What your views on this " weather balloon " from China I find it inconceivable that with all the ground radar and aircraft tracking facilities not to mention the miriad of satellites the us has...
Hi all My daughter has dug out a dongle like device ( looks like a usb key but it's more stubby) that came with a Trust wireless mouse she used a few years back. A friend of hers has a laptop with a...
What's going on with my red coloured sports drink. I've left a few of them in daylight in the kitchen and they've become horrible pink in colour virtually overnight. They also taste horrible. They do...
I'm trying to find out the rating of the fuse protecting the 12v socket socket inside the car - the "cigarette socket". I can find lots of very basic drawings of the fuse layout online but not the...
Hi is anybody on here with Utility Warehouse. I am and find it expensive. I am not on their cheapest plan because i do not have their internet or mobile. What do you all think of them.?...
Time on my my hands today folks to ponder the trivialities of life. Anyhow, my local Indian Takeaway offers two versions of "chicken and chips". The first is called "fried chicken and chips" and the...
I very briefly had a PDA from Tandy, around 1990 / 1991. It was a flip-open device with a green screen and a very handsome brushed aluminium case. The functionality was very limited - it had no clock,...
Hi all The external walls of my home have recently been professionaly clad with Permarock wall insulation, cement rendered and have small marble-like stones on top. The thickness of the Permarock plus...
Yesterday I enjoyed a meal of scampi in a pub. Unquestionably, the scampi had been cooked from frozen in their breadcrumb/batter coating and looked as if they had been deep fried. Today, I cooked...
I've never been able to get my head round ratios so I hope someone can help. I have bottle of squash that's intended to be diluted at the rate of one part squash with four parts water. 100 ml of the...
...Our energy supplier Npower has informed us they will be installing a 'smart meter' in a couple of weeks. They haven't asked us if we want one or given much info about it. Only their possitive spin...
I have constantly high ESA and CRP- high inflammation prob caused by asthma/arthritis/ulcerative colitis. Every blood test I have shows that it is high. I'm in pain all the time, and feel like I am...
Someone is fly tipping on my land,is that a criminal offence and can I report it to the police if I know the person doing it, will they do anything about it ?
Thanks...
My ten potted tiger lilies flowered profusely on my outside kitchen window sill over the summer. The foliage has now died down and a week ago, I put the pots on a shelf next to a window in my unheated...
I have just listened to "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams. I must have heard this a thousand times but it still sounds as magical as it did, when I first heard it at age 15. Does anyone else...
Just watched the ground-breaking 1966 drama, Cathy Come Home. Noticed that Tim Brooke-Taylor had an uncredited role in it. Does anyone know which part that was?...
What is the law nowadays on cannabis usage? My neighbour smokes a "spliff" around six times times daily outside his council house with seemingly impunity. The cannabis reek is unmistakable. The kids...
