We are considering buying a caravan. (I know if we do so, we risk the wrath of every non caravan owning driver everywhere). I've been looking round the internet just lately, and we have seen a few at...
Does anyone know what checks, if any, are routinely done by a bank when a cheque is presented for payment? Do they routinely check the signature against the account holder of the signatory? Or would...
I'm having a bit of a mare with this one. I am looking at the Tomlinson family. I've found Lucy (born approx 1872) in Lutton with her 3 kids. She was married to William George. He doesn't appear on...
I have rather stupidly offered to provide a wedding buffet for my sister in law. Now a normal buffet I can do, however tonight I have been informed that there are people attending who will need halal...
1 It's Friday 2 I have a box of chocolates to scoff 3 My seeds have just arrived so I can start stuff off in the polytunnel 4 The chickens just chased next door's cat out the garden Clearly, I am...
Just a bit of fun for an otherwise boring Thursday afternoon. Rule is quite simple:- Choose a user name for the person above you. I have no doubt this will descend into chaos within about 5 minutes...
I've just received an email regarding home insurance. One of the items it describes insurance for is "fine wines". Errr Hello? Clearly some people have more money than sense. So how does that work...
I was just going to knock up some lemon curd, but all the recipes I have call for golden caster sugar or unrefined caster sugar. Given that I cba to go to the supermarket, will bog standard caster...
I was given a juicer at the weekend. a) does anyone use one of these or should I just confine it to the back of the "unused kitchen gadgets" cupboard b) any other ideas, apart from the ubiquitous...
It is Ma BM's birthday on Sunday. I am far too busy work wise to do a full Sunday lunch (and if they come for Sunday lunch, they won't go til 7ish!). So I was thinking of doing "Afternoon tea". What...
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S. It used to have a little symbol at the top which I think was 3g. Sometimes it showed a G and sometimes it showed an H and sometimes it showed little up/down arrows. Now...
(the alternative version) OK, so we are all going to be snowed in by the end of today and no-one is going to have any bread or milk and the world is almost coming to an end. What are your hints for...
Mr BM has been in a devil of a mood all day, stomping round like a little thundercloud and everyone and everything is against him. He is going out tonight so I said on his way past the shop he could...
I'm trying to find a relative's half brother and sister (twins) who were adopted by someone else. How would they appear in the records? Would there by a birth registration? If so in which name would...
My aunt (68) has had a bad back for around a year. Her mobility decreased over this period so she could barely walk. GP insisted it was sciatica. Anyway, she had an MRI scan last week and she has been...
I am sure I should have put this elsewhere, but I know I'll get lots of answers here. I am chief bridesmaid for my best friend's wedding. It is his beautiful fiance's birthday yesterday (yes I know I...
We have an xbox live account because I like to watch Iplayer through the xbox. Sometimes when stepson puts it on for his games it says there are updates which he downloads and they appear to be FOC....
A relative died in 1880 aged 15 of "congestion of the lungs" - what is this likely to be? I was thinking either pneumonia or tuberculosis. Any ideas, please?...
Any suggestions to solve this problem would be appreciated. I am trying to write a book using the "Book" option in Family Tree Maker 2010. I want to insert images into this book (images of census...
FTM 2010 is being a right pain in the ****. I am trying to finish a book for Christmas. I am having inordinate problems inserting media files (such as .tiffs and .jpegs) of birth entries and censuses...
