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This morning I walked into our bedroom to see one of our pair of 6-month old cats walking on the outside window-ledge. This gave me a shock as this ledge is only about 4" wide and sloping, and there is a big drop onto a stone patio. I walked slowly towards the open window and called the cat. It...

When I do a search on google, and then click on one of the links, I usually get another website altogether, usually totally unrelated to the one I was trying to open. If i then close this site and click again on the same link it will work fine on the second try. I have run ad-aware, spybot, a...

"they will make legal history as the first gay couple to have a full civil partnership ceremony in a register office." Two women in Belfast tie the knot, what do you think? http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1670411,00.html

I felt I had to share this: www.jinglebrass.co.uk

The porch has a concrete floor, the hall has softwood floorboards. I am thinking of using solid oak T&G, (137mm cover). I have been advised to lay the new floor in the hall onto cork backing and to secret nail onto old floorboards. In the porch I will lay a dpm, then cork backing, and the...

From the 'Independant' today: Oh my god I failed the test. I don't know who is the head of the c of e and apart from spending my money feeding rich foreigners and then spending more of it jetting off to other countries to be fed by rich foreigners I don't know what the queen's ceremonial...

Off to The Gambia in November and we have to go to the docs next week for jabs and things for Yellow Fever, Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Malaria, Polio and Tetanus! Does anyone know much about all this lot? How much does it cost (I know Yellow Fever is £40)? Which ones are jabs? Any side effects? Do...

I have a netgear modem router which I believe has a firewall. How do I check if the firewall is running and do I need any other firewall software?

I have norton internet security 2004 on my pc and for the last 10 days it has been reminding me to renew. I decided to follow the link to see how much it cost. To renew the subscription for another year was £21. To upgrade to the 2005 version is £29. I had a look on ebay (which is where I...

I was once driving down a country road when I ran out of petrol due to faulty gauge (that's my excuse anyway.) Coasted downhill to a pub, early doors about 6pm, went in and asked if they had any petrol or if someone could give me a lift to a garage. Guy at the bar in his 50's said he had a...

Oh my god the americans are buying up all our petrol and the hurricane season has only just started. Time to get the bike out :shock:

The pc we have at home has a fault. When you switch it on you get that screen asking whether you wish to start up normally, in safe mode, last known good configuration etc. Whichever one you choose the machine re-boots and the same screen returns. Someone told me this is caused by a new...

My mum has an old pc running win 98, I think it's an Athlon 450 or something. I am going to give her my old pentium 750 as she keeps having problems with hers. She has a couple of hundred photos on her harddrive but no cd writer. Would it be possible for me to remove her harddrive, put it in my...

I recently bought an off-road motorbike to have a bit of fun with my mate who has one. I got a road-legal one so we don't have to trailer them if we are riding locally. I bought it from a car showroom as it belonged to the owner. When I had a look around it I noticed that the brakelight...

Admin please could I order one of those endless pools that you are advertising at the top of the page, it looks quite good as I am fed up of banging my head on the sides of the pool when doing backstroke. Do you bring the water with it or do I have to supply my own. I am going on holiday...

Is it just me or do others hide money in their house and sometimes forget. This afternoon I found a bundle of £20 notes in the top of the wardrobe and I don't even remember putting it there! :lol: The downside of this is that last year I knew I had a couple of hundred stashed at the back of...

I have an inspiron 8500 and am having difficulties changing the keyboard settings. It has a touchpad thingy that you use as a mouse but the settings (sensitivity etc) seem to have changes and I can't change them back. I'm sure I used to be able to access these settings through the control...

Another post just reminded me of this... A guy I used to know was a sales rep for Sharp's the electronics company. One day he was asked to drive the car belonging to one of the UK directors from London to Exeter. The car was a top of the range Lexus and whilst driving down the motorway this guy...

What is it about censorship. Do you remember the Frankie Goes To Hollywood single that Mike Read banned on his Radio 1 show and so it went straight to No. 1? Well I just looked back through the posts in General Chat and there are only 3 that I really want to read: 1. The last entry in the...

Following the post about power tool accidents, has anyone had any accidents while using tools (how many battle scars have we collectively earned?) and have any lessons been learned. I have very little mobility in my left index finger following an accident and once nearly lost my right index...