Chef Mark

I'm working on a novel set in London in the late 1800's. Where can I find a dictionary, a British one, not American English, that would have the terms and words from that period? I don't want a modern dictionary since some of the words from the 1800's may have dropped out of circulation. I guess I need a British dictionary that was published at least no later than the first half of the 20th century. Any ideas?

Thank you for your help.

I'm trying to recall the name of an old sci-fi movie I saw when I was a kid. The movie was probably from the 1950's. It was in black and white. It was about a crew on a spaceship with this humanoid monster trapped in the bottom, or the cargo hold of the ship. Every time they'd open the hatch to try and kill it in some way, (such as throwing acid on it), it was impervious to their attacks and endeavored to climb the stairs to get to them. They then close the hatch again, keeping it trapped as they think of some new way to kill it. Finally, they decide to let all the air of the ship and the monster perishes. Does anyone remember this movie?

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OK, I know practically nothing about computers so bare with me. I have a Dell PC with Windows 8. I have photos that I've uploaded from my Cannon digital camera. The photos are like 3-4 megabytes each. If I want to e-mail a bunch of them the size overloads the attachment capacity. Is there a way to make the photos smaller, (which I assume will reduce their megabytes)?

There's an option of opening up a photo with some program called "Photo Gallery." It has all sorts of editing options but I'll be damned if I can find one to make the photo smaller. Is this the right software? Is there some other software that came with the computer that does this? I have a bunch of Microsoft applications that came with the computer.

Thank you everyone, from the guy who was brought up on dial phones and TV's with antennas.

Mark

When I open a document in Microsoft Word 2010, the default view is a two-page view with a zoom of 80%. I would like to change it to a one-page view and a higher zoom. How do I change the default? Can it be changed?

Thank you for your time and your help.

I have a Dell PC with Windows 7. I have photos stored on the hard drive that were taken with my digital camera. When I select a photo to be the desktop background, the photo is too big for the screen. Only the center of the photo is displayed. How can I adjust the photo, the computer, whatever, so that the entire photo fits on the desktop proportionately?

Thank you for your help.

I have a Yamaha receiver R-S700 and a Yamaha dock YDS-12, both purchased in 2010. I had an Ipod nano from 2007 that fit into the dock and played through my stereo. Then the Ipod died. I had another nano from 2012 which also fit directly into the dock but would not play through the stereo. It plays in my car via the usb port and plays with an earpiece. So I bought a brand new Ipod nano, which has a "lightening" connection. Apple gave me an adapter so it would fit into my dock which it did. However, same problem as the 2012 nano, it would not play through the stereo but again plays in my car and with the ear piece.

I called Apple who had nothing to offer but the usual "it should work." I called Yamaha who said the same thing but finally offered that it must be the dock that went bad. (But if the dock went bad, why was it able to play my 2007 nano?) So I'm buying a new dock and will see what happems. In the interim, does anybody have any ideas?

Thank you for your help with this very frustrating problem.

In Windows XP there was a search option whereby you could search all your word files for a specific word. So for example, if you had a folder called "science" with 100 Microsoft Word articles in it, and you were looking for the one that mentioned Isaac Newton, there was an option to search for a word in that folder. You would put "Newton" in the search box and it would pull up all the articles from that folder containing the word Newton. I can't find this option in Windows 8. Did they remove it?

Thank you everyone for your help.

I would like to change the default sound my computer makes when I receive a new e-mail. I wish to replace it with a wav file I have stored on my hard drive. I went to control panel and then sounds. I chose new e-mail notification and selected the sound I wanted and applied it. Nevertheless, I still get the default sound. This used to work on my old computer.

I have a Dell PC with windows 8 and Microsoft Outlook 2010.

Thank you for your help.

I'm getting a new Dell desktop with Windows 8. It comes with Mcafee anti-virus but I've always used Norton. Is there any significant difference between the two? What would you guys recommend? Thank you for your help.

They featured a farm in NJ that has a haunted hayride and I'm trying to find out the name of the farm.

I have an 8 year old Dell computer. I don't do anything more sophisticated than surfing the net, e-mail, and writing documents in Microsoft word. The computer has become progressively slower. I have anti-virus and anti-spyware software and defrag every so often. My friend installed additional RAM to no avail. Still slow. I was told that I should buy one of those aerosol cans, open it up, spray the dust off it, and try that. Is that worth the effort, or given the computer's age, is it time for me to just simply buy a new computer? Thank you for your feedback.

I'm trying to recall a horror movie I saw in the 1980's. Can't remember the name. It was about this group of people, I think stranded on an Island with a crazed killer. The killer, years before, had been stranded at sea with his wife and son and went mad. He ended up killing and eating his wife and son. Now he is preying upon this unsuspecting group. One girl in the group reads tarot cards and tells people futures. Another in the group is a doctor who ends up being the hero by killing the killer by striking him with an axe in the end. Does anyone remember the name of this movie?

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I have an external hard drive to back up my data. A friend of mine said that they can become corrupt and I should periodically buy a new one and transfer my data to it. Would you guys recommend this? If so, how often would you buy a new one? Thank you for your input.

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I'm a chef and like to grow my own herbs. While I know about cooking with them, I don't know much about growing them. My question is about basil. Someone told me to pinch off the flowers of the basil plant as this will enable greater leaf growth. Is this true???

Thank you for your help.

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Happy Halloween!

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We have a chandelier in our living room on a dimmer switch installed by a handyman, i.e., not a licensed electrician. When the switch is on very low the light goes out after a few minutes. If I turn the intensity up to medium or better, then it stays on. Is this normal or do I have a potential electrical problem? It wasn't always this way. It just started happening recently. Than you in advance for any help you can offer.

We have oil heat which powers a boiler generating steam. There are radiators in every room of the house. My question is, does shutting off the valve of a radiator in a room we're not using save oil and hence money? Will shutting off valves actually decrease the amount of steam produced which in turn means less oil burned? Or is the same amount of steam still being produced but just re-routed? Thank you everyone for your input.

I installed an AM loop antenna on my receiver. There are two radio stations, of similar strength, that I get equally well in my car. However, I am only able to receive the one on my home receiver. Does anyone have any suggestions for increasing the strength of the antenna, or maybe I need a different antenna? Perhaps the location of my house and/or stereo has something to do with it regardless of the antenna? Thank you for your help.