The baby blackbirds fledged yesterday. I found one dead on the front lawn today. I just heard an almighty racket outside and saw next doors cat tripping over the garden with a baby in its mouth. After...
One of my chickens has started to moult. Or at least I hope that's what it is! She looks really straggly and the garden is covered in feathers. Now it looks as if the second one has started. Is it...
My step son has a fairly limited diet (despite my best efforts at disguising various foods). His current favourite is "Turkey dinosaurs". Unfortunately, I read on the back what was in these...
We both missed a programme we wanted to watch the other night. I can get it on my lappy through iplayer, but we would both like to watch it. Is there anyway I can link the lappy to the TV so we can...
We've got a slightly mad neighbour who complains about EVERYTHING. She's on her own bless so we do keep an eye out for her, but she can be bloody irritating. I've had a particularly bad day. I walked...
My contract is due for an upgrade. tbh, I can't wait to get rid of my phone which I HATE with a passion. I can have a Samsung galaxy s3 or an Iphone 4. The Iphone 4 is more expensive (about £15...
I've been sent an excel spreadsheet by email. I click on download and when I try and open it, I get the message saying "Windows cannot complete the extraction. The destination file could not be...
Mr BM is off on a boys' week. He obviously needs to buy currency. What is best? To buy from the bank? Post Office? Airport? We normally only ever holiday in Scotland so we don't normally encounter...
Our broadband connection is TERRIBLE. Now I am not sure if it is the internet signal into the house or our wireless router signal to the computers. I do have a spare Belkin router somewhere, if I used...
I have an Acer Aspire. It suffered "impact damage" yesterday. Now, I can boot it up in Safe Mode, (using a new screen), but I can't boot it up in normal mode - the screen comes up in a weird...
I'm really hacked off with mine today. The one on the right we take in parcels for and bring his bins in when he is on nights; I also supply him with fresh eggs. The one at the back we keep an eye on...
Ed, please allow me if you will...... This is REALLY REALLY important. This message came from one of my closest friends and it made me cry because I know how close she was to Annie and Annie's...
Does anyone know of a good book which would help me and my friend plan a banquet for 20 odd people later this year? It will be several courses (6 or 7) - there are bits and pieces on the www but we...
For the third time in recent weeks it has been suggested I stand in the local elections as a councillor. I am still thinking about it - I am committed to this area. What do you want from a local...
I'm helping a mate trace his family tree but have hit a brick wall. Ernest Aldred was born in 1873 in Fleetwood, Lancs. He married Mary Elizabeth Hopkinson. It is Ernest's dad where I have a problem....
Had to rush my 19 year old boy to the vets this morning. He was dragging his rear leg around. Vet is reluctant to do an x ray because that requires anaesthesia so for now we are treating it as a soft...
I'm getting horribly loused out with eggs. My girls are cracking them out at a rate of 3 per day and I've been so busy lately, I've not been cooking every day. I am going to start selling the freshly...
Does anyone have one of these? I've put some seeds in today, dragged the heater out and realised I don't have the instructions. It has two dials, the one on the right has three settings, 1 is a little...