Nick Freeman has made a name for himself by getting motoring cases thrown out of court (rightly or wrongly), and has apparently found a way to avoid council car parking charges and fines:...
Warning: Best enjoyed when slightly drunk. Two guys sitting at the bar in a country pub strike up casual conversation and it turns out they share an interest in beekeeping, so they begin comparing...
For a while now I’ve found that the comments facility Disqus won’t load. I’m using Firefox (up to date) on XP. Have checked the various plugin/add-on options but Disqus appears not to be...
That’s one of the reasons I never donate to any of the endless stream of “For just £3 a month” adverts on TV. Your donation “could help” – so, equally, it might not, either fully or in...
I’ve always wondered what the tiny animated thing is you see from time to time in the corner of a TV screen. A typical one (I think there are others) is black and white stripes/blocks moving from...
For those of you with an arts/culture interest, I’d like to recommend a new crossword series that may be of interest. NADFAS Review is a quarterly magazine for whom I set a handful of puzzles before...
The wife of a tough Scottish farmer was told that, for a long life, she should add a sprinkle of gunpowder to her porridge every morning. She followed the regime religiously and finally passed away at...
I’ve been a bit off over the past week or so, thankfully not to the extent that I’ve vented anything unpleasant on posts here. But I’ve found it so difficult to keep everything bottled up I’d...
Love Banger Racing, me, and I used to be track snapper at Buxton. This is from a few years ago - I'm the one on the infield with the camera bag - and features a brutal crash at 1:22. It's not for the...
...but looking forward to Mamya getting us started this evening because I found something which I thought was lost (from YouTube anyway). It was uploaded in 2007 and even then – according to what I...
This is just for those who have spent time with the FB habit. About a week ago, for personal reasons mostly to do with workload, I deactivated my FB account. The blatantly obvious benefit has been 6...
With the new format, the preview appears when I hover on a programme… but only once. If I move the cursor elsewhere and then back, the preview doesn’t appear. Is it just me and/or Firefox?...
If any GK fans have noticed the occasional jumbo GK in the Sunday Times (usually 4 puzzles over months with Bank Holidays) I’m glad to announce that as from the beginning of this month it is an...
Long shot question as this is quite a rare car, but I’m hoping other Hondas have a similar feature so someone might know the answer. The car has a push-button ignition (activated after you turn the...
My new bass amp has no headphone out but there is a tuner out (standard jack) which is described as being for tuners or other devices not needing a balanced output. I’m nervous about experimenting...
My maths is appalling, so can someone help me out with this? I’m on a motorway driving at 70mph. The satnav shows my arrival time as 8:31. For whatever reason, it’s vital that I arrive at 8:30, so...
Oops. Accidentally hit a CTRL + some letter or other in Word and it's showing me stuff that's usually hidden, line returns, tab spaces etc etc, except I can't seem to find the 'reverse' key!
It’s taken about 4 months but finally worked out the bass to the Muse track. All that remains is to load the synth patch into the Zoom B3 (and, for that matter, buy the Zoom B3) and we’re ready to...
It seems to be a fairly recent phenomenon, this apparent obsession with a huge derriere. Why? Where did it originate, and what is attractive about a posterior that’s ballooned out of proportion? Why...