I asked the Tax Office why there was a need for separate amounts to be declared, but never had a lucid answer. A large sum was mentioned but I only give in small sums, some subscriptions and some ad...
Docs arriving with email sometimes have many degree symbols in addition to or in place of a space. (That's degree as in 32 degrees C). Is there any way of getting this symbol into the Find and Replace...
I have always used my spreadsheet in W 97, using two of the three pages exhibited at foot. I Copied to my Vista latop, (not sure if I opted to Copy cells into a new sheet as all worked OK). Opening...
Is it possible to instruct a legatee as to what to do with the money? My daughter is a spendthrift and I would like the major part of her inheritance, (if there's any left!) to be placed in a pension...
Was blackout material 'ratiioned'? I recall a girl making a cassock for her fiance out of this as his was worn out. Very shiny, but those were the 'make do and mend days'. Incidentally, what...
A man convicted, presumably, but later, a photo is produced and in the background there's a newspaper hoarding showing a headline (hence a specific date)proving he could not have been at the scene of...
I could have sworn it was James Stewart starring in this B&W film. Prisoner perfects a hand gun mechanism and is given special permission to fire it. Name of film please
Born 1934, I've many memories of the war in London and so on. There are three BBC news broadcasts which somehow stay in my mind and I wonder about their truth, bearing in mind British propaganda aimed...
Where is it possible to find full details of the Act of Parliament or instrument, setting out the terms of reference to be followed by the Commissioners enquiring into Loyalists' losses?
It was written as if by an old lady, feeble and in a hospital bed. It was adressed to her nurse who I think treated her with contempt. The point got across was that what the nurse saw was but a husk...
A small window has started to appear. 'Zone Alarm needs to check with Zone Alarm servers for updated junkmail blocking rules and techniques. You are not connected to the internet [not true!]. Would...
At the end of the BBC's broadcast of Churchill's funeral, I recall Richard Dimbleby reciting a poem, obviously specially written for the occasion - all I can remeber is the last line, I think it was...
Can anyone tell me a good way of getting rid of ants in the kitchen - there is a crawling baby around and a toddler so this limits what can be used. Many thanks
OK, film buffs, please have a go at this one, a scene from a B&W, (probably U.S) movie which has been lodged iny head for 50+ years. A well-dressed man, maybe sitting on a dais,, in front of a very...
I dont always turn on my digi box, but if I do, channel 105 is missing / unobtainable. A pal told me to turn the TV and box on overnight, but 5 is still absent. What's going onj here?
Sell-by dates on fresh produce could be a thing of the past as part of a new "war on waste", according to Hilary Benn, the Environment minister. He warned that best-before dates are intended to be a...
During the course of an evening in the pub the subject turned to famous & inspirational speeches, Churchills "We will fight---", Dr Kings "I have a dream" lincolns "Gettysberg Adress" JFK's "Ask...
What effect does depth have on flotation? Obviously very heavy / dense objects settle on the bed of the ocean, light ones float; but are some objects likely to remain somewhere in between?
