You'd think that those guys in Amazon would try to make sure that Alexa's sold in the UK would reply in a way relevant to the UK. This morning I said "Alexa, good morning" and was promptly informed...
I have been asked to find out if some 13a twin gang sockets I have are single pole or double pole before they are fitted by my electrician. At the moment, they are in an unmarked box and the sockets...
I've had the above stapler in my toolbox for quite a few years and I'm now finding I need replacement staples for it. The designation of the staples are Rexel 2001/6 and Rexel 2001/8 which means that...
I last posted on AB in December when I asked a question about my heart failure. Unfortunately, the situation is now getting worse. I'm currently taking 5mg Metolozone, 5mg Bumetanide and 100mg...
I'm currently taking 5mg Metolozone, 5mg Bumetaide and 100mg Spironolactone daily for congestive heart failure as well as a load of other medication. I weigh myself daily but I try not to take the...
Many years ago (Sixties or Seventies), I saw a TV magic show featuring Tommy Cooper or David Nixon (I think), that had a guest illusionist featured. The illusionist's act consisted of him controlling...
I’ve recently read this statement: //The Earth’s North/South poles flip polarity on a semi-frequent basis, having done so more than 20 times during the past 5 million years. This means that with...
My father-in-law recently died and was a widower. He has three children, two daughters and a son. As the son lives a considerable distance from my father-in-law's home, my wife and her sister were...
I've had heart failure, hypertension, cardiomyopathy and AF for the last five years or so. Fluid build-up has led to me being prescribed diuretics for most of that time. At the moment, I'm on 5mg...
Hi all At the moment, the ethernet cable at home from my router is plugged into my Sky box situated under my smart TV. I can only access the apps, youtube etc on my smart tv by unplugging the cable...
Almond milk seems to be advertised on TV a great deal lately. Is it any good? I appreciate it tastes of almonds, but is it an unpleasant taste or something that you can acquire a taste for? Can it be...
Can anyone tell me how I can obtain the "Weekend" section of last Saturday's Telegraph - the section with the GK crossword? I can't find any trace of the old Reader Relations Dept on the DT...
Has anyone noticed that greenhouse crops seem to be very slow developing this year? I've got an unheated greenhouse and all my greenhouse plants were started off indoors in hearted propagators. My...
Hi All. I'm hoping someone can give me some advice about my problem with my Vista Home Premium PC. When I plug my PC into the mains, the amber LCD monitor light comes on. I then press the power button...
I use Firefox as my default web browser. Sometimes I need to use IE8 to open a webpage and I've noticed that when IE8 opens, the favourites list is empty but it fills with my Firefox favourites within...
Does anyone have a good suggestion about how to remove a red coloured hair dye stain off a light (beech) coloured laminate flooring panel? I don't know where to start with this one!
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I'm considering changing from from my current ISP and phone provider (Tiscali) to Sky. If I take up this offer it will cost around £64 per month including line rental instead of the eighty odd...
I'd like to change my email addresss to something classy for business purposes. I'm thinking along the lines of something like [email protected] or [email protected] I've had many...
I'm a bit confused about upgrading from my genuine vista home premium installation to windows 7. On this website: http://www.computerac...pgrade-vista-windows7 it says that the PC must have vista SP1...
I use quite a lot of the "find" function in Firefox 3.5.2 for researching technical publications on the internet. I don't like the fact that each time I search for a word using the "find" function...