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Help please!Sorry to raise this question as it seems to crop up fairly regularly. Looking back over past topics Dell and Evesham seem to get good press. Is this still the case?I need to replace the steam driven device I have here at home. Five years...

Dear Moderators, Is it possible to change my name from 'Dev B' to 'Mr Mono'. The naim Dev is so mainstream nowadaysthanksMr Mono aka Dev B

What it says on the tin.RegardsNime

At the moment it is 9pm on thursday evening. I have the Landie packed, just have to add the food and drinks and tomorrow morning heading to Hurricane Station on The Mitchell River about two hours west of Cairns. We'll spend all Easter on the river and...

Whatever next?Why?

Thinking of getting one for the "usual suspects" - car, patio/paving, brickwork, shed, furniture, windows and UPVC frames etc.Simply put, are they worth it?I wouldn't be looking at anything stupid, there seem to be a glut of models from £30...

Gratuitous posting to get to 500.Sorry.David

I've been away from the forum for a while. Does the new arrangement for the discussion fora have anything like the old Private Topics facility? If so, I'm blind and can't find it. A guiding hand would be appreciated.SAS

I keep getting emails that contain absolutely nothing. No "text" no "from" just an empty blank page. If i look at the header info this is the content:Return-path: <fracdvrns@hush.ai>Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for...

sorry if this has been covered, but I was shocked to learn that almost 25% of West Germans and 12% of East Germans long for the wall. What sort of social pressure causes something like this to happen:...

I am thinking of buying a pressure washer for washing down the driveway, decking and car. I've seen the Karcher range in B&Q which seem to have a useful range of accessories, are they any good? Would anyone recommend another make? John

Can anyone suggest an online garden or builders merchant that can supply the flexible pipes with holes in to put beneath lawns to help with drainage?Cheers,Dave

As an Icelandic hero returns home one wonders what now will happen to this man who all those years ago battled single handedly against the might of Evil Empire?

Digital Projectors in cinemaThe Irish Film Board said it would lead to a "pretty amazing" picture quality for cinemagoers. "It's pure digital projection and picture perfect quality," said the board's Moira Horgan

I really fancy learning to attain a motorbike license, I am interested in how much it costs these days, and how long it typically takes to be able to ride one of the above.Thanks in anticipation

Some of you may know that I regularly visit a great political blog called Harry's Place. The chat is usually good and Harry's political theme - a combination of left wing and pro-liberation - is always interesting.Anyway, the Guardian is running a...

Very soon we may know the judge's ruling in the extraordinary case of the brain damaged woman in the US. She has been on life support for 14 years. Her husband feels that she should be allowed to die and her parents feel that while she is still in a...

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:You have two cows.You sell one and buy a bull.Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.You sell the herd and retire on the income.ENRON CAPITALISM:You have two cows.You sell three of them to your publicly listed company,...

From zero to almost 20C in a week or so. Strange days.What did you do this weekend?We went to Brighton today - left early and saw all the motorbikes on the way down to Brighton. I assume there was a vintage bike run judging by the number of vintage...

There have been many but this is a true account of one that occurred in my teen-age years.In those days sewered toilets were unheard of and the back yard dunnys were the places of convenience. They consisted of a wooden closet containing a drum which...

I didn't know that Clint Eastwood's father was Stan Laurel ?Fritz Von But what about Frankie Abbott ?

Hilarious ebay auction

Apple iStoreThis made me chuckle

Should I be worried that my neck size is bigger than Ms Minogue's waist?I mean, if (as seems inevitable, to me at least) she asks me to make passionate love to her soon, I'd be afraid of breaking her.Still, as long as she doesn't smoke (or does she?).

We have been in our new abode for 6 weeks, and have just had a first electric bill of 95.39 for that period.This is a f**king joke. We paid around 45 quid a month at the last place for about the same amount of things.So I have been looking around for...