I've got swamped with information and so I wonder if any of you clever Abers can advise. In replacing my kitchen, the following points apply: I like using gas for hob and oven I'd like to have a...
I am experimenting with adding a showerproof coating to ordinary non-waterproofed fabrics, and I wondered if using the kind of spray like nik-wax that you use on camping gear would do the job. Has...
Can anyone tell me more about this building, situated at about number 27 Damrak, Amsterdam? http://s561.photobuck...¤t=P1010107.jpg Ignoring the orange plastic store sign at ground level, the...
Why is Amsterdam not sinking like Venice? You can see in Amsterdam there has been some sibsidence of the old wooden piles but you don't hear tales of woe like those that concern Venice, about the...
I notice that google seems to have removed the link to maps from its search pages. It was so easy to google a subject and toggle between web and map. That or it's yet another fantastic improvement...
An excellent breakfast has prompted deeper considerations, namely what people did to make something sweet to spread on bread, before sugar was widely available? Would it be boiled up in honey - if so...
I wonder if any other IE9 userhave this problem, namely if I select a website from favourites it immediately gives the white 'not available' screen, and the page only loads when I refresh it. Very...
Well what if I WANT cross scripting? Not that I kow what it is, but does anyone have a clue how I control these buddy bottom-up pop-ups in IE9? and before you start, no I did not download IE9 it came...
Just gaving around the backs of the houses round here...can anyone explain to me why some houses have bathroom drains from the washbasin / bath ythat go into an open hopper, then down the spout? Why...
Off for a jolly in a few weeks time. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations? Not too bothered about swishness but clean, safe and sturdy (like me), suburbs OK but not too far out. In the sense of...
Just driving through a small town I saw a small car - think a smart car - with a large black camera on top, driving along in the traffic. There was a logo on the door of a simple camera - like a clip...
Hi folks - can anyone suggest a way of 'smothering' the loud clacking noise that this lightswitch makes.....I want to reduce the noise level specially in the room above. I am in the process of...
Over 30 years ago I accidentally imported horsetails (those christmas tree weeds) into the garden in horse manure. Every year I spend hours rooting the little b's out. I try every chemical spray I...
After a long wrangle I got me and the present OH's 'ash cloud' money back off KLM, plus a £100 voucher. Come to spend the coucher on a nifty flight to Amsterdam: The code can't be entered online...