Hi

We've bought half a lamb (well, a hogget actually), and are having friends round tomorrow evening.

I know we have some barbecue gurus on here...

I'm thinking of slow cooking one of the joints - most likely the shoulder - in the barbecue. Got a...

Today something happened to me that I doubt will ever happen again in my life.
I attained an additional nationality.

I'm now officially a dual citizen. Part Brit and part Belgian.
The Brit part wasn't always easy being a Scot (of Irish/Catholic...

Most of the time, Gmail on iPhone works fine. But for a while, it occasionally plays up when I try and send an email. It looks like the email has sent, but it sits in the outbox. If I click on the alert symbol I get this message:

The connection to...

So how did LearnDirect receive so much funding for so long and still be rubbish?

....and will those responsible be held to account?

I guess we know the answers already....

I could think of no better forum to ask for recommendations!

Hi all,

I am quite furious about a letter I received yesterday. But let me tell you what happened before. I spent 4 weeks of holidays in the UK this summer, travelling to Scotland in my campervan. I live in Switzerland and for almost 10 years, I...

I know which one is more dangerous.

Any experts on above on the forum?

I received a Tooway modem and naively expected to connect it to the dish and my Time Capsule to join the online world once again. Alas it didn't work.

Can anyone advise compatibility, or likely issue?

TIA

Naively about 15 years ago when I used to fly a Rallye 880 I signed up for the Rallye Yahoo group and the messages/emails I wrote then now come up in google searches that also contain my personal contact details.

I wondered if there may be a way...

Why is someone who tries to intervene when a knife-wielding gunman kills someone a 'hero' in inverted commas, whereas a bloke in vest and pants who runs round a track on international Sports Day a hero without them?

...Vs whatever the rival show on BBC is called?

No. I thought not, and quite right too.

Just wanted to check...

As we have an Amazon Echo , I thought it would be nice to have a switch(s) to control lights or fans or pond pump etc.

So it was with great excitment the package turned up today and I wired it in to a simple fan.

However - for the life of me I...

Just came across this...didn't know this before.

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I came across this article which makes quite intriguing reading and might explain a lot about where the UK and USA are headed and why!! :D

Listening to the BBC news this morning I heard that the government had announced that there would be no new petrol or diesel vehicles allowed on UK roads from 2040.

I wonder has anyone thought how the treasury might replace the billions collected...

There was an interesting prog on BBC 2 last night about how the Trump campaign used social media to win the presidency.

Did anyone see it?

How are we going to control the beast that we have created?

BBC Four is repeating this interesting series on the Brain presented by neuroscientist Dr David Eagleman.

He treads a careful balance, making it interesting but not *so* scientific as to alienate a mainstream audience (if BBC Four has such a...

Hi, I know there are a number of well informed 'techie' members who post here, I wonder if you might help me please?

I have two email addresses, which are hosted by an independent company as exchange server accounts. That may not be the best...

Gift from the comedy Gods. Connard.

So. A few weeks ago my darling offspring were so uncooperative I had to drive to a client, as their antics left me too late to take my usual train.

I had already anticipated this in advance, and had checked on...

I have a couple of interesting videos that I would like to upload to Youtube - and thereby share them with the forum, however they are bigger than the 128MB maximum allowed by Youtube.

How can I reduce their size to get them onto Youtube?

The...

Mooching on the internet for nothing in particular, I saw this paragraph

Keeping your home safe and secure used to rely on expensively installed alarm systems – no longer. These days, you can simply fit inexpensive – and wireless – door, window...

Apparently the government are considering introducing a registration scheme for high powered lasers. While I don't have the slightest question about the potential danger of lasers I'm a bit lost as to why the government would put 'our' money into...

We're fortunate that we grow a fair bit of our own fruit and veg and generally buy the rest from a proper greengrocer or the famers' market.

However, for convenience, MrsJohnm bought some tomatoes from a well known up market supermarket a couple of...

Just been reading a review of something on a tech review site and there was an ad on the page that said "If you're not already using a VPN, you should be."

It then promoted, normally I'd ignore such ad (and I don't know why I even read...

My supply of the really heavy weight cotton Tees that I bought in Aus a few years back is running out.

I really want top quality, heavy, shape retaining ones. Most of the rubbish on sale is flimsy, too soft and lose shape very quickly.

Anybody...

I'm buying 'er indoors a new car (Golf) for her significant birthday in November.

There isn't a second hand one in the colour she wants and petrol and automatic anywhere in the country . (but see my final paragraph).

Setting aside all the 'new '...

Viv, in a spirit of imagination, has just made a Marrow cake.

Should I:
(i) Accept this miracle of domestic goddess-hood and tuck in.
(ii) Claim I've just started a diet.
(iii) Inspect the house for an excess of stray cats.
(iv) Make a gift to the...

British model kidnapped and held prisoner for 6 days in Italy.

Why do I keep thinking there's something 'dodgy' about this story?

Seems a new roundabout has caused 10 crashes in 48 hours.
That's interesting, but not that interesting.

What made me laugh was the quote from local plod

A spokesman for Derbyshire police said: “We have received a number of reports of cars being...

... Or just the EU bashing non-Schengen countries?

says that passengers from non Schengen countries now have to have their passports swiped and checked against a database, causing a 300% increase in queue times.

Why do they need to do this when...

Planetary protection officer wanted, generous salary

I'm stealing the joke, as usual:

...the current PPO, Dr Catharine Conley, told the New York Times in 2015 that she was presented with some Men in Black-style sunglasses on her first day....

Possibly a dumb question, but is there an "accepted" inflation rate for calculating the NPV of a 999 year lease that has ~950 years still to run?

If, for example, I am owed £100pa for the next 950 years, what might the consideration be to...

We do get a bit frustrated by silly H&S implementation but this was a sobering reminder of why we get Chinese stuff cheap.

(Sorry, can't work out the tags to show the video)

There may be a few Mensa members here?

I just received the sad news that Roger Gleave died 2 days ago. Roger had been the editor of the Mensa (UK) Aviation Special Interest Group newsletter since I joined the society a quarter century ago.

I think...

Hi

When it comes to electrical installations I am a certified numpty, so forgive what is probably a very basic question.

I have an RCD fused spur protecting a 3 bar water pump. The pump no longer runs and I want to find out if it is the pump of...

I have, mostly, laughed at Trump for the last 6 months. No more.

Having served and fought alongside American military personnel, their overwhelming ethos has been to protect and preserve the democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality of...

Alexa remains a brilliant piece of kit. Linked to the JBL Extreme she provides music, entertainment and all manner of useful stuff.

BUT

I love BBC Radio 4. I sometimes listen to Radio 2 (Usually when R4 is droning on, yet again, about Brexit)....

Have we upset him ? More "cloud seeding" to make some low pressure systems......
I'll get me foil hat out again :eye:

Can anyone recommend a low cost or free utility to allow conversion of DVD from UDF to MPEG and then something to help with clipping from the MPEG?

My main TV is full HD and usually re-tunes automatically, but I haven't checked it yet. The one in the kitchen is a Samsung 'HD Ready' on which you have to initiate a re-tune.
Much to my surprise it tuned 205 digital channels, up from 148 and the...

The crit in USA today says its a pretty decent movie but women and people of color (sic) are underrepresented.

Not worth going to see it then?

Rob P

In the interests of minimising thread drift I thought I'd start another one on this. The EHIC scheme is established across EEA and Switzerland, though some of the admin is dealt with by the European Commission.

The principle is that EHIC entitles...

Has anyone else experienced it being 25% cheaper booking through an online agent rather than going direct to the boaty people?

Rob P

19 minutes onwards but the rest of the programme is entertaining too!

Paper part of driving licence is now electronic.
Why not do the same for revalidation details on the licence?

I Love her --- but….

Casual comments such as….

“The grass seems to be growing quickly”
“Is that a mole hill?”
“Did I Imagine that the boiler was making noises last night”
“We won’t buy that paint again”
“Why is the dog bothering me?”
“There was a...

Well, there you go then; don't eat more than two cherry stones at one sitting, it might ruin your day!

Don't say you've not been warned :wink:

Almost embarrassed to admit it, but I do enjoy a quick game of Sudoku :oops:

But I find that I often have to "guess" a square in order to solve (or as often as not fail to solve) a more taxing puzzle, and somehow feel that I must...

Does anybody here have any useful experiences with digital assistants?

I had a Galaxy Note 4 which had the "Hi Galaxy" app on it, that I found quite useful. I did other things with it, but in particular I used it to make phone calls...

I know the Wail is poorly regard by some here - but this one raised both eyebrows.

:shock:

Yep, take home a few thousand rounds of 7.62, lay them on your carpet...let your kid play with them. Completely normal!