Reached the end of a bumpy relationship I think. Spent 30 mins reporting a fault that took t'interweb out for a day - second time in two weeks. Mentioned that I had kindly done this task for them - to...
I originally posted about this a few days ago: http://www.theanswerb.../Question1135201.html Since then I've been back and tested out a few things. Most importantly I've buddied up with someone using...
I wonder if any of you can help with the following. I was using two of my laptops in a public library recently, where free wifi is availbale. One connected like a dream (XP netbook), the other could...
I wonder of anyone can throw light on the origin of the place name Salt Pie? It is a farm inbetween Lothersdale and Kelbrook in NE Lancashire. The 'salt' seems pretty straightforward, but a more...
Ive had a UPVC front door for about 7-8 years. It's great, apart from when it rains (most days) a small dribble of brownish 'stuff' seems to come out of the bottom moulding. I have over the years...
OH is watching the match and at the start, the camera panned along the two teams among whom a very small minority of the players and assorted hangers on deigned to even pretend to sing the national...
Does anyone have any leads that could throw light on when oxen were replaced by horses for heavy draught work in Britain? In addition, in the early 1500s when roads were terrible so wheeled travel was...
Can anyone put me right on this? I've noticed the M&S publicity about recycling clothes and textiles - the shwopping thing - which is a great idea as it supports Oxfam. But am I right in thinking...
In the last 6 weeks I've sighted 3 rats - I've lived here for decades and never seen one. Of the three sitings, one was dead, on my back lawn. A second ran across the garden in full sunlight and did a...
I'm looking into a bit of research regarding cattle-raising in the north-west of England in the middle ages. I wonder if anyone can hazard an informed guess in answer to how many cows / bulls could be...
I sell quite a few books on Amazon and I've been doing it for a while. When you enter a book's details the system automatically sets a postage cost. Recently I've sold a few heavy books and the postal...
No idea who she is, but on Time Team right now there is a young woman with very frightening teeth, like dayglo white paving slabs. I hope she never paid a lot of money to look that scary.
Hi folks - I'm trying to bluetooth some video clips from a nokia C3-01 to my laptop. They keep coming across with no sound. Does anyone have any suggestions please?
I just found the hugest bee I've ever seen. It had got into one of the bedrooms through the tiny open bit of the window and couldn't get out. I released it but it seems to have done a little wee on...