Hi there I have a Natwest bank account. Standard one. Tomorrow I have a direct debit going out for my energy bill. I also have a bacs payment clearing, in order to pay it. Does anyone know if I can...
A very close friend of mine has just told me of an incident that occurred to him some years back. He was wrongly accused by the police of not possessing insurance on a vehicle. He was subsequently...
Dear all First, may I open by saying I am contacting my councillor(s)/MP with respect to this question, but I thought I would try here additionally. Any pointers/suggestions most appreciated. My...
I was thinking today about a picture/story book I recall being read at primary school in London, roughly 1985. Back in those days the school had an overhead projector, and must have been able to get...
On a similar note to a previous post I made here, I am currently trying to help my friend and neighbour out, following the death of his common law partner. She died some days ago. The deceased was the...
Dear all My neighbour recently died. She was 88. She is survived by a 'common law' partner, but it appears she left no will behind. I understand, having already taken some advice on this, that the...
Be most grateful if someone could help me with this. Will try to keep it brief! Yesterday my good friend and neighbour died. She was 88. I'm currently helping her husband to cope with the next few...
I've recently experienced a small mild rash in my groin area. Have been to see the doctor, and the advice was simply to wash with salt water. When I asked for further advice, the doctor suggested...
Please can someone help/advise me concerning my Dad's electricity bill? My Dad lives in a council property. He is 80 years old (retired), and he has a prepayment key meter for his electricity. He has...
I'm considering applying to London Underground to be a busker. I emailed them today and they said there's quite a wait, but anyway I thought I'd do some research first. I'm a pianist/keyboardist. My...
I would be so grateful if someone could advise me here. My grandfather has a very old television set (I think he's had it between 15-20 years); we recently bought him a freeview box so that he could...
Long shot I know but can anybody tell me which Royle Family episode is it, where they're watching Bob Holness on 'Ready Steady Cook', and Fern Britton says to Bob "I'll have a pea ['p'] please...
Dear all I'm a total tech dunce (unfortunately) but here's what I am trying to do - I am sure it's possible I just cannot work it out. I am an iMac user, and a pianist. I have a digital piano which I...
Bit of a weird one this, but, here goes! I have a youtube channel, and I upload videos of myself playing piano. What I want to do is be able to superimpose a frame on top of the videos, showing the...
Hey everyone My friend just gave me his Wii, - good times. I have an apple iMac at home, but no television. I am trying to find out if I can use my iMac as a monitor, so I can play the Wii. Does...
Dear all, I hope someone can help me with this! I've written an album and am about to register to sell it with an American company called CD Baby, who are based in the States. Should the album make...
Hello all I've got this song on a CD a friend made for me. It sounds like an old-fashioned ballad, possibly '30s/'40s but I could be wrong. I have run searches on the lyrics but nothing seems to come...
Bit of a long shot this, but here goes: I am making some YouTube recordings on my digital piano. I have an iMac computer. I have seen some other people's videos, in which they also display a keyboard...
Hello. I recently came across a really beautiful album by Anre Previn. It's called Ballads, and is basically his take on some jazz standards. Solo piano, semi improvised stuff. Rather nice. My...
My flatmate is desperate to get her mits on a few bottles of the above. I said it would be an easy task to locate, but after spending 20 minutes online I am not now convinced! It's the 2007 rose she...
