Iceland are a favourite to win - up against the UK...they have never supported the UK, all a bit fishy. Their cousins, the Danish, think they can bring home the bacon. Israel - no bacon and their...
Are the Israelis justified taking out buildings when Hamas are using them to hide their missiles and even their intelligence (in the press building). To be fair on the latter, they gave warning to all...
A Farmer in Cornwall see's a bloke drinking from his stream. He shouts, "Wozzon! Ee den wanna be drinkin' dat, t'is fulla horse *** an cow ***". The bloke says "I'm down from London and just...
Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall bought new shoes for her wedding. During the big day they became increasingly tighter and tighter as the day went on. That night, when the festivities were finally...
Farmer to his wife,"When I parssed the barn Fred 'ad 'anged iself from a beam".
"Did 'ee cut'n down?" said the wife.
"No 'ee wad'n dead yet." said the farmer....
Dennis Penberthy, an elderly Cornish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions, stating that they suspected he was not paying his employees enough and they would send an...
Who would you vote for - this follows on from a Facebook thread that Tonyav and I have been 'working on' - your candidates/nominations please. Here we go:...
Went into see the Mater at her Home today, a mere 87 years young. My sister has been designate #1 during lockdown. She has lost a lot of weight but seemed okay but for being a little more cuckoo with...
A lot of us are thinking of you tonight and what you have been through and I am sure folk here on AB will add appropriate material. Sleep tight after what must have been an emotionally mind-blowing...
Any examples on your part for a Saturday evening....?? The D-Tel supplementary 'Weekend' today has a number of articles about modern perceptions of sex and some of these harassment issues. I do not...
In the DT today - but also here, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/03/amazon-apologizes-for-tweet-dismissing-claim-workers-pee-in-bottles.html They don't half come out with the political spin as to how...
Morning all, seems Boaty is down in the bunker again, fuelling his sleep up.7 Very grey and windy here, the only way being down today as this, apparently, is the warmest part of the day - due to go to...
One of the British national daily newspapers was asking readers: "What it means to be British?". Some of the emails were hilarious but this one from a Swiss was a winner. "Being British is about...
So what gastro-treats are ABers enjoying or going to enjoy for supper/dinner this evening Here - hand-foraged mussels from the Fal Estuary (Got enough for two meals x 4 people) so moules and frites....
So what? A brouhaha that shows just how stupid the mass of Anglicans can be. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/01/church-england-backtracks-easter-meal-advice-claims-appropriated/ or for those...
Boaty doesn't seem to be about and Emmis hasn't yet pounced, so I'll get things moving. Happy Good Friday to all - and think of all those folk in the Philippines who are nuts enough to have themselves...
Does anybody have any experience with handling GMX over a blocked log in Yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 I found my account blocked. Their blurb saying ' our system has detected irregular activity...
Now the insanity of our slamming our colonial extends into the world of architecture. This was in the D-Tel but I've found another source. Is a bit of good old Georgian imperialism in new architecture...
There's a medical term for when one's muscles go weak and soft temporarily so, such as in reaction to a medication. I believe that it's not 'atrophyism' as, to me, that implies wastage and long-term...