My latest halogen heater has blown all but one of its tubes after just one month of normal use. Having gone through at least three of these things in as many years, I need recommendations for a...
Last weekend's 'It Was Alright In The 1970s' featured a "daredevil" on a pushbike. Then some rock music from 1974 came on (briefly), which I've been trying to identify for years. If you watched it, do...
I have a file icon in my download folder which apparently does not exist - if I try to delete it, I'm told "Could not find this item". If I try to modify or move it, the same error message appears....
Visiting Ireland several times in the 1970s & 80s, I regularly saw these strange wooden blocks (usually painted white) sitting on peoples' front lawns. Exactly what their purpose was (apart from...
I have recently rediscovered my fondness for Spam - the meat variety (although some may disagree), not the dodgy e-mails. However, after twice nearly giving myself a hernia or popping out my eyeballs,...
Any of these seem familiar?
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Hi, I was watching BBC iPlayer and suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, my PC's external (audio jack) speaker system went dead. The power light is still on, so it's not a fuse. I've run an audio...
Hi, I'm trying to remember the name of an old British horror film from the 1970s, in which a group of strangers enter a funfair tent and are each told their gruesome fate - culminating in a close-up...
Anyone spot the spelling mistake in the new T-Mobile advert - the one where several posters are put up in fast-motion? "HUMUNGOUS" !? Even the advertising bods can't spell. Have you noticed...
Can anyone recommend a good quality set of earphones for an mp3 player? I need ones that stay put for when I go running. I bought a pair today which supposedly clip over the ear but they don't reach...
Recently I switched electricity supplier as my old one decided to bump up the monthly payments by over 100%. I've already made the first payment to my new supplier, but now the old one has written to...
Who would you suggest to be the next Doctor Who, should that ever happen? Personally I'd nominate Damian Lewis (the Doctor did once say he wanted to be ginger!).