I thought the worst accent Oscar was safe with Dick Van Dyke's cockney attempt in 'Mary Poppinns' until I listened to Tony Britton last night in 'Day of the Jackal'. It was a sort of East End meets...
In 1952 a Blue Whale was captured off Norway, and after preservation went on tour throughout Europe - it then came over to the UK, took on the name of Jonah the 'Barnsley Whale' (that's where it...
I need to buy a digital camera very soon, and have been reading reviews and reports of the Nikon coolpix 2100 and Fujifilm finepix 2800 zoom - but ended up with a spinning head, and still confused. I...
On our local news this morning there was a report of a punch up between 600 women at a nearby resort. Now I know this event shouldn't be a cause for humour, but I couldn't stop laughing. Does anyone...
An icon keeps appearing on my desktop - and I don't have a clue where it's come from. The microsoft flag on a white background with a tilde underneath. Any ideas? Thank you.
I've just found a 400g bag of prawns lurking in my freezer , with the date stamp almost run out. I would love to do a stir-fry, but haven't yet mastered the knack of cooking this way without having to...
This is the only way I can think of describing the problem - by the procedure. Start - Programs - System Tools - ScanDisk - select Start. The Scandisk window with the revolving disk doesn't revolve,...
It's disappeared! If I have to reboot I always have the blue screen, now it goes straight to the desk top. I also have to use Safe Mode because it will not work from My Computer etc - just freezes....
I am trying to find a particular painting by this artist - I don't know the name, but it's a fairytale/gothic type of castle which juts into the sea - an evening sky with light illuminated around the...
We chose an 'Anytime' account because we were led to believe thats exactly what it meant, until an e-mail from our ISP informed us that we had until the end of May to reduce our hours to under 150...
If anyone has not heard of this little gem - have a look at the link. I think it's worth it's weight in gold. It took about a week to arrive from the States, and took me about 30seconds to back up our...
This is my first attempt to write something with a few of the twiddly bits added. I've tried my best not to over do it as you said, but I tend to get a bit carried away! SOooo - What do you think?...
Our 98SE computer is causing more and more problems - shutdown, repeated freezing, closing down at any time, and e-mail is a nightmare, so much so that we are considering updating to XP. What I would...
This suddenly appeared last night and I can't make any sense to it - The heading is Microsoft Internet Explorer - the sub heading says 'The Best Advice To Take' the message reads 'It is impossible to...
My server cuts out after 20 mins, usually if I'm reading something that's fairly long and involved. Is there a way to extend this time to may be an hour? Thanks.
There is a particular website that when the pointer rests on the url - everything freezes, and prevents any access. All I can do is to re-set the computer. I get there eventually , but it can also...
I was thinking last night about how I would love to have a packet of crispy coated peanuts ( I think they were peanuts). I was told I was making it up - but they were nuts with a savoury coating -...
I was really disappointed with this book, finding it dreary, plodding, and so totally humourless I couldn't even finish it. It's even been compared to Hardy's brilliant novels - not even close!! Has...
When attempting to make a Card List in Word I decided to use a different font and colour - but every line it reverts back to the original font and colour! I've been told that this is one of Word's...