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Length of File Path

Why does Windows let me save a file (Little Ships return to Ramsgate) with a path three miles long then not let me do a...
19 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
19 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Eternal September Newsreader Font size

Suddenly my newsreader is showing messages in very small font size and I don't understand why. It is nothing I have kno...
26 comments posted 1yr
posted by noreply492000-medic
26 comments posted 1yr posted by noreply492000-medic

Suggestions about odd kitchen smell.

Over the past few years, on occasion, we've noticed a slight smell in the kitchen. It is certainly not drainy or foul....
14 comments posted 1yr
posted by jethro_uk
14 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

Cost of Gardening

I know I should DIY but I have just had a young lad do some gardening for me, runs his own business. He has mowed the b...
6 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
6 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Why is this backdoor not closing properly?

Hi, these are the pics of the backdoor in my Council estate block: https://imgur.com/a/osKjYuq The lock has been change...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by simon.ferrol
5 comments posted 1yr posted by simon.ferrol

OT: Bank transfers

Why does an outgoing charge from my bank get debited instantly, but a refund always takes "Three to five working days"...
30 comments posted 1yr
posted by davey
30 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

Bus app

Has anyone found, one single, local bus time table app, which works for the entire country?
22 comments posted 1yr
posted by harry.m1byt
22 comments posted 1yr posted by harry.m1byt

Heat Pumps

Over the past few days I heard reported a few times that the Governments change to building regulations are going to ma...
136 comments posted 1yr
posted by junk
136 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

How was this written with a straight face?

Quote: The satellite records used to show much smaller warming trends for the troposphere which were considered to disa...
3 comments posted 1yr
posted by aero.spike
3 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike

How to legally degas a freezer

I have an old chest freezer that seems to be giving up the struggle to cool its contents and given its age I strongly s...
16 comments posted 1yr
posted by timdownieuk
16 comments posted 1yr posted by timdownieuk

Tap2tag

Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine? I had a text from my bank earlier in the week sayi...
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
4 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

OT: Water bills

Obviously water bills are going up. Severn Trent claim average increase of 21% this year, local rags say 46% over the n...
42 comments posted 1yr
posted by usenet
42 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet

OT: credit where credit is due

DHL said they would deliver my parcel of wine between 11:52 and 12:52 today. It arrived at 11:35. I had just decided no...
15 comments posted 1yr
posted by davey
15 comments posted 1yr posted by davey