Russell B

In December (Xmas) we are flying from Birmingham UK to Dublin then Dublin to San Francisco will our cases be sent to our San Francisco connecting flight automatically?

Also as we will have checked in at Birmingham will we have to go through a full security check again at Dublin again.

There is a 3 hour gap between flights is this a good time period to allow for a delay should it happen out of Birmingham.

Any other facts about connecting flights would be extremely useful.

Next Saturday travelling to London Euston.

We are 2 adults 1 child (11 yrs). What is the cheapest way we can travel on the underground and bus.

Hope to see a few famous places so underground and bus would be idea.

Please advice on Oyster cards or day travel cards.

Can we get family travel cards at a cheap rate.

A week on Saturday we are catching a train from Birmingham (Sandwell & Dudley Station) to London Euston at 6am.

I have purchased tickets on line and been given seat reservations for 2 adults and 1 Child.

People tell me at work if the train was crowded we could end up having our seats occupied by just about anybody.

What happens if someone as pinched our seats can we ask them to move for us to sit down.

After all if many people purchased tickets on the day of travel and the train was crowded you would sit in any seat.

I have an external 2.5, 500gb hard drive that takes its power from the USB port on a PC windows computer.

Question?

Is it possible to run this hard drive on an Android tablet i see quite a few do not have a USB connection so how would you view the information off my hard drive.

If an Android tablet does have a USB port/mini port will there be enough power from the tablet to run the external hard drive

The house we live in is a mid terraced house and some noises do sound to other people.

Our next door neighbours who are tenants are running their washing machine until after 1am on some nights (although not every night) Its mainly when the washing machine is on final spin it sounds in our living room or bedroom if we are in bed.

Question.

We have spoken to our neighbours and they said we are being dis-respective to them as they both work all day (they are home by 5pm) and have to wash at night.

What would you consider is the latest reasonable time they should wash and taking into account their work pattern.

PS i work full time also so i need my sleep although my wife is part time so washes in the day.

The Lidl supermarket chain are selling an arc welder for £39 rated at :- 40-80 amp. 1.5/3 mm steel

Question.

Our shed is wired with a radial circuit 15amp RCD/ MCB at fuse board is this supply OK to support this welder.

Also never owned an arc welder before any tips on using one.

We now own our house, mortgage finished, value of our property probably £100,000 (ex council house)

A house as come up for sale in our road (further up the road opposite side of road) probably the same sort of value.

Other question.

What would it cost us in total to buy this house in administration fee's (estate agents fee's solicitors fee's etc)

Contacted the estate agent to take a look Friday.

Would the estate agent allow us to drop out of advertising our house if the house in our road became sold quickly.

Looking at Tenerife say for August school holidays fit it.

If you have been what are the best parts of the island for weather and family holidays (i read comments that the island as a very changeable climate in some parts of the island)

and other useful comments about the island to help us choose.

i am due to go to the hospital in January to have 2 hearing aids fitted after having tests on my first appointment.

I must admit i will feel really uneasy about wearing these hearing aids especially as the people i work with will find any excuse to take the mickey out of you.

I am 54 years of age and having worked in many noisy companies this as been the out come of wear any tear on my hearing.

Any sensible advice how i can tackle these fellow idiot and small minded people i work with?

A friend of mine is up in court on Wednesday after being caught by Police for drink driving.

As is lively hood depends on driving he runs is own business and travels to most part of the UK.

He admits he was "silly" an wrong in what he done.

If is job/lively hood depends on driving would he get off with a huge fine but manage to keep is licence.

If new oxygen sensors are fitted on a Vauxhall Corsa C before and after cat is it correct that the battery is disconnected and the fault code is reset after fitting and battery reconnection.

One garage told me sensors will be reset after battery connected

another garage told me to reconnect battery and reset fault codes.

Which is correct please.

Problem with emission engine symbol not going out when engine is started.

Called the AA Sunday morning who came and done a diagnostic check and stated the 02 (oxygen) sensor was at faulty.

Purchased new sensor (before cat) at the cost of £26 and fitted Monday night emission light still not going out on starting engine.

Contacted AA again came out done diagnostic recheck said all sensors working OK and not faults found. reset 02 sensor. (light did go out OK for a short while)

Started engine later Monday night emission symbol would not go off again and is still at fault.

ANY IDEAS PLEASE.

Also AA mechanic said when car is started from cold the timing chain sounds noisy may need changing (53,000 miles covered).

COULD THE CHAIN TENSION AFFECT THE EMISSION LIGHT NOT GOING OUT.

ALSO HOW WOULD A GARAGE GIVE ME A HONEST OPINION ABOUT MY TIMING CHAIN.

My Toshiba laptop allowed me to make my own recovery files, so do i format the computer to sell on or just remove document files.

Asking any qualified electricians :-

Last night our next door neighbours came round to see if our power supply had gone off, we said no everything was OK.

Their power supply had gone off because the service fuse had blown.

On calling the power supply companies emergency number an engineer can out, firstly he checked the fourth house from the dead supply and not our house next door.

Next went to the sub station (just out the back)

He went to the no power supply house and replaced the service fuse and left.

Will our neighbours get a bill for the service fuse replacement and why did the engineer think only certain houses working off the same sub station could have been affected.

Travelling to the USA soon, are these preloaded money cards the best way to take your Holiday money?

How do they work please explain are they chip and pin.

If you travel to the USA let me know how you take your holiday money please!

We are flying with Virgin Atlantic to the USA soon and we have the new British passports with the micro chip built in.

2 adults and 1 Child (9yrs)

What now happens with customs once we have received our boarding passes from Virgin.

Are we able to use the automatic customs check-in system to have our passport scanned and the micro chip read

or

Do we have to cue and have our passports visually looked at by customs officers.

Can our 9yr old son have is passport checked with the automatic system under our guidance as parents.

If you fly from Heathrow to the USA please let us know how you check in before boarding so we are prepared when we get there.

Question.

I am thinking of taking out a 2yr fixed rate ISA.

I see for tax reasons you have to give your national insurance number as part of setting the ISA up.

If i became unemployed would this investment affect income based job-seekers allowance.

Would it have to be declared?