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Portable DAB Radios

Why do portable DAB radios gobble up batteries like there's no tomorrow? This latest technology seems a backward step when the old analogue manually tuned am/fm radios seemed to run for months on the...

derekpara

Buffering Speed

Is there anything I can do to increase the buffering speed when listening to music on YouTube? I'm fed up with all the stops along the way ! Cheers. D...

dotty.

My right foot is freezing

The heating is on and I am wearing thick bed socks and my fluffy knew high slippers, but my foot is like a block of ice, the other foot is warm as toast. : (

milly143

Christmas Bonus

Is there any way to pay an employee a Christmas bonus without tax and NI being paid on the bonus amount?

mollykins

sphygmomanometer pronounciation

I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce sphygmomanometer but I need to say it in a presentation in a couple of days. Can someone please write it phonetically for me as I don't have much of an idea at...

half pint

can anyone remember a tonic from the 1960's it was thick and clear yellow with a florencent green tinge. It was really good but i can not remember its name.

can anyone remeber a thick yellow clear tonic from the 1960's it had a green tinge to it. What was its name?

scotman

Firefox Hanging up system

Hi All Recently I have noticed that about once or so every login session my Firefox browser hangs up my system. The cause of this appears to be a program called 'plugin-container.exe' that is taking...

scotman

Bill Bailey

Hi All has anyone got the new Bill Bailey DVD? Saw it advertised on TV recently. Might treat myself for Christmas....

icebread

spelling

my spelling is poor and i end up only using words i can spell, is there a program that will check it for me as i type, an e mail or things like this, it takes ages to do anything cos i have to keep...

numnut1

bowels and pain

sorry nasty subject but this morning i had the most intense pain in lower abdomen and back was doubled over felt like labour pains but lower down if you can understand managed to get to toilet where...

zzxxee

depressing songs

lets make a list of the most depressive songs you can think of i will start Tanita tickeram....twist in my sobriety ..... very depressing song and her voice drone drone drone !!...

vivandorron

Could our Profiles be improved.?

I would like to know from where folk are posting. i.e. America. Australia, Sweden,Scotland, etc.; acknowledging that I reside in South Wales. Ron....

Scarlett

Gettings pictures into a document

I am writing an essay on Word and need to insert some photos. The trouble is, there are 20 of them and even though I re-size them to be small, they are clearly messing up my computer as the document...

eccles

Answer Bank

Answer Bank response time is very,very slow up here in North East England- to the old days when it was occasionally like a tortoise. Anyone else having similar trouble.?...

berniecuddles

32gb flash drive usb

i have seen a 32gb flash drive usb that i want for £30, is that a good price do you think! thx

BertieButton

Scot on Sun 28 Nov

11a One making endless sea trips unpleasant(6) ?????E 17a Musician's individual recall(3) ??O 21a Succeed with a combination of materials(7) ?E?L??E 5d Confused, the girl set off again(7) RE???E? 6d A...

haysi06

Fave avatar at the mo?

Got to be chuckFickens that wee monkey makes me laugh...........so does his avatar lol

codswallop

So faint

When viewing my monitor on a day to day basis,I can read everything ok.But I have recently bought two items of software and the print is so faint you can barely read it.Is it possible to adjust this...

dunroamin

IMOS No. 688

28a. A means of covert surveillance (7) S-y-o- (shylock)??????? Animal with skin blemish (4) -o-- Last two to finish Thank you....

JustNotCricket

Mother nested wrongly having done her best(9)

Mother nested wrongly having done her best (9)

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