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Moving The Goalposts Weatherwise

Isn't it infuriating - at the end of the week the weather forecasters were predicting a return to Summer this coming week starting Monday. On the strength of this we have booked 4 days away in the...

excelsior-1

A Teacher....

......was having a little trouble getting her year 11 pupils to understand grammar, "These are what we call the pronouns", she said, "and the way we use them with verbs; I am, you are, he/she is..."...

excelsior-1

The Funfair

One day, 3 women went to the top of a helter skelter at the fairground. There was a black haired, brown haired, and a blonde haired woman. When they got to the top a genie appeared from nowhere and...

Garden123

Holes In My Lawn.

I want to know what are making round holes in my lawn. there is no loose soil near the holes. There is stream at bottom of the lawn. Could it be rats (hope not) I have not seen any rats, and with the...

Scrivens

Estate Agent - False / Misleading Information

If a neighbour is selling their house and I believe the property and its situation regarding the neighbours is being misrepresented in the estate agent's details, who do I contact to save potential...

Henrietta

What Is Going On In Iceland With All Of These Volcanic Activity?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iceland-volcano-blasts-back-life-183555466.html#WOEuhC6 Do you think a large eruption is imminent?...

marval

Did You?

Did you hear about the female opera singer who had quite a range at the lower end of the scale. She was known as the deep C diva....

boxtops

Painting New Plaster

Can you advise, please? We've got some new plasterwork which is now thoroughly dried out, and we're starting to emulsion it, the paint is taking well. My neighbour has the same, but has primed her...

bluehollycat

Marion

1a - 20th century fashion and portrait photographer 27a - Regular catalogue of distinctions awarded 49a - Sharp point at the end of a bowman's missile Thank you!...

cupotee2

Crossword Competitions

Has anyone ever won a prize for completing a crossword puzzle ? I enjoy an easy crossword but no good at it. I admired my late Step Dads speed at completing the one in his daily newspaper. Just an...

puternut

Pronunciation Of 'ikea'

For years I have, and all my friends, relatives colleagues (possibly enemies too) have been pronouncing this as 'Eye-Kia'. Now from the recent spate of advers it appeaars that the Swedish sounding...

nailit

Why Are People Still

on AB at this time of night? What Would Jeremy Kyle Say?...

Canary42

If Scotland Vote Yes

If Scotland vote YES, then will Fred Perry once again become the last Brit to win Wimbledon Men's Singles ?

mrsmaggot

Link Words ( Local Quiz)

1) open- cat- up 2) car- front -stop ( Thought door?.... Any other suggestions?) Thanks for any suggestions...

4getmenot

Eeeek

im getting married today! im up, my boy still snoozing and a briddesmaid on couch. so excited, i get to marry an amazing man. :-)

Gromit

Conservative Party Split?

Are we witnessing the start of the split in the Conservative Party? The Party within a party, the EuroSkeptics are warning the Prime Minister that they could leave. Is it a real proposition? Would...

SpikeyBush

Flasher

A young lady entered the police station to make a complaint. She started explaining to the officer at the desk the sequence of events. "A man drew up to the pavement in his car beside me with the...

Jeza

Mouse Balls

Sent from Windows Mail Mouse balls and mouse ball inspector I don't know how they wrote this with a straight face. This was an actual memo sent out by IBM to its employees in all seriousness. It went...

Eurox

Transfering Money Between Banks

My dad is going to put some money in my account for me tomorrow, I am with nationwide, he is with lloyds. He doesn't do internet so can he transfer it by going into his bank with my details or does he...

anotheoldgit

Eastern Europeans Living Rough On Our Streets, Rounded Up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2737535/Police-immigration-officers-round-dozens-rough-sleepers-central-London-crackdown-offensive-begging.html I have read this lengthy report and viewed the...

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