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Sister drove her Merc through a flood the other day, and in her reasonably knowledgeable opinion, the engine is “f***ed”. She nursed it the few miles home, and it’s been towed away. I was trying to explain to my wife the consequences of water in an internal combustion engine, but wasn’t much...

We have solar panels and a house battery which see us through any power cuts. But we’ve been having electrical work done in the kitchen which has meant turning that circuit off - the same circuit as our office, where the modem and router are. A full UPS system would be OTT, but I’m wondering...

Nice article in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/05/tony-bloom-brighton-success-de-zerbi

Browsing through old postcards on eBay, I came across this one. Sent from the Llyfnant Valley, Wales in April 1906, the recipient was Bessie Dunstone of Hurstpierpoint. She's my 1st cousin twice removed, and at the time was an unmarried schoolteacher, aged 25. But what on earth does the message...

Well, I'm pleased she got tonight's score correct, but she seems to be in a time warp with our next fixture! Assuming everyone else gets the same nonsense?

Busy decluttering today and came across a few pairs of 3D glasses. Only ever used them a few times, many years ago, and don't even know if our current TV does 3D. Are any movies or documentaries still being made or broadcast in 3D, or has it all bitten the dust? Can't say I was ever impressed by...

We‘re having new flooring laid next week, but having ripped up the old carpet we found the floorboards had been mangled by someone doing pipe work. The lad next door is a chippy, and he’s put in a couple of hours replacing the dodgy bits. Obviously we’ll pay him cash, but what’s a reasonable...

It's a loooong time since I've been in a pub or restaurant, so I've no idea what it's like these days. What are the current regulations regarding stuff like Covid passes, registering contact details, staff and customers wearing masks, etc? One of my football group wants to organise a Christmas...

Why? We won't even think about writing ours for another month. Anyone else?

The UK are hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow next month – a “must win” fixture if ever there was one. Yet our PM isn't exactly committed. On the plus side, the government are offering (limited) subsidies to replace gas boilers with low-carbon heat pumps. But is Boris keen to persuade...

Who could we "stitch up" with specially designed T-shirts? There must be a "N1GEL" registration plate out there... :lolol: "David Knight told to pay £90 after KN19TER registration is mixed up with pedestrian’s ‘Knitter’ top 120 miles away"...

My trusty Windows PC from Chillblast is now eight years old, and feeling its age - especially when I run Adobe Lightroom. Windows 11 has already rejected it. Avoiding the likes of PC World, I've been looking online at replacements with a good quality monitor, but end up paralysed with choices...

I run a football group, and I'm trying to simplify recording of the weekly subs, using a spreadsheet. Starting with a Balance (F2), I want to add any weekly payments (E3, and below) and subtract £2 subs if they play (D3 = "Y", and below). I thought the (fairly simple) formula shown would...

Booted my old Win 10 desktop as normal this morning, but can't log in. The keyboard and mouse are alive, and Windows recognises that a key-press has been made, but it's not showing on the screen, and the cursor doesn't advance. So, I can get the log-in box, but can't type anything in it! I can't...

I shook hands* this morning with my new neighbour, who is an FA Cup winner. No clues - 20 yes/no questions to work out who he is (I'll number my answers). * And immediately washed them, of course.

Has anyone else's Twitter feed changed this morning? Instead of just seeing posts from people I follow, it's showing posts from people that are followed by people I follow. And posts that are just "liked" by people I follow, not even re-Tweeted. So my feed is clogged up with stuff I'm not...

Our flight home from Auckland-Singapore was cancelled today due to Singapore not allowing transit passengers. It still flew with only SIngapore residents, so was probably half empty. No warning from the airlines, even after asking us to do the online check-in on Monday. We're currently stuck in...

Can I claim to be the first in a pub that's run out of Guinness? In Russell, north island, NZ. I thought the place was full of Argyle supporters in green shirts, but the bar staff were also wearing silly costumes. Decided I'd have a pint of the appropriate, but the tap ran out half way...

To continue the trend of posting links to BBC articles... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-49499422 (To be clear, I don't agree with some of what is said.)

Technical help wanted! I help at a local U3A group which uses a laptop and digital projector for amateur travel presentations - sometimes PowerPoint, sometimes a bunch of JPG images. Previously, the U3A projector was connected to the laptop via USB cable, which allowed us to use the projector's...