How practicable is 'Five a Day'? Presumably this means fresh fruit and veg. or is frozen and tinned just as good? Bearing in mind that many people spend a lot of time at sea, where do they get their...
I see there are previous items about nuisance phone calls but my problem is this: Quite frequently my phone rings and I answer it but there is no-one there, no sound of any kind until after about half...
With IE e-mail I get about on average 50 unwanted spam e-mails daily, whereas with gmail and aol I don`t get any at all, and I`m fed up with them. Can I get Virgin Media, whom are my suppliers, to...
Any one else glad we're all back to normality now? Back to work, Shops open as normal, busses as normal, Traffic as normal, Decorations down, Normal food, Kids back to school as normal Ahhhhh! -...
I hear on the news there is a suggestion that we should all be 'invited' to make a donation to charity whenever we withdraw money from a cash machine, also possibly when making tax returns. According...
I'm using IE7 and am thinking of updating to IE8. If I then wanted to uninstall IE8 would it automatically revert back to IE7? The reason I'm asking is that I have some musical items (MIDI files) on a...
2010. According to news reports this looks like being the coldest December for a century, since records began in 1910, and there's still January to come. I expect it won't be long before we hear the...
NEW CHRISTMAS REGULATIONS (HEALTH AND SAFETY) WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED While shepherds watched their flocks by night All seated on the ground, The Angel of the Lord came down, And Glory shone around....
people of Answerbank, who are not important enough to start a 'merry xmas' or 'FAO' thread. Can I just say to you people ' have a great christmas, god bless you all ♥ ♥ ' you are in my...
The last four months of of the year, September, October, November, December, by their formation Sept (7). Oct (8). Nov(9) and Dec(10) indicate that there must have been only ten months in the year at...
He has just been granted bail - but there is a doubt whether he will be released pending an appeal by the Swedish Authorities. Is this something new ? As I understand it the prosecution cannot...
what is it, we are in house most of the day , we have gas installed, we also have 2 oil filled radiators. once we run the gas it does heat home fairly well but when it goes off the house soon gets...
I was prescribed some pills to relieve backache. When I read about possible side effects, including being more susceptible to heart attack, I found them so scary that I abandoned the medication. Now...
I believe many people have pre-payment electricity meters and I had thought that meant putting coins into the meter. I now hear there are other ways of topping them up with credit. Can someone explain...
I've recently re-uploaded Firefox and find that the lower half of a page on my website does not respond to links. Can someone please tell me how to correct this:...
I have been using Firefox Adblock Plus for a long time and would like to delete some of the older adblocked items which now run into several pages, but cannot find how to do it. Can anyone help...
Today my 18 year old grandson passed his driving test. He is a student who also works evenings and weekends in a supermarket to fund his driving. The quotes for Car Insurance have been in the region...
A hedge at the bottom of my garden has a ditch immediately the other side. Hardy surprising perhaps that one or two rats appear, especially around the bird table. I've thought of asking the 'rat man'...
I've had a letter from the RAC telling me that my car insurance will renew in December - "Relax - you're covered for another year" etc. etc. "Check the information provided ..........
Remembrance is a time of sadness. Throughout history mankind has fought war after war, more often than not arising from some regime's desire for power, or motivated by greed. Wars used to be fought on...
