I have a website created with MS Publisher and use its integral facility to 'Publish to the Web'. The website works well with Internet Explorer browser, but I decided to download Firefox, in addition,...
My garden hedge has a ditch the other side and I've had rats dealt with by the pest control man, but they've now come back again and burrowed into my compost bin. Can anyone please suggest a suitable...
I bought a new bump feed strimmer and spent Easter trying to sort out my garden. I'm so mad with the strimmer I intend to take it back to the shop where I bought it and dump it there in disgust. Yes I...
Is Google playing April Fool? Until now I have been able to delete browsing history by clicking Tools> Internet Options> Delete> Delete history. From today I have only to enter one or two...
I shop on line and secure encrypted payment used to be symbolised by a gold padlock in the sym tray bottom right. Since my computer went in for a service (a fresh start from a formatted hard drive)...
Much as I love a packet of crisps now and again they're very expensive for what they are. I'm no mathematician, but it seems to me that a 25g bag of crisps at say 20.5p means potato at well over ?4.00...
I have a BT Quartet 1100 cordless phone that needs a new Ni-Cd battery. Many sites on the Internet provide for this model but specifications are not quite the same as the original battery. There are...
I have an old creamy/beige Economy 7 storage heater in my sitting room, approx 80cm wide x 70cms high, and would like to freshen it up and give it a new lease of life. Does anyone know of a suitable...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-115898 1/Labour-waged-war-sense-Britishness-say-Torie s.html Since Dominic Grieve will today be accusing Labour of waging war on Britain's history and identity,...
Burglary can be anyone's misfortune and callers pretending to be officials are not unusual. People on their own are often advised to use a door chain, but imagine cowering behind a chained slightly...
I've just spent ages looking at BT's website and apparently have what is called an 'unlimited week-end plan' at ?10.27 per month, which presumably I'm paying for whether I use it or not. I make very...
I read on the news that the Royal Bank of Scotland proposes to sell off part of its business, including much of its toxic debt. Will someone please explain toxic debt - how is it different from any...
Bank problems make me wonder why we don't hear more about building societies. Are they a safe and reliable means of saving? Would it be a good or bad thing to withdraw money from a bank and put it in...
Interesting to see in AB Editor's blog that Ed is thinking about giving us a kind of 'Facebook application which will allow us to see messages and .... do all sorts of things'. I haven't a clue how to...
I used to have a pep with HBOS which was converted to a shares ISA. Decided to sell up but lost about 80% of what I had originally saved. Never again! What experience do others have and are any ISAs...
Seem to have a problem sending pictures I've put on my computer from a digital camera. using Outlook Express.If I send the pic as an attachment to myself, it opens perfectly however on both occasions...
Dear Ed, The Financial world is so complicated I resent spending time seaching for the meaning of various terminology, for example:- 'Preference' and 'ordinary' shares, hedge funds, primary and other...
valentines day - how important is it to men....? do you care? do you like it? or do you just go through it all just to please your wife/girlfriend...? just wondered because variosu people have very...
I see on the news that Maidstone Prison is to become a centre of excellence for the treatment of sex offenders. Does anyone know what this means in practice? It sounds to me like changing leopards'...
I have bought a new bath and I want to add handles to the inside. Can I? Some say yes some say no. I dont want it to support loads of weight just help balance with getting in and out.