we've treated ourselves to a marble statue for the garden. It needs to be on a plinth to display it better and to stop dog using it as a lampost. Have some old marble floor tiles, which I thought I...
Anybody got an idiots guides to excel out there? trying to build a simple spreadsheet for my credit card. purchases have 2.95% added while cash paid in via paypoint has 3% deducted from it. Tried with...
My Mum is suffering from dementure. She's 91, and driving my Dad [who has the patience of a lit firework] round the bend. He's too proud to accept help [cleaning & cooking]. We do our best, but the...
Hi Sqad, didn't know if you'd subscribed to my last posting [ http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Health-and-Fitness/Question1174129.html ] but here's where we are: Hi Sqad. I've just been to...
It must be my age, but a remake of Yes, Minister? and also I see the same for House of Cards [OK set in USA, so not quite a remake]. Are we so devoid of original thought, that we can only copy [not...
Just trying to access my Hotmail, either direct or via msn. etc and getting this warning: "This Connection is Untrusted. You have asked Firefox to connect securely to dub002.mail.live.com, but we...
The link [prev. qu] works perfectly, thanks all. But similar to a previous qu. "… my shortcut icons on desktop have been overprinted by a basic windows Icon(the square one with three dots...
I'm clearly having a senile moment [again!] how do I put a icon onto a desktop which would be a quick link to a particular website. eg if I just wanted to open AB, how would I got about pasting that...
Any ideas what the music that opened the show was, please? It wasn't the usual theme tune, that didn't start until a minute or so into the programme. The music sounded like something from a black...
Hi an update following GP visit [ http://tinyurl.com/cr4hyau ] he's changed my medication rather than go for surgery, which he reckons is very last resort. I was on -spread over the day - Lacidipine...
As a follow up to [http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul /Health-and-Fitness/Question880752.html] I've at last had a ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI/ABI) check yesterday. Right arm bp was...
My Dad [who's 88] took out or was talked into taking out, an extended warranty on his Sky box. Never having had Sky, [we're with Virgin, so pay a monthly fee for the service and the kit] I thought a...
We have an all steel bolt together shed like this one [ http://www.shedbaron....sp?ProdID=2&ImageNo=1 ] it's sitting on concrete paving slabs, problem is the guttering or lack of. The supplied gutter...
we have a couple of old desktops taking up space. I'd like to know that before I dispose of them, there's nothing left on there and there's no files/pictures that might've been of use. Someone...
The TV is a Sanyo [brand new flat screen] a 42" Diagonal LCD 120Hz FULL HDTV DP42410. VCR is Sony SLV - SE 800 and a Sky digi box. Checked + swapped leads as best I can, nothing seems different....
My parents have recently been switched over. Their VCR will play old + pre-recorded tapes, but nothing records or displays through the TV when it's set through the same channel they'd view a video on....
we have a walled side entrance and would like to cover it over. [1] the side wall has pillars, I'm guessing it's best to pack these out, so that there's a flush run? [2] looking to collect any rain...
We have a few bags left over from some building work. Can I use the sand for gardening "as is" or would it need to be rinsed or washed through? It'd be mixing it with compost for striking...
We bought some willow screening to hide the shed and compost bins. What's the best way of trimming the top level? Had to take about a foot off it, with ratchet secateurs, but that was hard work and we...
