Some time ago, I took out a simple bank account that doesn't have an overdraft facility. Someone who used to be a friend of mine asked me if he could use it to put any money into it that he earned...
Ten years ago, I had a friend who asked me if he could store his WW1-era aeroplane engine parts in my garage which I allowed. He said he wanted to sell them on eBay. They are still there. There is a...
I have got an Olympus FE-210 digital camera which I bought about ten years ago. It will take photographs, but it is not recognised on my computer. I don't have the old disc which came with it from...
I am trying to return an item to Amazon.com. When I get to the second page with the "Print label & instructions", I click on the box to print it. Every time I do this, the screen freezes with just a...
I have got Sky television, but it annoys me that only the BBC and ITV channels have subtitles. For example, on Watch channel and the film channels, the subtitles don't work. There are too many films...
I have been thinking about the teachers from my school days in the early 1970s. I would like to be able to locate one or two of them, to know what happened to them after I left school in 1974. Is...
I have got Windows 10 with Windows Live Mail. In Live Mail, where the green globe is in the taskbar, it now says "Work offline" with a red cross against it. I have tried following the mostly outdated...
I have bought some stained glass window panes for the small sections of my main front windows. The green parts are too vivid and don't match with my decor. I didn't know that it would have this...
I had been doing some searching online. I have Siteadvisor (Mcafee) to warn me away from anything dangerous, but yesterday I clicked onto a site with a green safe symbol, but it wasn't safe, so my...
About two months ago, I opened a gmail account, but it turned out that I didn't need it. Now, for the last month, whenever my father wants to send me an e-mail, it doesn't go straight to my e-mail...
I am interested in buying a ceramic kitchen sink online. Are there any risks involved with buying such an item online in this way? What if it arrives damaged, or what if I am not at home when the...
I am using Firefox with Linux. I have deleted my search history from the "show all history" menu. I cannot delete my browsing history from Google. When I type in any letters it shows all my previous...
I have an old Sony Ericsson work phone (8 years old) which has a broken scroll button, so it is of limited use. I searched through my drawers for an old Nokia mobile phone I bought from Asda about...
I have been trying to find out the history of New Year's Day in Britain, but I need some help in filling in the gaps because what I could find in my books and on the internet doesn't do this. If we...
I am trying to find the name of a former Welsh rugby union player for a crossword clue. His nickname is "The King", but there is nothing on the internet about anyone that fits that...
From the time I press the "on" switch to the time it takes for all the icons to show on the desktop, then for Internet Explorer to show the home page equals 7 minutes. I have done an...
I see that the maximum checkout in a game of darts is 170, but I can't find out why. For example, if my first three throws are triple 20s, I get 180 points; if my second three throws are a triple 20,...
I needed help with a crossword, so I clicked on "quizzes and puzzles" to get to that section. I typed in the key words at the top and clicked on "search", but ... I got lots of...