I have an old cutting about the death of my husband's great-great grandfather, but the name of the newspaper (possibly The Times as he died in London and was quite a wealthy man), has been cut off. Is...
I have an idea for a cartoon drawing that I want to submit to Private Eye.
Am I correct in saying that it should be drawn on an A4 sized sheet of paper?...
Bought a iMac OSX Yosemite 1.4 GHz 8GB about a month ago and despite having an iPad and iPhone the beast sits on my desk untouched. Don't have a clue where to start. Took me about 20 minutes to work...
A friend of mine receives her German State Pension here in the UK but says that if we leave the EU, this will stop being paid here. Her only option is to move back to Germany, which she doesn't want...
A friend is possibly going down the route of Equity Release. I have put her onto Which Magazine, and printed out a few articles that give some information but I really feel she needs independent...
I have a very good friend that I admire and like a lot, but we only ever talk about her work, her hobbies, her children, her husband, even her cats etc. I think that I am a reasonably interesting...
I'm pretty sure that my DNA is Irish back to the nth degree, but am also curious.
Has anyone paid for a test for their background and how did it work out?...
Alarm started beeping every few seconds yesterday so I changed the batteries. It has started again just now. I brought it in from the kitchen (it was on the wall outside the boiler cupboard) into the...
An elderly female friend (94) of mine was reminiscing about working as a riveter in WW2, with Lancaster Bombers in Glasgow. I would love to be able to print out some photos to send her. I appreciate...
Can anyone tell me any more about the 'filler' - don't think that is the correct word, on channel 4 where there is a group of men in white overalls collecting blue crystals?? - on a mountainside. Saw...
Simplest and quickest (I appreciate they are not always the same) way from Tarragona to Barcelona Airport early on a Saturday morning.
Thanks.
You out there Chris?...
Have just 'discovered' this programme and have been catching up on it, watching three or four episodes a day, (oh the joys of being retired), but why, with the exception of the sexy Penny, do they all...
9a writing in sounds - The Simpsons frame lost in translation. (9)
Not enjoying this one at all. Probably doesn't help that I have never seen the Simpsons....
My husband held £40,000 worth of Premium Bonds. When he died I was allowed to leave them in the 'draws' for a year, (previously he won at least 1 X £25.00 a month and often more). Now that they have...
Just been charged £46.00 for a four minute NHS check-up. Really pleased that I don't have any problems but is that really the normal standing charge? Have had endless procedures over the last two...
My Dell desktop (at least 10 years old) is starting to make grinding noises and taking for ever to start up. I have to think it is a goner, and my Toshiba laptop is also fading. I would like to get an...
They have some sort of double clue set-up for Christmas, (I suppose to entertain us for longer) which I haven't tried before and don't really understand. First clue. A. Landlady's fish (7) Unfinished...