Many moons ago I had one of the first Toshiba laptops and I used thumb operated rollerball mouse attachment that actually plugged into the side of the computer. It was the best mouse I've ever had but...
A friend of mine has lost a third of her hair due to illness and it isn't going to grow back. The loss is mainly at the temples and although she has no bald spots it is thin all over. I seem to...
I clicked on to my YouTube page on favourites and a box was on the page saying that YouTube had set my settings to the English language and to click if that was ok. So, I clicked without thinking and...
My sister and I don't often get colds but when we do we are completely out for the count for about three days and I'm sure our partners and colleagues think we are swinging the lead. We both have...
I've got a mental block so I hope someone can help. What is the full quotation: 'Sharper than a serpant's tooth..........an ungrateful child' or something similar. I think it comes from the Bible but...
I just went to admire my extremely blue and beautiful hydrangea after answering the previous post and I noticed something really odd about it. One of the blooms, only one, has flowered as a lace cap...
My partner's 90 year old mother has completed the Daily Mail Giant Xword from 2 weeks ago except for one clue: 65 down - Humour the hound somehow injected into the thriller. W - E - A - I - We've been...
This morning I was following a few posts by someone calling himself McGarnicle (all very controversial and a bit of a wind-up merchant, I suspect) but this afternoon there is no trace of any of his...
Apologies if you have already been asked this but is that you with one of your pals visiting London Zoo? If not, what is the significance of the two little gnomes - has a new species been discovered?
Just found a beetle that I've never seen before (quite a few actually). It looks suspiciously like a Japanese Beetle but, according to the internet, this is not found in UK. I am down in Dorset and...
I have a Panasonic TV and Sky HD system. I have applied the subtitles option to 'on where available' as we have a hard-of-hearing 90 yr old living with us. It has been working well for over 18 months...
I was given a N.G. impatiens houseplant at the weekend. Yesterday it looked a bit droopy so I watered it. Today it seems to be in a state of collapse. has it received too much water or not enough? It...
A full-stop has suddenly appeared at the beginning of the address bar and also in search bars on several sites. This is very annoying and i have no idea why it has happened or how to get rid of the...
Someone gave me a real sponge to use in the bath but I have aways used synthetic to protect the marine environment. Now that I have it I may as well use it but how do I clean it? I understand they...
I am trying to trace a Great-Aunt's family. She married an Australian and went out to Western Australia in 1919. All the sites I can find cost an arm and a leg to access and I am an unpaid carer at...
Just recently people have been sending me WMV files (videos?) and my computer does not recognise these attachments. Is it safe to download a 'reader' from the ionternet and , if so, which is best?...
I have Windows Xp, Internet Explorer version 8 and I use hotmail for e-mails. Hotmail has brought back the file/photo facility but I can't get it to work now. It gives help for Int. Explorer 7 but not...
I am using windows live hotmail. I have just discovered that several people who are on my contacts list have been sending me e-mails, some for months, and I am not receiving them.They receive mine but...
My hotmail has stopped giving me the option of photo or file when I want to add an attachment to an outgoing message. It seems to have reverted to the old method where I have to trawl through docs and...
