I’m lucky that my water here comes from about 300m up the hill (via three tanks to settle any particles and a big water filter and separate u/v filter). We pay no water rates but do have to maintain it at a cost of a couple of hundred quid every two...

With the price of a 1st class stamp now £1.65, it got me wondering about the cost of the Christmas card ritual.

I send a modest 19 cards to friends/family, which would set me back £31.35 for 1st class post, or £16.15 for 2nd class.

That got me...

To-day 20th Nov. is the day we remember St. Edmund, the correct patron saint of England and reminded by the name of his burial location, Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia.

St. George; back to Cappadocia where you belong.

Best thing on tv for ages. Worth the sub to Apple TV alone. Just finished series 4. Fab.

Insuring one car whilst the car it replaces is still owned is causing issues.

It isn't possible simply to change the cover from the existing car to the new one. That would leave the old car uncovered.

So I start the search for cover for the...

Apparently one of our oldest satellites, Skynet-1A was moved from it's tactical geostationary orbit but no one know who or why.

Anyone want to own up? :lol:

Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of...

Rob P V2.0

I've ridden two wheeled bikes for most of my life but, just lately, have developed balancing problems. I'm thinking of changing to a three wheeler possibly electric for extra safety; anyone have any advice or tips as to the desirability of a...

Electric bin lorry bursts into flames in central London
The lithium battery-powered trucks were recently launched under Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, as part of a green initiative to reduce carbon emissions in the capital.

Cllr Paul...

Hello all,

Subject title is pretty self explanatory. Would anyone happen to know of one based in U.K or Europe?

Many Thanks

The respected apolitical experts at the World Health Organisation have declared another global health emergency, like they did with COVID 19. They say that it's a sexually transmitted disease but seem a bit light on facts on how it's spreading and...

There’s the rub, @eltonioni.

We know only too well the consequences of our actions yet we do relatively little about it. You periodically suggest, based on our success in overcoming adversity, we will find a solution to global warming. Maybe we...

A question for the lawyers and legal types....

Almost everything I sign nowadays is done using e-signature platforms.

With 'wet ink' signatures some documents require a witness signature to add an extra level of validation that the document...

I’d like to tap the collective wisdom of the flyer folk regarding selling event tickets for a small sports club.

My club wishes to offer a meal each week after the social tennis session. We need to know how many are coming in advance and commit...

I see that Ubiquiti are about to release a 7 bay NAS for ~£500 (+ VAT?) which seems quite good value if one is already well bought in to the UniFi ecosystem - like wot I am. Slick UI, but no Docker or Apps which is a bit of a bummer.

Worth...

A bit of a niche question, but I think there's a couple of forumites who have knowledge in this area, so giving it a go.

Context:
Just had solar installed on a commercial building, and trying to arrange an export tariff.
The building has a...

I recall discussion here many moons ago of people's experience with the French gizmo for paying the autoroute tolls automatically. There now seems to be quite a range of options that also cover other European countries: Bip&Go, Tollbird,...

Recovered several boxes of slides this weekend which were taken mostly in the 1970s and 80s (part of a collection running into the thousands).

Many feature PFA Rallys at Sywell which I thought would be of interest, this year's being such a good...

Surely, the forum can spot multiple user names. There must be an algorithm they can run to flag them up. How about making people register with their full given details and then allow them a single posting name or insist on posters using their true...

Just had an email offering me the domain Blueplane.net for only $2k.
Just checked with my provider and it is available for £0,01 for the first year.

I am thinking of buying it and selling it to the scammer for the tiny sum of $1500 so he can...

From LinkedIn

Be great to see a Canberra fly again even if it has to be in the USA.

Is currently making a fairly rare appearance to mark the 40th anniversary of its release. It continues to be a rather harrowing viewing experience…

You can catch the last hour on Sky355 of Seven hour marathon of 60s music .

The soundtrack of my student years decade from O levels to qualifying .

Happily I hit the ‘record ‘ button fairly early on.

Great evening of nostalgia . :lol:

They don’t tempt you to hand deliver all your Christmas cards taking days out of your bust Christmas period.
Their sound is real.
They take less than 2 minutes from 0% to 100% and give around 500 miles range.
You don't need to feel smug about...

About 2 weeks ago, WhatsApp just stopped notifying me on my iPhone X

Updated WA, updated iPhone, hard reset, uninstalled, installed from iCloud.

Everything is turned on !

If the app is open, I get a notification, if not - nowt........ I...

I see the EU à la dernière heure have postponed indefinitely the introduction due to start 10 th November of fingerprinting at passport control /borders to the EU.

Plan is to think of another method apparently.

I’ve been an Amazon (prime) customer for years. Suddenly they’re encouraging me quite aggressively to change to Amazon business. They say I’ll get all the benefits of Prime, but for free.
I can’t work out what’s in it for them, why are trying to...

Pal of mine needs to install a router in his office at the back of the house. The BT connection and a fine BT Infinity wireless router are at the front of the house. There is no viable way to cable this to the office. The thought therefore is to use...

Many years ago, my grandfather gave me a negative file. I never used it and had forgotten all about it... until I discovered it yesterday underneath a pile of prints. It's in pristine condition and I also have the box that the box came in.

Now...

The past month or so we've had loads of flies around the house.
From talking to a few colleagues, it sounds like it's not localised to our house or village.
Is it the same across the country?
There was some suggestion that the milder winter,...

Had difficulty signing on this evening; kept re-directing me to '@uhb.co.uk' instead of '@googlemail.co.uk'

As you may have seen there is likely to be a bill in parliament before Christmas.

I understand this is a very personal decision, and I am not trying to change anyone's mind.

But can I ask as many of you as feel it would be the right thing to...

Does anyone know where he is?? His phone has been going straight to voice mail for several days. I know he was trying to rescue the Stearman from Lundy but he was answering his phone from there a week or so back.

Is being streamed on Discovery+ and is fascinating! The TV presentation is very informative and the boats don't half go :D
Currently 4 all in first to 7.

RSV or respiratory syncytial virus is a respiratory virus which affects the lungs, symptoms include cough, soar throat and cold (ie what most of us get all year round)
Old farts like me (age 75 to 79 years) are to be offered vaccinations via GP...

I'm getting:

When trying to log in. Other more circuitous routes seem to work, the 'try again in minutes' is stretching to hours.
Anyone know why this happens?
Ian/Flyer IT have been very helpful, but, obvs. not available at stupid-o'clock, and...

So, with autumn approaching, and the real probability of being in Berlin this Christmas, I was looking ahead thinking of getting winter tyres for Ms SDs Beemer. The thing is, it's got those very wide very thin Msport alloys/tires combo which...

SkyEcho/Skydemon combo - when I click Go flying and select SkyEcho 2 , I get an error Protocol not available

It used to work. I works for another syndicate member on the same SkyEcho.

WiFi is connected to the SkyEcho and I can browse to the...

Basic Pooleys headset; the mic is very quiet. Is there any adjustment possible?

Had the car heater blower selector go tech. Only worked on full whack demist. Called my local dealer. They quoted me for diagnostic check and if it was what they thought it was, parts and labour added brought the total to £225. :(

Did a bit of...

But now I’m not. ❄️

When did getting in touch become reaching out?

When did people stop understanding the past tense and need back in the day added on to a sentence to inform them that somethinghappened previously?

When did the equally pointless going forward...

This has been sitting in my Inbox for a while & has been concerning me; I have several gmail accounts, but none that I can remember have my @mac.com address as a backup email address associated with it.

When I hover over the SIGN IN button...

My daughter's Berlingo has broken down. These codes are from the RAC breakdown report. Can anyone tell me what they mean?
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check for a loss of power
check obd record codes reset and retest
number2 injector...

Should the value on an SPF record be enclosed in double quotes or not?

I’m trying to set up one of my domains as an Apple iCloud custom email domain. I don’t have access to the DNS entries myself, so I having to get them updated via my hosting...

I wonder if anyone on here knows the solution to this please?
I have Plusnet FTTC broadband plus landline.
My current contract expires Oct 5.
I am (provisionally) moving house Oct 11.
I would like to continue with Plusnet broadband at new house....

Just started Freeview 8 (not all areas)
'One of our Aircraft is Missing'

Visiting a client today, they'd got no reverse parking signs in the car park.
I'd not come across these until the past couple of years, but they seem to be popping up in more places.

Why?

Unless I need access to the boot I've always reversed...

From a personal point of view aged 77 I can still get a class 2 but i saw this in the AOPA newsletter and wondered what @FlyingDutch view might be.....

Some members have reported that their AME has told them that, when renewing a Class 2, that...