Hi, some friends have a really bright 9-year-old son. He always has his nose in a book. He's done the entire Harry Potter oeuvre several times and he has dozens and dozens of other books in their...
Hi Ed, I'm getting a word-type underline of typos when I'm posting on here. I assume there is now a Spell Check within AB. Does it have to be an American dictionary? Or are my settings wrong? Cheers...
Hi, last year a friend of mine tried to sell a house in France on eBay. He wasn't offered the amount he wanted, so took it off and has spent the intervening period tarting it up. Is there any way now,...
Hi all, a friend of mine has a full set of the Encyclopedia Britannica, dated 1946. It's immaculate, leather bound and doesn't appear to have been opened since it was bought. He needs to get rid of it...
I dare say it's no more than a couple of weeks wages to him, but at least he's done something for somebody other than himself.
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Hi, does anybody have any idea why it is that in the past couple of months, every time I go on facebook, it seems to lock up my machine for forever? There's obviously something going on, I'm guessing...
Hi, I recently restored my laptop to factory settings after it got seriously virused. Since this time, Windows Update doesn't seem to be working, there have been no updates these past six weeks. Any...
Just received an email purporting to come from the Land Registry saying that they want to take £285 from what they call my 'nominated account'. Didn't seem too right, although the phone number on it...
Hi all, during WWII, my father was in what was called a reserved occupation, i.e. he wasn't conscripted into the forces because he worked in the electricity supply industry. Does anybody have any idea...
Hi, I'm a member of a group on facebook that is for people with an interest in a particular part of London. This past few days there have been a lot of posts to this group from members of a seriously...
Does anybody know if Wikipedia is eperiencing technical problems today? It's taking forever to get onto the site and when I do it's looking like a very old version. Typeface is Times New Roman instead...
Hi all, I'm looking for a very basic mobile that I can give as a present to an elderly mate. Won't need a camera and certainly won't need internet access. Is anything like that made any more? Thanks a...
Hi, I'm doing a quiz for an Asian group soon, and have been asked to add some spiritual questions, with no restriction as to specific religion. I know that images of the Prophet are not allowed in...
Blackburn Rovers. From the start of the season Played 7, Won 4, Drawn 2, Lost 1. Position in Championship - 3rd. Then the owners bowed to fans' pressure and sacked Steve Kean. Since then: Played 14,...
..in particular the b@st@rd who wrote the virus that's attacked my desktop! Having got that off my chest, the story so far. A week or so ago I opened a picture that I'd found on Google Images....