I want to find a cross section map of the mountains between one town and another (in Germany), the sort you see on each stage of a bike race such as the Tour de France. These are not taken from a...
I'm getting lots (about 8 today) of emails consisting of jumbled letters something like From; fdyc Subject; jfts Message; fstrk. If I check 'properties' they all have different senders addresses but...
I've been working hard all morning cutting back a climber which has grown rampant up a wall, as I laboured I thought 'Could this be a case of mass wisteria'.
A good Idea, isn't it?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10348174/Church-devises-Sunday-school-for-adults-to-revive-10-Commandments-and-Lords-Prayer.html I don't wish to mention any names, but...
I have received a WinZip file attachment to an email, when I try to open I am told by Winzip that my 'free trial' is over and I must now purchase it. Is this necessary or can I open it another way -...
With the National debt of the USA now standing close to 17 trillion dollars isn't it time it declared itself bust, turned to domestic issues, and admit the days of policing the world are over, and...
Does military law supersede civil law? During the first world war British and (even more) French soldiers, were summarily tried and executed for 'cowardice' and 'desertion of duty' to 'set an...
David Attenborough speaks out; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10316271/Sir-David-Attenborough-If-we-do-not-control-population-the-natural-world-will.html Isn't it high time the world...
I love pasta and every type is a different experience, but how should one eat macaroni? it is the most unmanageable of all pastas. I cooked some today 'al dente' and had difficulty even getting it...
I use OE for emails, when I click 'Create Mail' a blank new email page opens I then click on 'To' and my address book opens and I can click on the recipient. I am trying to help someone new to...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10280244/Translation-table-explaining-the-truth-behind-British-politeness-becomes-internet-hit.html
Any more?...
It occurs to me that the letter d is the only letter in our alphabet that in its lower case form has the loop to the left of the vertical and in its capital the loop is to the right, as d and D, is...
Last week, (Tues.03 Sept,ITV 8:00pm) ex 'Young Ones', Adrian Edmondson reminded us of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz9_YfIQaz4
Isn't one of the best TV ads ever? Part 2 tomorrow....
I'm told that some plovers have just been spotted here in south Germany. Looking up on them, it appears they could be [i]en route[i] to Africa from Scandinavia, but I found in the entry in the book...
I see today that Franck Ribéry has been awarded the European Footballer of the Year 2013 Award. I am not very knowledgeable about football I admit, but this seems to me a just reward. He is always a...
Whether or not the charges of abuse against a minor by Rolf Harris are true or false has yet to be proven, but I hear he is to be charged with 'Making indecent images of children'. Does such an...
My daughter (45) has worked for a number of years at a wildlife rescue centre and has much experience of caring for injured animals but doesn't have any qualifications to move on, which her...
Every time I open up AB I get, staring me in the face, a bald headed man with an expression like he's just s*** his pants and '5 signs you'll get Alzheimer's' . Does anyone else get this, and can he...
