07th Jul 201121 answers, last by whiskeryron 09:56 Mon 11th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
kinell

Oops! that was a close call....

in the supermarket last night..... absolutely stunning lady in there with immaculate hair and clothes and figure, she was around mid to late forties i am guessing.....potentially just perfect... she...
09:43 Tue 05th Jul 20119 answers, last by NoMercy 14:47 Tue 05th Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Giggsie

orange broadband

my sister is having lots of problems lately not being able to get on to internet. She has phoned orange almost everyday for a week now and no further on. They keep saying will phone her back but never...
22:18 Fri 01st Jul 20118 answers, last by futritcat 20:06 Sun 03rd Jul 2011
Avatar Image
dotty.

i can get on ab and ancestry and facebook

but i can't search for anything, it says internet explorer cannot display the web page, says similar with firefox, though th edefault search engine if IE9. can't even get to google garth! it's a new...
20:45 Thu 30th Jun 201113 answers, last by dotty. 16:21 Fri 01st Jul 2011
Avatar Image
bethbilly

e mails

when i send e mails, pictures are blanked out . don ,t know much about computors,only basic stuff, i. e. look for hols,open emails,buy things, send emails.(guess i shoud go on a course , )thanks for...
21:22 Thu 30th Jun 20112 answers, last by ChuckFickens 07:10 Fri 01st Jul 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Thunder and Lightning safety

Is it wise or necessary to disconnect TVs and computers during a thunder and lightning storm? Sometimes, just to be on the safe side, I unplug my PC from the power socket and its phone connection, and...
13:30 Tue 28th Jun 201120 answers, last by beso 05:36 Wed 29th Jun 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

More thoughts about about charities.

Apologies for returning to a previous subject. According to the Charities Commission website, there are 161,835 registered charities in England and Wales. I'm not anti-charity but where would this...
13:51 Wed 22nd Jun 20115 answers, last by Coldicote 14:06 Tue 28th Jun 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Auto-completion

I search with Google and used to disable lists of possible search words that appeared, but cannot now find how to do so. For instance if I put A into the search box and list of possible searches...
11:26 Sun 26th Jun 20113 answers, last by AlBags 14:09 Sun 26th Jun 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Laptop compatibility

My principal computer (desktop) uses Windows XP and Outlook Express. Recently I treated myself to a laptop which is set up with Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail - I also now have a router. For some...
08:40 Thu 23rd Jun 20115 answers, last by Coldicote 07:44 Fri 24th Jun 2011
Avatar Image
Coldicote

Bank account scam emails

Scam emails have featured on AB before, but they are particularly bad again just now. I've had about a dozen in the past week telling me for some obscure reason my bank account has been suspended, and...
20:21 Mon 20th Jun 201116 answers, last by classylady60 19:53 Sun 26th Jun 2011
Avatar Image
LewPaper

I'm not a political animal but . . .

I would've thought that a politician changing their mind is a healthy sign - the bedrock of a democracy; the whole point of having a talking shop. It's certainly better than a PM who surrounds...
17:09 Sun 12th Jun 20111 answer, last by Coldicote 10:49 Sun 19th Jun 2011

321 to 340 of 779

First Previous 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next Last