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For some time I have been "threatened" by a hacker who has accessed my pc with a trojan. His threats have been to publish my photos to my "contacts" unless I pay him bitcoins. Some of my photos are of SWMBO in "beach" poses which she would not necessarily want broadcasting. I have removed those...

At the end of the month we are going to visit Windsor Castle. We are staying at Egham and want to drive from there to Windsor. SWMBO has a blue badge but usually this has a time limit of 3 hours. Any recommendations for parking at (or reasonable walking distance from) Windsor?

This morning I had to take SWMBO to Bury St Edmunds on the A14, travelling at about 8:00am. About 6 or 7 miles before reaching Bury St Edmunds (travelling west bound) the drizzle changed to heavy rain with reduced visibility. I chose to reduce speed & sit in the inside lane behind 2 hatchbacks...

When refurbing the house 10/12 years ago I installed a cat 5e network with 18 outlets around the house, wired back to a patch panel in a cupboard. This is connected to the router with an HP J9664A 1410-24-2G unmanaged switch. On installation I can’t remember having to configure anything. All has...

Earlier today I wanted to attach a photo to a message. Thought it would just be dragging the saved photo into the message. In the end I managed to put a link to the photo in the message. I'm sure its simple but advice would be appreciated on the best way to put a photo into a message/post

I have a Halfords charger which claims to charge & maintain. Trusted it but have been having low battery warnings in the BMW X3 even shortly after charging. Suspected the car battery as it seems BMWs are sensitive to battery issues. The car didn’t do many miles with the previous owner during...

SWMBO has a significant birthday next year. We have previously owned a R172 250CDi and a R171 280. Both were great cars. I‘m starting to browse R172 SLK350’s as a possible birthday present (I’d get to drive it also). Probably looking around 2013 with less than 60k miles. Do I need to be aware of...

Number one son was due to fly to Dublin this morning. The plane he was supposed to fly on was iced up in Dublin where apparently the airline had insufficient equipment to de-ice their planes. After waiting several hours (I believe around 6 hours) the flight (and the rest of that airlines...

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Recently bought a new TV - LG OLED65C24LA. We have a Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Home Theatre Sound System - SC-BTT590 5:1 surround sound, bought Jan 2013 - Previously attached to a Panasonic 50" Plasma of similar age and worked fine. Also connected:- Denon record deck connected to Aux in on...

Earned myself an umbilical hernia in January. Too busy to take time off work then but have had time since mid August. Operation carried out yesterday. Yesterday evening had discomfort around the big adhesive dressing and thought it was pulling on hairs. Tried cutting around the dressing with...

We have 2 ovens, installed side by side. Originally one was a 600mm high oven & the other 450mm high combination microwave. The combination microwave died in 2020 beyond economic repair. The 600mm oven is about 10 years old & seems to be fine. The 450mm combination microwave was replaced with a...

A couple of weeks ago on my way home from work I got stuck behind a car on the A140 for about 15 miles. Generally the speed limit is 50mph but through a couple of villages it reduces to 30mph. The car I was following was driving at generally 5 to 10mph below the speed limit. Applying its brakes...

We were due to attend a wedding in the midlands on the first weekend in July 2022. Wedding has now been postponed (again). We have cancelled the hotel we had booked but our mutt has been booked into our preferred kennels and can't be cancelled without loss of 50% deposit. So we are looking to...

Hoping to go to Donington for the British Touring Cars on 10th October. Have been to the circuit once before but the group we were with didn't want to explore & insisted on watching from the first bit of track they saw from Paddock Entrance which was on the straight between Fogarty Esses and...

So, back in December 2020 bought a 3.5 year old car from a multi franchise main dealer about 125 miles from home. Paid the advertised price. Car was a well known German brand we had never owned before. The car was advertised with many standard & optional technical features. Having never bought...

I've recently bought a BWM X3 (ducks & runs for cover:eek:) fitted with run flat Michelins. Car has 245/45R19 front & 275/40R19 rears, all with around 4mm tread. So in the near future I will need to replace all 4 tyres. There is no spare wheel & no spare wheel well, there is no space under the...

Not sure where to post this - so mods please move if necessary. Ok, Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian 2010. Late this afternoon I was loading up with tools for tomorrow. Had just finished and slammed the load cover. Never happened before but the alarm went off. I've tried both keys and neither will...

I have a cement mixer which I lent to one of number 2 sons friends. He had it for a couple of months. When it was returned one of the paddle blades in the drum had broken away from the drum and needs re-welding. I've never welded in my life and have no knowledge (except from my mate google) of...

After many years of MB (or Audi) ownership we have sold the SLK & the E Class Cabriolet and bought a BMW X3. Black, with an Ivory/Black leather interior and a panoramic roof. Trying to get to grips with the different way of operating similar features.