i have two tamarisk trees, they were labled tamarisk pentandra. According to all my gardening books they are supposed to bloom in the late summer. Mine have already bloomed and now the lovely pink...
Hi gardeners. I have grown some sweet peas in a propagator on the kitchen window sill. They have germinated well so I have not potted them up three to a pot. I pinched out the growing tip when they...
I am in the process of ordering a freestanding cooker with an eye level grill for my dear old mum because that is what she wants. Its a Hotpoint but I read on the info it must be "hard...
my yahoo account is sending out loads of e mails to almost all my contacts. I keep getting failure delivery notices even though I have actually sent nothing. There must be a virus, gremlin whatever in...
how much should I expect to pay to have 3 kitchen cupboards put up? They measure 300mm, 400mm and 600 mm. Depending on where I decide to put them, the walls are solid or plasterboard. They are from an...
does anyone know if there is any help available to replace an old oil boiler. The water jacket has gone and is leaking. My dad is 91, disabled and on full attendance allowance, my mum is 86 and in...
Where can I buy separate suspenders to hook on to a girdle? My mom has been trying for ages and the only ones she has found have been plastic and too tiny for her arthritic hands to do up. She is...
As my dads new tv has only 1 scart socket (he needs 2, 1 for video, 1 for dvd player) I need to get him a scart extension. I have noticed that they say "switched" or "unswitched"....
Hi, I've just recently taken up some old (30+ years) carpets in my home, and the black rubber / rubberish backing to the carpets has largely stayed behind on the floorboards. I've managed to remove...
I am doing an age Uk competition of 50 ditloids. I have got 39 of them but stuck witht these last eleven. I have racked my brains until they hurt, please help if you can. 2 OEPN, 5 FROTOF, 8 NIAO, 118...
I recently purchased a new full hd tv with built in freeview. I have been looking at PVR's so I can also record stuff and they are cheaper than DVD recorders. I do not need one with a record to disk...
My mum aged 85 got fed up of waiting for her gp to find out what was wrong with her, so decided to pay privately for a consultation. £208.00. She has been depressed lately and even though she...
Afternoon all.... I'm not very good with technology, and this may be a stupid question, but, we had the digital switchover forced upon us last night, and now we cannot record anything on our VCR.......
When we moved house 8 years ago, my old zanussi washing machine (about 10 years old and working perfectly well) and my freestanding leisure gas cooker (only 18 months old) were put in the garage as we...
I need to buy one and understand that you get some that record to disk and some that record to hard drive. The hard drive ones I have looked at all say a certain number of hours, ie record up to 120...