I started contributing to Answerbank almost from its inception many years ago though under several guises dependent on the ISP I was using at the time. Then it was a friendly gathering of the minds...
In trying to repair my fridge/freezer I've been given some advice but it involves detaching the top panel just above the door. Does anyone know how I can do this? (Knowing where I could get a copy of...
What a little treasure Twiggy is. Years ago she was a very pretty young lady and today she's a remarkably, and almost unbelievably beautiful woman. Can anyone disagree?
I've got a small telly in the kitchen and to save yards and yards of aerial cable the signal comes from an a/v sender in the front room. This worked well initially but since I've changed the telly...
I know a member of the House of Lords can be made a member of the government but can someone from another party also be made one? The reason I ask is because although I'm no great advocate for...
So the ASA has received complaints regarding the current M&S Ad decrying it as sexist. Yes, there ARE two sexes and why should we try to hide the fact? In fact I think the time's now come to ban...
Glimpsing at the news yesterday the scene of her procession through the streets of SE London were very reminiscent of the Princess Diana funeral. The only difference being one was a beautiful, elegant...
It can't have escaped many people's notice that since the government's bail out nothing has changed; they're all several billion pounds the richer while the money's safely tucked up in their vaults...
I'm not one who generally comments on the way people spend their money but on this occasion I'll treat myself. I think the money invested in, the amount it will take to run and the cost to the guests...
Can anyone really be surprised that our teenagers and young adults have turned out they way that they have? We're now reaping the rewards of experiments implemented years ago. I know that at the time...
At first glance this incident barely justifies a comment, but its significance spreads much wider. I can't begin to imagine how it was received by the dead boys' family and I don't even want to try. I...
A while ago I bought a second-hand video recorder from a chap living about 300 miles away. On its arrival I set about setting it up but found the remote didn't work, which was essential for this...
Can anyone tell me if there's any difference between Check Disk (arrived at through rt-clicking 'Properties' on each drive volume) and chkdsk (arrived at through the Windows Installation disc), and if...
