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Use of Windows Live Mail with other browsers (than IE)

Is there any reason why I can't use Windows Live Mail for email but a non-Microsoft browser (like Firefox) for internet? I'm currently using IE8 and Windows 7 as my operating system....

NOX

Situation re tenancy after landlord's death

Hi, Asking advice for some people I know who have rented their house from their landlord for three years on an initial 6 or 12 month tenancy which was never renewed, they just continued to pay rent....

JonnyBoy12

Very urgent posting. Is this online offer a con?

I have just seen this online video about how to get rich but think it may be a con. It tells us all how to get rich using the network of mobile phones but then at the end asks us for money. I would...

Amy90

MP threatened.

The very last sentence of this report is astounding. There were no arrests yet the MP was called a 'Jewish homosexual pig' by one of the muslims. Now, imagine if things had been the other way around....

erin-x

Online Application Word Count

Since June I have applied for over 20 jobs with the local council, all unsuccessfully. On the online application where you answer the questions there is a maximum character count of 4000. Every...

fourteen85

Car insurance

A girl where I work has just passed her driving test and bought a car. In order to reduce the cost of the motor insurance she has submitted a friends address to the insurance company as the friends...

lampgb

Whats our access worth

Out next door neighbour has built a new house on part of their garden. The new house is connected to their driveway over which we have access to our property making it 3 way instead of 2 way access....

manga

Employee read my Texts

I left my mobile at work one lunchtime, a very personal message was sent to me, one of my employees sneaked a peek and told another employee the content, something that I need to keep private. This...

emmagleb

Road Trip USA

Hi, My fiance and I are planning on driving the Route 66 for our honeymoon next May. We were planning on hiring a vintage cadillac (or similar) to do the drive from Chicago to Los Angeles (or even the...

Bonzo34

Landlord/tenant dispute

We completed a year-long tenancy for our rented house in May 2011, after signing a contract and lodging our deposit with a official deposit protection scheme. We then continued to live in the property...

CuriousGeorge

Do they HAVE to give light duties?

Just wondering, I have a severe long term illness regarding my legs and have had the past 2 weeks off work as a result of working myself too hard-or being worked, too hard. In the past I have asked to...

sherrardk

Employing a sub-contractor

We are considering employing a sub-contractor (or whatever they should be called) as my husband is getting too busy to do everything (he sells and installs wood burning stoves). As this person is...

iloveglee

granite worktop

I am in the process of having a new kitchen installed with a central island and am toying with the idea of having the island covered with a granite top so that I have somewhere to easily place hot...

bemahan

What is 'engineered oak flooring', please?

I am looking at buying as house which has "engineered oak flooring" and I am wondering what that means and how easy it is to maintain, etc. Many thanks!...

Kassee

trip switch on electricity blows

My main trip switch on my electricity has blown twice recently, we are suddenly plunged into total darkness - and there doesn't seem to be any obvious reason for it. But both times it happened I was...

carlton23

Wood Framed House

Why can`t this type of house have interior wall insulation pumped through the outer brick walls? TIA.

Kayless

Greek Crisis....

So the bubbles get let off 50%. Surely though that just makes them uninvestable. Who will ever lend to them now? Would it not have been better in the long run to repay those debts by further...

nyehus

if 3 executors are named on the probate grant, does it require all 3 to liquidate an estate?

3rd exec lives abroad and doesnt want to take option C on form PA1 if we get a solicitor to get probate for us, i understand all 3 of us are named on the probate grant. is the probate grant jointly...

Maggoty

I am thinking of letting my house.

....... It is out in the countryside but still fairly close to Stanstead. Are there agents that specifically deal with airline staff? Or would there be someone at Standtead that would deal with that?...

sallyann16

Fridge freezer with shallow depth needed

I am moving into a place with a very small kitchen and it means I need a fridge freezer with the most shallow depth possible, so that it doesn't protrude too much. Does anyone know of a fridge freezer...

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