In a recent study researchers at the University of Manchester suggested that there was a direct correlation between a higher number of visits to 'religious places' and low crime figures. Not only did...
I've had to abandon XP and install W7. I used before, iespell here on AB and other places by right clicking on the text, but this no longer seems to be possible to use it on W7. How can I now check on...
I'm returning to UK for a fortnight later this week. I have installed 'Teamviewer' which will allow me to access my home PC on a laptop while I'm away, but this will mean of course, leaving the PC on...
Have you noticed when people of a certain age seat themselves (particularly into a comfortable chair) they make a sort of sighing groaning noise which the young never do. Are you doing it too?
'Playing only their third ODI against a Test-playing team, Afghanistan had Pakistan in serious danger of being bowled out for under 200. But Umar Akmal averted that fate with his second ODI hundred,...
I recorded this film, we watched it last night, and the recording stopped just before the end (and my name is mud!) Fast Eddie (Paul Newman) was just about to take on Tom Cruise in a final pool game;...
Skiing accident deaths are now expected every ski season. Famous skiing deaths include actress and wife of Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson and singer/actor/US Congressman Sonny Bono. Ski accidental...
I'm writing an article for publication and I've written; "........and we discussed the Italians who meant so much to him; Marini, Giacometti, Rosso, Manzù......" Should it be who or whom please? My...
My Gmail account is secondary to my main one, but when I now try to enter it I get a request to 'Add Gmail to my Google account' which seems to want me to make Gmail into my main account which I don't...
Someone whom I have been dealing with by phone and mail up to now I met this morning, and was surprised discovered that he was physically handicapped - he is a lawyer and a victim of thalidomide - he...
Several years ago I recorded on to audio cassettes 10, half hour programmes on BBC Radio 3, called 'Bluebird blues', containing lots of very rare 1930's records on the Bluebird label. The sound is...
Did you know that dogs defecate in accordance with the earth's magnetic field?
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/08/dogs-defecate-earths-magnetic-field-research-finds...
Did anyone see those beautiful costumes she designed for the dancers in the Barenboim new year concert from Vienna? - gorgeous, fabulous contribution to a stunning international event, makes me feel...
I've now been able to connect my new Panasonic TV to it's 'Viera' function and can watch YouTube, but there is a bewildering amount of stuff there. Is there such a thing as an index or catalogue of...
Watching "The Great Train Robbery" last night I nearly cried to see Jim Broadbent's (DCS Tommy Butler's) car, It was exactly the car I had in the mid-sixties; a black 2.4 Mark 1 Jaguar, there were...