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Recommendations would be most helpful please.

Hi all, I would love to have some recommendations for a replacement for my desktop PC. Mine is now getting rather old and slow and it is windows Vista home so I think it is time to upgrade. I am also hoping to downsize to a small bungalow so space fo...

Daft Q

right here it is,pc went all flashing different pages the a bar went awol and ended up on the sidei,v not been able to put it back at the bottom any ideas would be nice

Well, it seems to be working OK

On my birthday 16/03 I had a little bet with myself and started doing the UK lottry. What I did was put 24 out of £25 that I had in real money on the lotto. All in Lucky Dips. I won a few quid from those and put half back on again.I won another coupl...

WOW!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3076616/The-return-crabzilla-Huge-crustacean-weighing-4kg-caught-English-Channel-claws-big-crush-man-s-wrist.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Scroll down and see one even bigger. How fascinating, ...

Hi to those who know mrtg) and hi those who know of him

Hi to those who know geographically*challenged and those who dontt know him. and hgi to those ho know him breifly. I know of him He has multiple sclerosis and over the the past few weeks he hasnt been to good. His memory has got really bad so if he s...

May the seventh will soon be with you.

We've had May the fourth..... Not long to go now and it'll all be over............ but will it? The horse trading is likely to begin BUT, you can stop it. How?:- First, go out and VOTE. Secondly vote for one of the two "main parties". All these minor...

Music Query.

I have just seen again, the trailer for the new BBC series '1864' which begins this weekend. It looks like it might be a good watch. I have been trying to find out who sings the song that is played on the trailer....does anyone on here know?

Here we go again

"In December 2013 we reached a decision that there should be a package of changes, including pension reform, ending resettlement payments and increasing MPs' pay to £74,000. The overall package will add no extra cost to the taxpayer.".. http://www.it...

Dear Leader...

So Labour, the Lib Dems, and UKIP are now without leaders. Who would you like to see as their respective leaders, and do you think they'll be any good?

Why Do Women Talk So Much

I ask this question, because a woman has been round our house this evening, as an invited guest. Ever since she got here, she's done nothing but talk. And talk. Yadda yadda yadda, all the time. It's driving us men nuts.

Has anybody seen these?

I haven't bought much recently so this is the first time I've used this service.It's a kind of van driver/delivery options kind of thing where you get info about where your new item is and how long it wll take to deliver it.You even get thw drivers n...

V E Day anniversary:

Wonderful. And the Church bells are to ring out across the UK. A debt for our freedom freely given by so many so long ago, that can never be repaid. We their children shall remember their selflessness. Our Vera Lynn, is 98 - years old now. Any memori...

I don't get it.

All these politicins saying things like, "If I lose my seat at the election, I'll quit."Yeah, Whoopie. Does that mean they'll drop out of politics and get a real job? Or does it mean they'll drop out of mainstream life in front of the camera altogeth...

Build a fairer electoral system.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uk_electoral_reform_locb/?tCozxcb

I need some help, pretty please.

Hi Guys,My PC seems to have a mind of it's own and the mages/text seems to have shrunk making them virtually impossible to read. I'm trying to view auction pages but the inage sits in the middle third of the screen with text on the other sides. I'm p...

Well ........ I did it again, lol

This isn't advertising 'cos I bought the last one so you couldn't buy one even if you wanted to.There were actually 6 units on my Watch list by the time I'd gone through the list but it took ages to get rid of the last 5. It was just tiny, tiny point...

Here's a thought.

During the run up to elections, make a note of what politicians SAY they will do if elected.Then IF they get elected, give them 6 months to bring it all together and then jail the ones who broke their promises. I mean, surely it's fraud.

Hazards of smartphone addiction - an entertaining little video

Most public service ads, like other ads, leave me cold. However, I thought this one had distinct merit. The underlying black humour really helps. It might even be of some use to friends who just can't ignore their telephones, even when they really sh...

Why are the Police looking for them

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3045581/Family-six-including-fodren-eight-reported-missing-police-warn-going-Syria.htmlur-chilA family of six - including four children aged under eight - were today reported missing from Britain as police warn...

Should Muslim women be allowed to wear a full-face veil in court?

Lord Neuberger, the President of the Supreme Court, said that judges should allow women to wear traditional dress as they should 'show, and be seen to show' respect to different customs. Wearing a veil is not a religious requirement and respecting th...

Grr doesn't it make ya mad

when someone snipes your item you think you have won!! So annoying

Douglas Carswell's defection to Ukip.

The Clacton MP's decision to join Nigel Farage is like the rest of his career, principled and decent writes Peter Oborne - Daily Telegraph's chief political commentator. Well it certainly makes for some exitement at last...as the Tory whips scramble ...

Failing defective disappointing LED corn bulbs

I have bought around 15 240v LED corn bulbs, they are all failing at around six months of little use.It' s not the LEDs it's the voltagetransformers inside. I'm sticking to low voltage from now on

It seems that I put my foot in it ... but what should I have done?

My next-door-neighbour died a couple of days ago. We weren't what I would call friends, but he had lived there for over 20 years and we chatted occasionally and helped each other with a bit of DIY or garden maintenance every now and again, especially...

Another sad loss from the music industry ...............

Errol Brown the front man for Hot Chocolate passed away at 71 at his home in Barbados.R I P Errol your music was loved the world over.

It's a girl.

Now you know.

Wolf whistling, compliment or harassment?.

Yesterday a lady called police and complained about builders whistling , commenting and harassing her.I must admit my first reaction was what a fuss about nothing when I heard it on the radio.Later as I heard more about it I changed my mind.One of th...

May the 4th

What do you think of it so far?

The general election campaign, has it enthused you to vote? Have you connected with a party or are you finding it all a bit limp?I don't feel inspired by Cameron or Milliband, Farage peaked too early, the greens are very poor, Liberals are stuck with...