Thankfully Monty seems to have stopped doing it now, but for years on Gardeners World he would show you how to prune your grapes and how to...
Advice generally seems to be to 'mist coat' first. That is using diluted emulsion. My brother-in-law is a builder and never does that, just...
I agree. It's not that long ago that Microsoft would support the current version plus the last 2. Now they seem to get round that by issuing...
When I binned all my old GW magazines I cut out the 4 or 5 pages of Plants of the Month. I've kept those as they are a handy reference for what...
Not in the long term I agree. However, many people only use their computers for email, browsing the internet and the occasional letter. It will...
I did subscribe to GW Magazine for a few years but finally cancelled as many of the articles were basically rehashed and republished with much the...
Have you seen the latest complaints from the delicate generation? Gabby Logan said "Cock-up" live on the BBC, not just once - she said it twice....
I think 'eventually' is the most important word there. There is certainly no need to panic and dive into either updating the OS or purchasing a...
No idea. I never try.
Didn't IBM also have a problem of seriously misjudging the situation? They thought the PC would never take off and that mainframe computers would...
My boss at my first computer job could read paper tape. He was registered blind, with specs like the bottom of milk bottles, but that was some...
Stachys 'Lambs Ears'. It's an absolute thug in my garden but the bees love it. Despite ripping out masses of the stuff every year it keeps...
Blimey, we are showing our ages now. I started on mainframe computers too. Kids today will never believe that it had 64k main memory in a...
When I started in IT support, Windows 3.1 was the operating system of choice and occupied 3 floppy disks each with a capacity of 1.44 mb. Yes you...
These copycat riots have to be stamped down on and stamped down on very hard. Bring in water cannon with indelible dye. Give rioters 5 minutes...
We should all be safe come the next pandemic. After all we've all been implanted with microchips.
I worked for DWP for a few years, although not on anything to do with pensions. Many of the forms are extremely long and confusing, and the...
A very rough 'rule of thumb' is that the roots will spread a distance equivalent to the eventual height of the tree.
I wouldn't want to plant an oak that close to a house, and definitely wouldn't buy a house with an oak that close. Yes it will be a while before...
The responses are interesting. Possibly showing up personal prejudices of the posters rather than anything else. My comment was actually...
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