I wonder if anybody will recognise what this is, and can advise on how to get rid of it. I will try to describe the problem as fully as possible - there are a lot of different aspects to it. About a...
In September 2010, a friend of mine passed on a black-and-white DSH female cat to me, that had not had a great life so far. She was approx.8 years old, and had been passed around from pillar to post...
Recently, in the last 2 or 3 years, I've heard Baconnaise mentioned in a number of different places. It's a blend of bacon taste and mayonnaise that was invented in America (...so no surprises...
This idea is way beyond its sell-by date, but I thought I'd ask this one anyway, as I always wondered why VCR designers didn't seem to have thought of it. During the 90s, I was working weekend...
Stamp collectors, if you like! I've always collected stamps, but not for any notion of value. But I know that some of them can be, or can become very valuable. In the last few years, if you go to the...
All my life I've gone to the trouble of removing any of those black lumps you get in many potatoes - usually around the size of a pea or thereabouts (something which most fish & chip shops fail to do,...
Since 11/09, I've had 2 cats, Sindy and Lucie, who were passed on to me by a friend who was moving, and was unable to take the cats with him. They both settled in very well with the other 2 I had at...
Everywhere you look, there are pigeons. Even if you watch some news report from anywhere in the world, chances are, there'll be a couple of pigeons tottering around in the background, as only pigeons...
...including all the buildings, the people, the roads, the cars and buses and trains, the underground system, and all the rest of the infrastructure... How much does London weigh? Roughly - and within...
I recently bought a small pack of neodymium magnets (9mm x 2mm buttons), as I thought they would be useful for keeping notes on metal surfaces, and keeping trailing wires under control. However, I...
My shower hose has developed a small split, which is gradually opening up with continued use, and spurts water out in a narrow jet (...yes, I know that's exactly what you want in a shower - but it has...
A few weeks ago, I had some annoying twinges of mild pain in one or two of my teeth, and thought I would buy a tube of Sensodyne next time I went to the shops. But in the meantime, I recalled that I...
About 20 years ago I bought a very smart nail file from the local branch of Boots. Instead of the usual textured metal surface, it was covered on both sides with a layer of tiny, almost microscopic...
Sadly, it won't be too long before we return to the horrid gloom of early dark afternoons. Ask people the question 'How many months are we in BST, and how many in GMT?', and most will answer something...
I've always been a law-abiding citizen, and I've only had the most minor brushes with the police throughout my 65 years. But within the space of a few months, I have been served with 2 fines. On the...
Back in the 80s, or perhaps the 90s, there was an Australian guy who used to pilot a helicopter all over Australia, and often made reckless and breathtaking moves which could easily have ended in...
For most of my life, I've adopted the continental style of writing the number 7, with a short horizontal bar across the vertical stroke. This has become quite prevalent in many British people's...