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Celebs With Place Names

Penny Lancaster/ or Burt Judith Durham Tyne Daley Your turn...

Large Weed Pink Flower Caused Irritation

We have had a self sown plant (weed?) in our garden, which grew to about 5-6ft high, it does not have hollow stems and the leaves are different to hogweed, but the flower looks similar although pink...

ToraToraTora

Has No One Got A Sense Of Humour Anymore?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49395718...

Canary42

Golf Warning

Golfers beware - digest the picture in this link. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/48482735 Fortunately the contestants wisely got off the course....

Togo

Birds That May Fly In Skein Formation?

Whilst out filling the bird feeders this morning I was delighted to spot a flight of birds in the brilliant V, skein, formation. Now these were not geese or indeed birds that resembled a wildfowl wing...

Rockrose

Adoption

We are seriously thinking about giving adoption another shot, especially as one of their major objections have gone and the other is to follow shortly. However, when talking about it last time the...

Markloveslisa

Bed Bugs

Help! We have found a bed bug on our mattress.. I have gotten rid of the critter. Any sensible suggestions. WE have ordered a new mattress.. And have hot washed all the bedding. Yuk

Chipchopper

Climbing French Beans

Normally, I would grow these from seed but this year I bought some from a garden centre which had been grown in pots, approx 4-5 in 3 inch pots. When I tried to separate the plants, I discovered that...

Mexican18

Gift.

I want to buy a thank -you gift for a female friend (non-romantic). She is a young 70. I want to spend £30-£40. Any suggestions please!...

Tilly2

Will This Work?

Par boiled thinly sliced potato, sauted sliced leeks, cauliflower florets, layered in a dish. Pour on crème fraîche thinned with a drop of milk, salt, pepper and mustard powder, baked in oven for...

percy1946

We''ll Meet Again

In the war when it was nigh on impossible to get meat at the butchers our fishermen were asked to catch whales for us to eat, so when you took your ration book to the butchers a sign on his window...

Patsy33

Shocked

People are usually shocked when they find out I'm not a very good electrician...

Khandro

Can't Post To Ab On My Smart Phone.

I can enter AB on my PC and am automatically logged in, but now on my phone I need to log in, - I can see everything but not my subscribed threads and I can't post. So when I try to log in by adding...

interele

Imperial Size Radiators

Is there anywhere I can get imperial size ( 76" ) radiators Ta Mal...

Cloverjo

Mushroom

Does anyone know what this is, and if it's safe to eat? There are quite a few growing in my garden. It's a very sandy and windy area, if that helps. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=3465oag&s=9 I hope...

Old_Geezer

Woodscrews

More of a legitimate and well deserved rant than a question, but there's one in there somewhere. What is it with no matter what you actually want to do a job, they don't make/sell it ? This is just...