My lovely mum-in-law is in the early stages of dementia, and my OH's younger brother apparently has taken power of attorney over her affairs, but without telling his two older brothers. He lives...
I'm hoping someone can help here. I recently had to change my email password for my bt internet email account. I did it easily enough on my pc, but I have a fairly new Samsung Galaxy Tab A, and I...
This question follows on from a thread I started a while back: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question1300276.html I had some really helpful advice from the AB folk, thank you. We've kept in...
My OH divorced in 2006 and as part of the final settlement it was agreed that his ex-wife would be liable for various debts, including a rather large credit card bill. A couple of weeks back we...
I have just become a great-aunt to a little 8-pounder boy. But it's got me wondering why babies haven't gone metric. Milk, petrol, flour, and all sorts of other things are now only measured in metric....
We've hit on a problem at work with creating e-books (Kindle and tablet) from pdf files. Our designer is using Quark 5 to lay out pages and create print-ready pdfs. When the books are printed,...
Don't know if this has been posted before, but.... A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said, 'Jesus knows you're...
I've just been given some lovely teasels, and I remember some months back someone suggested a way of dipping them in fat and niger seeds, sunflower seeds, etc, to provide winter food for finches. (I...
I always use a moisturiser in the morning and at night, but over Christmas I ran out of the day cream, so I just used the night stuff for a couple of days. My lovely but bonkers mother in law was...
This may well have been posted before, but what the hell, it's good enough to repeat. In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill. Finally,...
I just came across this idea for a birdfeeder, and think it's very cute, but I'm wondering about the practicality. http://s1322.beta.pho...682704212037493119333 I'd love to have a go at making one,...
Just heard that Clive Dunn has passed away. That is so sad. Dad's Army was part of my childhood, and 'Don't Panic!' a favourite catchphrase. Sad, sad, sad.
Someone sent me this link to a petition asking our senior politicians to nominate Malala Yousafzai for the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.change.or...ce-prize-nobel4malala Should she be nominated? Has...
Omigod, omigod, omigod, I'm so excited! My cat Basil is now an internet sensation and is doing the rounds on Facebook as one of George Takei's joke pictures....
I've only recently started watching this and need someone to fill me in on the back story, please. Why is Merlin undercover as a servant? I'm assuming that only Gaius knows about his powers - is that...
A pub landlady calls a staff meeting and says to her team, 'I think you should know that I've just had to throw a James Bond villain out of the pub.' 'Javier Bardem?' asks a barmaid in disbelief. 'No,...
Can anyone help me with my family tree on Genes, please? I've just found out that my g-g-grandmother married her cousin (not my g-g-grandad) and I want to find out how to update the tree withut...
It's OH's birthday in a couple of weeks time, and we're going to be away on holiday so I need to get him something that I'll be able to pack in my suitcase. I've been looking at the Red Letter Days...