The headline in Tuesday's Daily Express says '90 MPH ARTIC STORM ON WAY' The Express seems to have huge headlines, frequently, about adverse weather conditions, but they never seem to materialise, at...
For many months I have had a lot of trouble with the speed of my laptop (Acer Aspire 5315 on Vista and Firefox) Some days it was so slow, I just turned it off in frustation. I tried all sorts to try...
My local church has a sound system that uses a free standing microphone, also a small clip on radio microphone, which is useful when the preacher moves away from the main microphone. We have been...
I have just acquired a Nintendo DS Lite and a DS card containing 100 Classic Books. I would like to download more books via my Wi-fi computer connection, but it appears that I need a separate DS Wi-fi...
I have an annoying situation that only happens on Answerbank, and only if I log onto Answerbank from Firefox, if I use Google Chrome , it doesn't happen. Every couple of minutes a list of related...
I have just bought a new (to me) car and it has removable head restraints on the rear seats. The middle one blocks my view in the rear mirror, so I have taken it out. A friend tells me it is illegal...
Quite often when I visit a website, I get a screen flash up inviting me to take part in a survey with the promise of a reward for taking part. These are always in the name of the website I have...
I have recently carried out a Malware scan on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5315 - Vista) as it had been running slow. There were over 800 items needed dealing with and I had to check tick all the items to...
I am trying to transfer all my pictures (4 - 500) onto a USB memory stick but my laptop (Acer Aspire 5315 on Vista) is only allowing me to transfer one picture at a time. I am sure there must be some...
I buy packets of mixed dried fruit to have with my breakfast cereal. Lately, I have noticed a fruit that I am not familiar with, it is about the size of a dried currant, orange in colour and has a...
Not sure if this is the right topic to post this, but I have been looking on a German website for something, and I don't speak German. Is it possible to get a transalation of the website?
Article in todays Daily Express - 'Gas find offers hope of big cut in energy bills' regarding Britains shale gas reserves. It goes on to say that if we exploit these reserves to the full, we could see...
Nearly every quiz type programme that features celebrities, I have noticed that the celebrities very often act stupid, thus spoiling an otherwise good show. Tonights episode of Celebrities Family...
I have posted this on a few occasions, but now I have changed my mind. Since buying a TV with HD, I have never been convinced that the picture was much better than the normal non-HD. However, today I...
I am just seeking the opinion of one of our doctor friends, as to what I should do. I'm not seeking medical advice. I have recently had a series of appointments with a specialist at a local hospital....
I have bought a cheap digital camcorder. It works OK, but my problem is seeing what is being recorded on the little viewfinder, especially when it is sunny. I have to just point the camera at what I...
I have just run a couple of speedtests on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5315 on Vista) and I have had conflicting results. Broadband Speedchecker gave me a download speed of 9.64 yet Speedtest.net only gave...
I have bought a pair of new shoes from my local charity shop. What is puzzling me is the fact that one of the shoes has the designer label inside 'Louise Gianni' and the other has the label 'armando'....
