Met an old friend today - haven't seen her since lockdown back in March. During this time I have dropped two dress sizes. Her comment "You look different, have you done your hair a different way?" I...
A couple of years ago, I switched a favourite brand of butter, to Lurpack, slightly salted, 500 g. Ive been shocked how much the price has jumped! £3.75! I felt quite guilty for putting it on my...
I only have digital tv,s. One in lounge and one in bedroom. For the last few weeks the reception is very bad but only on BBC1. I have retuned several times but all to no avail. I am in the SE. Anyone...
Does such a thing exist? My relative suffers from extreme anxiety and the smallest thing overwhelms her. She owns her own house and wants a 'big name company' that she can trust to handle not just big...
I am ordering a phone for someone for Xmas (landline) - and this time there will be caller display on the phone. Now I have one but have had one for a long time. I "chatted" to BT and they said "oh it...
https://news.sky.com/story/mairead-philpott-mother-who-killed-six-children-in-fire-freed-from-jail-12146026 \\A mother who killed her six children in a fire has been freed from prison after serving...
I have a Samsung smart tv UE40JU6445 and it it has a cracked screen on the back so I’ve been looking on selling sites to see if I can find identical tv that needs repairing with no screen issues and...
Ch 5 is showing a documentary about him tonight. I loved him when I was a kid and it will be interesting to see if I find him funny now I'm all grown up. The gurgling vicar had me in stitches.
I have an old fashioned immersion heater with a very old fashioned, fiddly, exasperating difficult to see and set up timer. I am thinking of replacing it with a 'smart' timer that I can programme from...
Can anyone shed any light on this? My friend retired four years ago and sold his successful small business as a going concern to one of his employees. The business has continued to thrive and is doing...
A elderly female friend was telling me she recently answered the door to someone supposedly a metre reader from her gas supplier. Apparently he had a hi viz on, showed an ID, said he had come to read...
Prolific author, books feature an unusual FBI agent who is always immaculately dressed usually in a black suit with hand made shoes. Carries a tremendous amount of instruments and evidence bags in his...
Fellow Abers when referring to a post by someone please copy the post or comment , instead of referring to 'A N Other at xxx ' time On a long thread it saves time , and effort having to scroll back ,...
Does anyone remember this ? Its chilblain time again and I'm so pleased with how it soothes and relieves the intense hot itching.
I wonder what uses other people find for it....
