Could anyone point me at a site where I can work out compass bearings? I have a number and I'm asked to find a bearing of, followed by a longer number. The last number is a degree number. At the...
Technophobe here. We have just had our TV connected to a Satellite dish. So all the Stations are in different places to where they were on the old Aerial. For example 1 used to be BBC 1 now it is...
I have had an irregular heartbeat for over three months. An ECG test was normal, vas was a thyroid function test. I now have to wait for over two months until I can wear a 24 hour monitor.How do I go...
Hi. I need to type a word that looks like it's coming out of a tannoy with the effect that the word is squeezed in the middle expanding out to normal size. This hopefully will give the effect of a...
We want to buy a broadband-only package for a pal. He is old, and a techno-phobe, so we’re thinking of just setting up wi-fi in his home, then getting him to use an ipad (internet, email). He’s on...
I am in a street in London which was named after a former Mayor of London. You could say that the name of the street goes with the painter of The Fighting Temeraire who once lived in this street. I am...
Has anyone managed to solve 'Where was I' in The Times this week?
Latterly these puzzles seem to be more difficult or is it that my brain is deteriorating?...
Not a military man myself, so asking those who are or were, for an opinion. Am puzzled how infantry with back up, went from Normandy to Berlin, in so short a time, compared to modern battle tactics...
So ,someone suggested getting a Dongle as a temporary measure so that we have at least contact to the Internet.
Any comments and advice, most welcome....
Not owning one of these things so not as daft a query as it might seen. If I get a cheap Nokia one does it have to be turned on when someone rings me or will it automatically switch on when a call is...
I posted during the week regarding a 'very hard' sudoku puzzle book I had picked up recently. It was interesting to hear different opinions on people's techniques. One person in particular was a...
Last week's puzzle (18th Nov) did not take that long to solve - the only piece I could not quite understand was the inclusion of the reference to the Victoria Sponge. (Granted, Newark became much...