Whatever you do, DON'T phone the operator on 100 if you've got a Virgin phone. We did, to report a fault on a disabled neighbour's line, and got charged ?6.23 for the privilege (we were connected by...
Looking at the specs on flatpanel TVs, most don't seem to have an old-fashioned socket for a headphone jack (3.5mm). What's the options? Can you buy an adaptor to go from one of these TVs to a 3.5...
Do young girls (and blokes for that matter) spend hours in their bedrooms practising opening their mouths so that all their teeth are on show? Just struck me that when most 'celebrities' smile they...
No, not a 'proper' question, but I wanted to share my amazement at these photos from Mars, which after some investigation do seem to be 'real' photographs, not simulations:...
Hello. My ten-year-old Phillips TV works fine, except for the speakers. One sometimes fails, unless you tap it firmly in the right place. Also, the headphone jack only works on one channel...
It seems you can't buy Vapona fly killers any more (the short that just sit there and let an insecticide into the atmosphere). (Apparently if you eat several hundredweight each year you might get...
Hello. Had a new freeview aerial installed last year. DVD playing up. Man says dodgy freeview signal can do it, either too weak or too strong (nicely covering angles there). Is there such a thing as a...
I can play CDs on my Panasonic DMR EX75, no problems. But why can't I record onto the HDD from a CD? Is it a question of settings, or something more fundamental? Thanks. Allen.
I know that normally you get what you pay for, but when it comes to exercise bikes all I want is a thing you sit on and pedal for fifteen minutes. I don't want computerised this or electronic that....
Incoming TV in our house is cable (virgin/ntl), and Freeview, down an aerial. Reception on cable is, of course, perfect, and on Freeview reasonable. Am I right in saying that our cable TV is already...
Been using OneTel for years, and it's okay. Just wondering if there are are any cheaper systems on the market these days (without mobile contracts - just landline reduced phone call prices). Any...
On my tele, I've got a 3.5 headphone socket. Quite often, you have to wiggle the plug about to get proper stereo output. I've changed the lead with the plug on it, and same thing, so I'm pretty sure...
I bank on the internet. When I tell people, they look dubious, and tell tales of a friend of a friend who works in banking who says it's all a bad idea. But never any CONCRETE proof. So is there any,...
Anyone know if virgin (ntl as was) provide free webpage facilities for customers? I am one ([email protected]), but ploughing through the virgin website is almost impossible. Too much going on, too few...
Anyone know of a charity (UK) which takes surgical appliances (unused, of course!). I've got an orthotic device, hundreds of pounds new, worn for half an hour, which the NHS WON'T take back (Health &...
