I am human. I will breed you and indescriminantly kill you for my food. I will also select the ones that feel nice, kill you and make you into my clothes. When I feel lonely or need to seek solace in...
Why are the government and the media constantly describing beef to which horsemeat has been added as being 'contaminated'? This word describes something to which a poison, or polluting or infecting...
After an hour messing about with my laptop (Windows 7) I prepared to switch off but was told ‘please don’t power off - installing one of ten updates’. Why ten? This is a frequent sort of...
I have a savings account with the Post Office and was concerned to read this morning that Ireland’s IBRC (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) is to cease to exist. I understand the Post Office...
Sorry such a long post. Thanks in advance - I've spent the last few nights on the phone to Norton support (usually on hold for first 20 minutes!) trying to successfully install Norton 2013 on two...
At the right hand end of my task bar there is a dimmed out reference to Norton 360 (which has just been installed). At the left end there are just 3 quick launch icons, with dimmed pointers to click...
Since having my computer repaired (something happened to the motherboard) I see that I have two unfamiliar programs. One is ‘LogMeIn’ and the other ‘VIA HD Audio Deck’. I have only my desktop...
Someone has suggested to me that I should have an external hard drive. There are plenty advertised but what actually is the point of them and how are they any different from USB sticks for saving...
My computer recently had to go away for repair. Now when I go to Start I see a heading ‘My Recent Documents’ which I hadn’t noticed before and it opens to show a long list of recent docs and...
Chap just knocked on the door and said "Local milkman". We used to have a milkman when I was a kid , but we simply buy milk from Tesco now days in 6 pint containers. The days of bottles of milk being...
Until ‘pleb’ hit the headlines recently I’d never heard the word. As far as I know it’s just a slang word (like many others) for silly, that one might use in a moment of annoyance. Why all the...
I'm struggling to get used to a laptop. Every time I open MS Word or MS Publisher I am expected to read and accept the MS End-User Licence Agreement before going any further. Why isn't once enough and...
I have a desktop PC and a laptop, both for personal interest and a modest website. Occasionally I would like to upload amendments to my website from the laptop but Terrapin FTP, that I have used for...
Whatever one’s religious belief, most will know the symbolism of Christmas -the birth of Jesus Christ. It seems to me a travesty having religion mixed up with Santa Claus, reindeer and all the rest...
Just a warning to everyone to be extra vigilant in the run up to Christmas when there are extra goodies and valuables in the house. Have just heard that my brother-in law's house in Harlow was burgled...
We seem to live in a age of abbreviations. There are thousands of them, including such as RCD (which can mean Rabbit Calcivirus Disease), PDO, TSB, and so on. Some I recognise, but those I don't I...
Who are these people that keep inventing Java updates? There seems to be a never-ending stream of them. I accept the updates but am not aware that they've ever made any difference as far as I'm...
