It was about the late eighties, if I remember correctly, in N.Somerset. My mother, who couldn't sleep very well due to arthritis in her knee, got up to take some painkillers and made herself a drink....
I saw this the other day but couldn't find it on Facebook. Cats are misunderstood. They are affectionate and loyal to their family and kind and considerate to other cats in the household....
I am an Atheist but I don't have anything that, I know of, in common with other Atheists . I know several non religionists who don't believe in any specific religion but nevertheless believe in the...
Dave was very popular at work. He was one of those rare union reps that had the ability to reach mutual agreements for all concerned. He was liked just as much by management as his members. But Dave...
I'm not a smoker but I'm amazed at the continued measures that keep coming against smoking. It's not illegal to smoke if over 18 yet more and more regulations keep coming along. There is one legal...
Mrs B. here, 2½ - 3 hrs ago Mr B. was adjusting the angle of an outside light on the pointy bit of the eaves, the ladder slipped and he landed badly in the drive. Blue Lighted into hospital with a...
/// ‘Fifteen years of mass immigration and white flight have brought Newham to its tipping point. It now has the lowest white British population of anywhere in the UK.’ /// /// According to the...
My father died back in the early 70s, long before I was of an age to ask about/understand his military career in the Irish and British Armies in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. A few years ago, inspired by...
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My dad has recently had his front driveway re-flagged and I noticed that they used some kind of compound to fill in between the joints. Apparently you just pour it in and it sets rock hard and it's...
"A day like the 23rd will not be a day for soundbites, we can leave those at home, but I feel the hand of history will be upon our shoulders with respect to this, I really do.
Do you, too?...
My pc kindly updated itself to W10 yesterday. OK, I thought, let's give it a chance. Was doing fine and then the whole thing froze, turned off and now I have the dreaded blue screen of death with a...
As I've said before, I don't think it will make any difference to ordinary folk whether we stay or go. Things will not change under Gideon Osborne. We, the great unwashed, will still be subjected to...
http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/bt-sport-to-stream-liverpools-europa-league-final-and-champions-league-final-for-free-5877450/ Apparently "the broadcaster has made the decision following poor viewing...
I was involved in a small incident over pavement parking this morning. I was walking up a street, about 10 miles up the Valley from me, and I saw an elderly gent having great difficulty negotiating...