I've just had a snake-oil-for-the-feet spam e-mail, which includes the following statistic :- :: The average person walks 100,000 miles in their :: lifetime – that’s three laps around the world. Who...
I am sorta binge watching Brits in the Sunshine (not the proper name) but OMG - I think I will pack up and go. All the elderly people are so friendly and lots going on. Most of them do live in lovely...
Watching the football, thinking particularly when England or Wales are playing, there seems to be a lot of children in the crowd. I thought you needed permission now to let the children miss...
Parents of an eight year old, the mother as far as I can tell, doesn't work, and the father is a self-employed wholesaler. Along with other items for sale, he buys mainly fruit and vegetables in bulk...
A colleague in the office is convinced that the Lotto and the Euromillions are both 'fixed'. I have no idea how she thinks they can fix what appears to be random balls dropping out of the rotating...
A young lad asks his grandad if he kept anything from the war. His grandad says that he has a German dagger in the loft. "Wow," says the lad, "Anything else ?" "Yes there's a German helmet in the loft...
Although it is only November, certain ABers are already "cranking up" the forthcoming festivities with posts of cheer and goodwill. Not negating the positive effect of this on the mental welfare of...
Last night. I don’t want to spoil it for you if you haven’t watched it yet, but I am still in shock at the verdict. Especially the two low life’s on the bike. Gobsmacked is not the word....
I tried my best this past weekend to persuade MrSmow to agree to us going to buy our Xmas tree & put it up. (We always have a real tree). He refused point blank, albeit in a teasing way, as it was not...
I am always interested in what the students are studying. Tonight there is a Phd student from Ireland who is studying for a Phd in 'Queer theory in young adult fiction'. You could not make it up!
We visited our newly married daughter, who was preparing her first Christmas dinner. I noticed the turkey thawing in the kitchen sink with a dish drainer over the bird. I asked why a drainer covered...
22d, leslie leaves a king for a cleaner 4 C??r
29d, head of a french green 5 a?e?t
5d, right help the attack 4 r?i?
15a see a deer turn to a religious type 5 h?n?u...
Making a bed…smooth fitted sheet, throw on flat sheet and then duvet ,smooth both Yesteryear , strip bed, turn mattress , pair of striped sheets , two satin edged blankets in the Winter then the...
