I am divorced with two young children (6 and 7). The divorce was a clean brreak but I pay (happily) child maintenance. My parents are suffering from ill health and are re-writing their wills. At the...
I've been trying to bake a pavlova for 3 days. I've tried various recipie a but, rather than crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, I get burnt on the base, crispy on the outside and runny in...
I recorded a message from my kids to my parents on my phone's video recorder. The problem is that it's an MPEG-4 file and I need to send it to my parents on dongle. My parent's TV will take a direct...
My wife and I have unfortunately decided that our relationship is over. We have two children. We've always contributed equally to the finances (in fact, due to some debt I have, she's paid more...
The lock on my locker at work is jammed. I've broken two keys trying to open it. It will apparently take a contractor 3 weeks to come out (gotta love public services). The powers that be have said...
We have a plant/flower in our garden that we're trying to identify so that we can get some more. It comes up every year, then dies away to nothing. It starts as a green reed-type plant, then stalks...
I'm best man at a wedding tomorrow (yes I know this is last minute). I had my speech all prepared, but have been emailed with an information sheet from the Toast Master. In it, I'm told not to toast...
When baking cakes in a fan oven, am I better to reduce the temperature, but cook for the suggested time, or use the suggested temperature but for a shorter time?
I'm trying to write an IF function in Excel. It all works fine except for when the cells are empty. Basically it's a spreadsheet to calculate hours worked. The formaula is basically set up so that if...
A family friend has just lost her elderly mother. It was expected, but it is still heartbreaking for her. I'm trying to write something in a card - just something short and simple, but which is more...
I'm looking to buy an Ipod, but I'ma bit confused by the storage. The Shuffle can apparently hold 1000 songs - how would this equate to a talking book? How many CDs worth of a talking book would 1000...
If there is a case where a precedent was set by then subsequently setting a set of conditions that have to satisfied before a fixed penalty ticket is issued I would like to know about it. I am due to...
I know this question could be viewed as 'motoring' but here goes ? Could the use of a BLACK unmarked Police car parked, without lights, in a layby on an unlit road at night be viewed as 'Entrapment '...
I was recently arrested for an offence, and whilst in police custody, and during my interview, I asked if I could report 3 offences against me. I was told by several officers that they wouldn't take a...
What happens when i answer to my bail? i presume they tell me if im being charged and ask me how i plead?is this what happens? also can i request the duty solicitor at this point as i refused it at...
My partner has been released on police bail with conditions preventing him from living with my children or contacting them. We were having an argument that got heated and my dughter (13)...
Is there a way to add a zero to the beginning of a sequence of numbers in excel? I have scanned a document listing peoples names and phone numbers via OCR but the column with the phone numbers has...
After all the fighting and arguments and rows Sir Ian Blair has resigned as head of the Met. Do people believe that after all that history he is really stepping down because Boris Johnson hasn't...