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Different companies provide differing amounts of online storage with their accounts. This page is mostly an advert for one provider but it does list at least some of the alternatives alongside how much storage you get https://www.cbackup.com/articles/100gb-free-cloud-storage.html I've never...

Various possiblities. One is some idiot has sent this out without thinking or is just joking. Next, because you don't book from your email address, someone is sending these messages to everyone on the mailing list so they can cut out the addresses that aren't in use anymore. Next, they have to...

New cracks in old tram cars according to the report.

The apps that run in browsers are cloud based so, if you have a file that you want to work on, you would need to have the app accessible. The larger that app is the more likely it is to fail or hang if your connection isn't stable. Some apps are so large that they could not work on the cloud as...

Odd spelling mistakes can be part of a different kind of game. If you've ever been passed something on FaceBook that either has a couple of odd spelling mistakes or is just an image and asked to share it there's a trick to it. It's possible to search for odd phrases or images on google. So if...

In the last week I've had a run of e-mails asking me to update/resubscribe to various computer security programs. For some reason, they are getting through the usual spam filter. Although the Anti-virus programs exist, the senders (as evidenced by their addresses) are not connected to them. I do...

If you're losing apps from windows it might be that they're not really disappearing and you're just losing desktop icons. In that case, this might help. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/desktop-icons-not-showing-in-windows

If you need old maps for free online This is a good place to start. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=16&lat=52.45680&lon=-1.89650&layers=102&b=1&z=0&point=0,0 The interface isn't quite perfect and you can have trouble finding out the exact date of the map you're looking at but it does work.

For what it's worth, James Dicks was a confectioner at 22 High St Erdington in 1912 to 1930 In 1935 it's still a confectioner but it's Albert Edward Aston as proprietor. The directory before 1912 is 1898 and it doesn't have a listing for High St Erdington.

The shop had been a confectioners from WW2 to the 60s and before that it was a pub. The sign on the wall was probably advertising for somewhere else that might have been close or not. The descriptions of the place are a little diverse to look up on their own and we don't have the top line which...

On spotting fake emails. If you get an email that you don't think is legit from a company take a look at the email address that's sending it. Depending on where you get your email or how you see them on your computer, you may have to move the cursor over the senders name or something like that...

Still no luck finding the Bull ring pictures but this was taken in 1985 and I think it's up by the library.

Things to remember if you get the call from fake Microsoft/BTInternet/Virgin. Microsoft doesn't usually take your phone number on registration and, if you've bought your computer second hand you wouldn't have registered anyway. You can irritate them for a while with the bit about "Where did you...

It did happen, at the moment I'm trying to find the pictures. I can't be sure of the date and I'm not sure finding the pictures will help.

OK so this is slightly off subject but, given the title of the last track, I just couldn't resist.

Curious, I have an Epson Perfection V500 her that runs on W10 using the original Epson Scan utility. According to Epson the drivers for the V100 should work if you have the latest version https://www.epson.co.uk/support?productID=1861#product_search should take you there although you might have...

True, although there is some political pressure to put in a Balsall Heath station. Resurrecting Camp Hill would be a lot cheaper and would be more accessible. The question was, without the station, why keep the name?

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/search-begins-for-contractors-to-build-three-new-birmingham-railway-stations-10-12-2021/ Above is the link to the article shown. It does have more detail than the image - they reckon to start sometime next year. Odd that they should keep the name "Camp...

I heard on the Breakfast news show that Ed Sheeran thinks he's just written the first song actually called just "Merry Christmas" - it's not true.

If I remember correctly, Revolver records at one time had a bag with a gun on it and half a dozen bullet holes each of which had the address of one of their shops but, strangely, none of the addresses were in Birmingham. I think they had a small shop in the Pallasades on the centre block...