Every year I fill out a application for car insurance but the bit I hate doing is putting down my occupation . Some one please tell me what the hell it's got to do with anything. 26 years no accidents...
This past month or so I've emailed quite a few strangers about family history (offering information, mainly) and hardly any replies. It's suggested that responses are ending up in my junk mail - but...
I reckon I'm a pretty moderate guy, a bit eccentric perhaps, slow to anger, easy to please and so on but I and my neighbours have been mightily offended by an overbearing, bullying and uncaring...
From a letter about my uncle killed WW1 in 1917:- He was buried by his comrades at a point N.W. of Havrincourt. The map reference which may be useful to you later is K.15d.95.80. Does a GPS device use...
On the front of a sale document, buyer's and seller's names, article purchased etc etc are boxes, 1, 2 or 3 year signifying how many years the guarantee runs for. Box 3 is ticked. *Printed* on the...
Born in 1934, I distinctly recall a BBC broadcast carrying news of the defeat of the Germans saying that Hitler had sent a message to Stalin asking? / demanding? that after the war those captured...
On the main screen which lists My Computer and other folders etc in the LH column. In the centre column - the usual array of folders and files, suddenly in a RH panel I now get' 'Select a file to...
Hi Basically I am appealing my sentence and conviction I received at a magistrates court. I was found guilty of using the wrong ticket to board a tube. My appeal will be heard at crown court. Can you...
Does anyone know if there is anywhere online you can view some of the public information/propaganda films made in the UK for the public during the second World War? I'm sure I remember one for the...
I'm looking to find the registration of a possible still birth that took place in the mid-1940s Should I be searching birth registers or death registers or both? Or are they on a separate 'restricted'...
I know that there are disputes about the numbers, but years ago a priest told me something like:- 39 books in the Old Testament 3 x 9 = 27 Books in the New Testament 2 x 7 = 14 Books in the Apocrypha....
Until recently a brief resume of my Calendar was shown on the RH of the Mailbox, but it has disappeared and I can't find a way to get it back.
At present I can only see tha Calendar or Mailbox...
I've just had a Dudley Duoflush plastic WC cistern installed at home. After the plumber left, I opened the top of the cistern to look inside. I was surprised to find a manufacturer's label on the...
I am posting this in case it helps someone to avoid an un-necessary tooth extraction. When I was a teenager and later, dentists didn't bother to save my decayed teeth by using fillings, but just...
