I have to buy some choccie for someone with a severe nut allergy. I have had a look in the shops and although some bars are labelled "may contain nuts" I cannot find any that say they are safe....
I downloaded the new software updates the other night (via software update) and my mac has now gone insane. The updates were a security update and a quicktime one. Since the updates.. I cannot use the...
I moved to a new area 8 months ago and where I used to live the council tax system was very well organised and structured. Where I live now you just get a letter at the beginning of the financial year...
I have just had a call from someone from a market research company who was very pushy indeed. It took me ages to get rid of her and I am not unassertive. I do usually try to be polite to these people...
An event I was due to go to this summer was cancelled due to flooding. My friends and I have been told that there are no refunds on tickets as the company can't afford it. Surely they would have had...
I am about to start a new job, but I am taking a three week break between leaving one job and starting another. I am moving 500 miles and need the time to pack up the house and move etc. etc. I have...
I am trying to put together a Garmin sat nav, but I can't even get the cradle thingy together. It comes in two pieces that are supposed to fit together with a ball and socket fitting. The ball won't...
I shall got this today and have enjoyed playing with it except that when anyone tries to ring me they get a message saying that I have hung up! I'm not sure if this is a problem with the phone or with...
My mum just got a text message from a friend saying she had been sent a picture message and needed to go to an internet page to view it (the URL was something like www.virginmobile.com/yourmessages)....
I'm just recovering from a grotty cold and have gone rather deaf in one ear (the other keeps popping). I am going to wait until the cold goes completely before I annoy my doctor. I do have problems...
I want to get my mum some nice earrings for her birthday, but the jewellery shops near me are blerg! Can anyone recommend any nice websites which sell gold earrings as she is allergic to everything...
Has anyone got any tips/stories they can share with me? Basically, I want to move to another part of the UK, but I've got to get a job before I go as I couldn't afford to pay months of rent without...
I want to give my old emac (OS 10.2) to my mum. Obviously I want to get my personal stuff off of it and it's also slow 'cause of all the stuff on it. Can someone tell me how to restore it to factory...
I had a mole removed last week (with liquid nitrogen stuff, I think) and I was surprised by how painful it was? I'd done my research on mole removal and everyone told me it was painless. I...
I am a veggie who wants a charge from my usual lunchtime sarnies. I have seen all these different sliced 'meats' in the supermarket and wondered whether they taste as vile as they look? And how...
I'm probably not going to explain this very well, but you know how some CDs/CD roms are different colours on the underside (usually silver, blue or gold). What do these colours mean, do they indicate...
I've got a mac running OS 10.2. I download a lot on Mp3s and video files. The problem I'm having is the if anything goes wrong during the download (browser crashes or the modem disconnects) I end up...
I am (finally) about to leave home, but I've hit a brick wall in that the landlords I've spoken to want a reference from a previous landlord. I've never rented before so what do I do?