Just now, attempting to access a trusted site I use every day, the following appeared. The information you have entered on this page will be sent over an insecure connection and could be read by a...
Someone like Stanley Holloway describing some kind of mechanical device? It's the ---- that moves the ---- that makes the ---- go round the ---- that turns the wheel and makes the ---- go ---- Who was...
Were a libel against someone published, I assume that no action could be taken after the death of the perpetrator. But what about an action at law that had been started where death takes place before...
When a message arrives from a member of a group I follow, accompanied by an image, overlaying the image on the RH side is a panel showing the original posted question and all answers. How do I hide...
Norton icon on taskbar is ticked but will only respond to a Rt click but then if any item on it is clicked, (eg Open Norton) the menu disappears. Later a Norton 'Error Found' screen appears and works...
A major firm offering family history services has a facility on their site for searching for names using wildcards. Long lists of names can be exhibited but occasionally one appears that is not in...
I used to have a URL which allowed me to search the whole of Gutenberg's output for a particular word or phrase. Looking for it I found this on the web:- There is a full-text search available at...
Understandably the BBC doesn't want to make it easy for people with perhaps flippant remarks etc to contact them but I want to email them about a radio programme 'Every Case Tells a Story' and despite...
My Dad dismantled ours as it was always damp and after sawing up the floorboards, set it up on the house foundations about 18" below the floor.
Does anybody know if this was unusual?...
The PC version of the East End of London is east end and it's not only people who live there who resent that. To me it will always be North London, an area as opposed to north of London. The Home...
Language will always evolve no matter what individuals prefer. I was employed in insurance all my life from 1951 and the everyday 'schedule' was pronounced starting as 'sh', but over the years the...
I get regular twin messages quoting 86444 and a menu of options including one to stop these calls, but I'm suspicious of that. Can anyone shed light on what this may be about and presumably I'm not...
My good friend and neighbour had a stroke 6 years ago but made a good recovery except that she gets confused by numbers. Of late she has started to become a bit incoherent at times. A few days ago I...
My HP laptop has suddenly taken to giving out a mid pitch intermittent bong sound. This is not the same as I hear on arrival of new messages into the mailbox. Why?...