I must admit, I'm not sure I'd have the nerve to back out of the warranty at the checkout. However, in the UK you have at least a month in which to change your mind on ANY insurance product. If you do change your mind you get a full refund. And whilst they may be able to work out which store you purchased the warranty…

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I use addresses of friends and family. Then all you have to remember if the name of the person who lives there!

I appreciate the sentiment of the card, however I don't display them and often escape (usually to a non-Christian country) for Christmas. As such it just feels a small waste to receive the equivalent of a small shrub in pulped wood for no reason at all.

Hmm.. timely subject as I've been considering looking for a local Financial Adviser of late. Plus the previous comment about US-centric advice is also why I was going to post this comment.

Like jeadley, above, I have a domain that allows unlimited aliases - they all end up going to the same single email address but whenever I get any suspect mail I can now check the exact to: address to see who's been spamming me.

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I telecommute on a very regular basis and can confirm its not all its cracked up to be.

I'm terrible at procrastinating and finding excuses not to go to the gym. If I plan to go at lunchtime or in the evening the 7 out of 10 times I won't. The only way I manage to do it (and I'm sure some will cringe at this) is by going first thing in the morning before work.

I second the comments on DVD Profiler. I've been using it for ages with no problems at all. I paid the small fee as I just find it so useful. As the first commenter says, easy to input DVD - just enter the barcode number and because I can view my collection from the web its great for letting my colleagues discover…

I've had loads of luck with the direct "Any chance of an upgrade?" question at check in. Be polite friendly and not too scruffy and it works fine.

I can highly recommend SpamNet by Cloudmark([www.cloudmark.com]) but it currently only works with MS Outlook and Outlook Express (despite several users begging for a Thunderbird release!). The first time someone gets spam they mark it as such and a fingerprint for the email is sent back to Cloudmark. Then whenever…

The part about dealing with email straight away is key. My colleagues are often amazed I don't have many emails in my inbox or that I'm not continually swamped by the continuous bararge of mails.

I've been using MCE2005 for a while now and although it definitely has its quirks it is a good interface. With regards to your problem, if you want to jump to a particular artist you can use the remote (or your keyboard) to spell out the artist's name. So if you were looking for Aimee Mann you could have jumped to her…