My mum, wiser than I ever gave her credit for when she lived, used to say of one talkative elderly neighbour, “She’s probably just lonely.” Mum lived alone at the time, my dad having died 15 years...
Apologies if this has already been posted (no pun intended) but it has been announced that the price of a first Class stamp will rise by 9p to 85p from January 1st 2021. Stock up now if you use them...
Who's going for a free for all tomorrow? Lots of Covid spreading and punch ups , riot police, £1,000 fines for not keeping you distance.Just what we need.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html...
How about doing a survey, on which abers have answered the most posts on a/b . i thought it would have been Emmie@ 77,175. but it seems Naomi can beat that score@85,000, and Danny even better still...
I was watching a programme about shared ownership and how difficult it can be to sell your property if you don't have many years left on your lease. As I am in this position, I was wondering how do...
Mr B as an ex servicman holds a Blue card which gives him 10% on a few tyhings, Morrissons being one, as an Amazon Prime member I saw I could get a delivery within two hours today and as I have no...
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...
In his Christmas song 'Wonderful Christmastime' he sings
"The choir of children sing their song,
They practiced all year long,
Ding dong ding dong"
Blimey - all that practice for that!...
Mums been taken into hospital after falling and breaking her hip early hours this morning. A&E rang my sister a few hours later and said that she had been booked into theatre for tomorrow morning but...
It is very sad that she suffered a miscarriage, don’t get me wrong, but why oh why do we have to suffer her every day in the news. I thought they both wanted PRIVACY but they cannot wait to get their...
Not being a Sky subscriber, I was really pleased when they put Sky Arts on Freeview, it gives me access to the Music Icons series. What a disappointment!!! Apart from John Aizelwood, a former...
A guy got 3 points on his licence for stopping over a stop line at traffic lights while taking a lesson in a dual-control car, caught on automatic camera. He took it to court and got it overthrown,...
What film, comedy show, sketch, whatever, has made you roll about in laughter and stuck in you're mind, and can still laugh at it whenever you see it. One that sticks with me is the 1969 film (KES)...
Had yet another emergancy team called out to my dying mum tonight. Struggling to breathe but she let it drop that she was terrified of dying alone...first time ever that she has stated such an...
I saw your recommendation for emmie and thought I might try these myself. When I went on their website, there are quite a few products to choose from. Which would you recommend?...
to get a full nights sleep I have been waking up to 5 times a night for over a month or more. i have no problem going to sleep, its just after two hours im awake, feeling as though i was suffocating....
