There's an IR security light above the back door (the type that drives the neighbours up the wall). It comes one when someone leaves or approaches the back door but also at seemingly random times...
1. I can tell the time so I use bus lanes when they're not in operation. 2. I know when to use an apostrophe. 3. I re-read a text message before sending so auto-correct doesn't alter the meaning. What...
So Spain is to have three days of 'national mourning' following the train crash. What does this actually mean in practice? Do they stop showing comedy on TV, discourage parties, wear muted colours,...
while I'm dogsitting for the family next door, I take a Waitrose carrier bag to clean up after him on walks.
How middle, working, or upper class are you?...
I don't know if these are really malapropisms, but on another thread someone is talking about driving with 'undue care and attention'. This is one of my favourites together with 'mute point' and...
You know the way even 'celebrity' chefs now use shop-bought pastry? Well, in the same vein, is it worth making home-made sweet chilli sauce? Is it any better than shop-bought?
Thanks....
My 6 year old Dell desktop refuses to recognise the SD card (actually a Mini SD card and adapter) from my Olympus camera. I have tried attaching the camera with the supplied USB lead, inserting the...
Evening all. Just got back from Portugal (yes, lovely, thank you for asking) where I picked up some seeds that had dropped from palm trees. I think I'm OK with this as Portugal is European (well it...
Went for lunch in a High Street independent cafe. Nice menu, chose the prawn salad. Now then, it wasn't so much the waitress's presumption that I would want mash with it that surprised me, more the...
Something classy but unusual for a boy please. Up to £40. Not a hip flask, hair & tooth boxes (!), birth cerificate box etc. I know it's difficult but ABers are the people who have all the...
for the number of phone calls you have to make to get The Postcode Lottery to take you off their cold calling flist (f in cold calling list)?
I'm up to four so far, can I claim gold?...
Creative Centrale will not recognise files in my Music folder. The Creative website tells me 'For Windows Vista or Windows 7, go to C:\Users\User name\AppData\Roaming\Creative.' but I can't find...
I had my daily call from India at lunchtime, offering to show me, then fix, all the problems in my computer. I managed to keep 'Sean' talking for 15m 24s (a record for me) but before hanging up he...
I am registered with TPS. Three times in the past two days I have received calls advising that my PC has various viruses and associated problems and that the caller (Indian accent, all three) can...
So, Mummy and Daddy = Parents. Her Mummy and Daddy = In-Laws. Brother and sister = Siblings. Is there a similar term for nephews and nieces?
I was just wundring....
Mrs Spod and I laying in bed (steady!) wondering what would be nice. Cereal and toast (worthy but a bit dull), porridge (just like a weekday then), or a trip out in the rain to the Sunshine Cafe up...
I have discovered that it will be necessary for every vehicle in France to carry a breathalyser from the spring. They cost between €1.50 - €2.00 and the penalty for not carrying one will be...
WHAT IS THE POINT OF TPS? THEY STILL CALL EVERY EVENING AND SIMPLY APOLOGISE WHEN I TELL THEM I AM TPS REGISTERED. Also, is this the right topic heading for this? Sorry about the shouting above, I...
