Mrs B went into our local Catholic church to buy a mass card, and found a Soup Kitchen in progress. We live in a relatively prosperous north London suburb. What the hell is going on? Once a month, the...
Odd question from our GP receptionist who asked Mrs B if she was Miss xxxxx before she was Mrs B. Answer, she was Miss xxxxx, but that was in 1970! Mrs B was momentarily speechless so didn’t ask...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-46370665 Harry Leslie Smith has died at the age of 95. He spent the last decade of his life tirelessly fighting for equality and justice. His...
On The Today programme today - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46369401 Examples of ‘Good business’? Directory enquiry calls, used mainly by the elderly, are a source of huge profits to the...
. . . . . . AB is. We have a regular mature poster who takes every opportunity to insult fellow ABers and then on a regular basis when modern technology defeats them it's "can anyone help me please?"...
I have just made my first ever purchase on ebay. It was surprisingly easy. I have always been a bit scared of ebay because there is so much on there, so many sellers and so many options. Is this the...
I took up their ‘free’ offer but cancelled well before the ‘free’ period ended only to find that they have taken a monthly fee from my bank account after the date I cancelled!!! I’ve even...
Microfinance - should I listen to the criticisms of microfinance which seem to centre around the argument that the lenders charge too high an interest rate and the recipients receive no real benefit?...
Hi - haven't been on here for a while so hope everyone is well. Have been trawling through websites trying to get info on organising my own funeral. I have no family in this country and just want my...
...is ever evolving with new words, phrases etc.... Ive noticed that the way we talk also evoles, sometimes to my horror. For some time now noticely on the telly amd radio, people are starting the...
I don't like to see people picking their nose, particularly when I'm trying to eat :-( But I have, on occasion, picked my nose.... Today been one of them. Ive been decorating and have been convinced...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/23/study-shows-60-of-britons-believe-in-conspiracy-theories Official survey shows that Leave voters far more likely to believe in the daftest conspiracy...
I've been given a laser measurer, a Suaoki S9, and the manual is of course hard to follow(!) What I want to know is, can I use it in this way: point it at one end of an object, then point it at the...
There are probably good reasons why I shouldn't support the Salvation Army appeal, but I can't think of any.
Anyone here got any anti-Sally Army ideas?
BB...
