I last had the flu in 1986. I'm in my early 50's and thankfully no medical conditions to speak of. Every year the increased media coverage about the flu jab makes me wonder whether to wander into a...
To help celebrate today's birthdays and to cheer us all up, how about a party game. Its called the Five letter Game. Here are 5 letters, you make a sentence where each word begins with each initial....
Not for the first time I'm heading off on holiday feeling very under the weather. I'm rarely affected by colds or bugs, but just as I wind down for a long awaited break I seem to catch a good 'un. Is...
News of the planned port blockade by truckers seems very quiet today. I was feeling very supportive of them struggling to cross the channel without taking on extra passengers. Does any one know if it...
I have a very sore throat, ear ache and it hurts to swallow. After two days of agony and approaching the weekend I called into the doctors this morning. The GP identified a swollen tonsil and...
My freezer is a hand-me-down with no manual and a missing top drawer. Otherwise it works a treat and is perfectly good for the few bits I keep in it. Can anyone help me to find either a new top drawer...
What do you use to carry your money in European cities? I want to be safe but practical. Obviously I should avoid a rucksack style day bag, or one with a thin strap. I'm thinking about using a normal...
I'm driving myself mad look for self catering accommodation in central Paris for a few nights next month. Ideally I'd like a hotel room with a proper bed, not a sofa bed, with a small kitchenette. I...
I really needed to defrost the freezer as its so iced up I can't open one of the drawers, but now I've gone and frozen down a load of fruit from the garden. Is there a quick fix? I could take...
Can anyone tell me when and why our young people began to over use the over word LIKE in their sentences? Was there a moment or a person responsible, or a TV programme or a fashion that I missed at...
Mosquitos have got me good and proper this week; my arms are bitten alive and I can't stop scratching. I'm alternating antihistamine cream with zapping the bites with my small electrical clicker but...
Imagine I send an email to both Janet and John, and bcc in both Peter and Paul. If Paul were to reply to all, would Peter receive it? Equally if Janet were to reply to all, would Peter and Paul...
The installation of 800,000 ceramic poppies began today in the moat at the Tower of London. Its breath taking already and there's more to come.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28658498...
If I were to buy a return ticket from London to say Newcastle, then travel up, stay a few days, could I hop off on the way back at the various stations on route? eg take a local train to Durham, York,...
Is anyone watching this series? Its gripping and brilliantly acted but I'm not sure I fully understand the story! Who's the woman with the long dar hair who got them out of Gaza? Can we assume their...
I recently used a collection box service for parcel delivery and it worked a dream. It saves me having to collect from the post office as I work full time. The collection box is right next to my...
