I've just tried TWO new new printer ink cartridges, hp 23 tri-colour, the kind I have use for years without any problem. For some reason the colours are wrong - just when I am trying to print personal...
I'm aware that the question of emergency heating during a power failure has been raised before and apologise for returning to it, but this particular point was not mentioned. There are several small,...
Many years ago, twenty in fact, I had a bad attack of shingles on one side of my face - chin, temple, ear and jawline. The discomfort has never quite gone but I've been able to get on with life and...
I've just dumped a bagless upright vacuum cleaner because it was so messy to empty and clean, especially with that crinkled type of filter - the advertisements don't tell you that!! Now have a...
I've been using Orange ISP for a long time, with broadband, but in the last few days something has gone wrong with the email system. I use Outlook Express and can send emails in the usual way but...
I understand the 0845 telephone prefix (and several others) are fixed rate numbers used by businesses and providers of services. I recently had a call from an 0845 number to do with security that I...
It is not unusual to read on the news that a bomb, grenade, mine etc from World War 2 has been found. Today's news carries information about a large WW2 bomb being found in Yorkshire and that it has...
I live in a cul-de-sac where most vehicles are garaged or on driveways. People who do not live in this road have the **** cheek to use it as a permanent car park, which can make it awkward for...
my elderly mum owns her flat and pays maintenace to the company who own the lease hold.she pays ?1.000 a year,this year the residents have been asked to pay an extra ?6.000 as all the balconies have...
From time to time I read news items such as: Falls in property prices slowed to 6.2% - 6.2% of what? Use of sunbeds raises the cancer risk by 75% - 75% of what? To me 75% means 'something' divided by...
I was sad to learn that Teletext is coming to an end (does anyone know why?) and just hope BBC Ceefax is not going the same way. If it does I shall seriously consider living without television. So...
There's much publicity about the spread of swine flu but I feel more advice is needed about how to cope with it, especially for people living on their own. How long, on average, does an attack last?...
I guess I'm not alone in struggling to come to grips with the complex proportional representation system but think I've now got the hang of it. Even so, I've yet to find a simple answer to a simple...
Google keeps telling me to update to Google Chrome. Does anyone have this update and what do you think of it please? Don't know what I did (if anything), but suddenly my opening screen completely...
I live in a ordinary domestic situation and it's nearly time for my next BT phone bill. I'm under the impression that I must have a calling plan of some sort, and so opted for the 'Unlimited Week-end...
It is often said there are seven colours of the rainbow but to my way of thinking there are six. Red, yellow and blue are the primary colours; and orange, green and purple the secondary colours where...
For decades there have been references to the 'third world' and 'developing countries' but how are those terms defined? At what stage does a country become 'developed' ? They probably have very...
Much has been said about not having more than ?50,000 in any one bank or financial institution, this being the sum that is guaranteed should an institution collapse. When a Bank is to a large extent...