I live in Spain and we get Sky satellite tv (full british tv, in other words) When HDTV arrives will it be available through Sky Satellite? We're planning on buying a plasma screen and most of them...
Heard from a couple of sources now that this works: When you get the thing by mail, plead guilty or whatever and agree to the three points / 60 ? fine. But when you send them a cheque, send it for...
Hiya I'm putting some shelves up in the kitchen and was wondering if anybody had any advice on drilling through ceramic tile? Clearly I need a ceramic drill bit but any other advice would be cool....
Hi I'm about to install a 2 way dimmer switch on a basic domestic 3 way system. (other switch is simple on/off) Trouble is, although I can buy 3 or 4 way switches, I can't buy a 3 way dimmer. Will it...
Two questions: a) Why are electrical sockets illegal in bathrooms in the UK? (I presume they are since there never are any) Are people really that stupid that they need to enforce this as law? In...
At the back of the inside of our fridge is a little red toggle that I seem to remember the instruction manual said not to touch. We were cleaning it this morning, and we wondered....so what...
I need to find an air conditioning solution for my shop in Barcelona. We simply don't have the money to install a big double (condenser & head unit) system, and thus we're going for a mobile one,...
Maybe I?m a bit cynical, but I really think the majority of shampoos and shower gels & soaps are basically the same thing. Some are milder than others, but.... My girlfriend thinks I?m...
I?m adding some lights to a bathroom in my parent?s-in-law?s holiday home.I know the basics of wiring, and I know how to be safe with it - my question is:There?s currently an in-wall supply, via a...
I live in Spain, and go to the UK about every three months for weekends etc.. My passport runs out in July of this year and clearly I'll need to get it renewed. What's the easiest thing to do?...
Hi I wonder if anybody knows about this problem - once in a blue moon or so, I get strange swimmy lines in my vision - hard to describe, a kind of shimmering line of light in various places in...
I remember seeing a classic Richard Pryor standup years and years ago when he does a wonderful few minutes on a black man moving to a white man?s neighbourhood, and then goes through all the different...
Knocking pipes I have a fairly new (a year or two) central heating system. I noticed this first last year but it was a lot less noisy.....it disappeared over the summer which leads me to think it?s...
A mate of mine's Canadian girlfriend has been staying with him here in Spain for a couple of months. Her Visa is a 3 month tourist one, so she has to leave in a bit, or get...
I thoroughly believe in Darwinsim and evolution. However, having recently been made more aware of continuing problems that people have with it (other than herd-like tendencies to gather in churches...
Is it just me or is the search engine really not very good? Some things just don?t show up, and others do but hundreds and hundreds or them that aren?t related. Just a thought. thanks
