How much would you expect to pay a gardener, per hour? I know that rates may vary around the country but just wondered what the average price per hour might be. Do any of you actually have a regular...
I was dining out at rather swish fish restaurant and when the waiter came to take the order, I decided to go for the turbot, it was lovely. About half way through the meal, the waiter returned and...
I can't bear to hoard stuff, every so often I have a good clear out of curtains,towels, duvet covers etc, then clothes that I send to Making Winter Warmer , a Charity I support...
As the technology evolves and improves, more and more I'm becoming more convinced that cordless, battery charged garden machinery must be the way forward. Just think: 0 emissions, no fuel cans to fill...
As I handed my partner his 50th birthday card, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, “You know, one would have been enough.” My brother went to jail. He didn't take it very well. He was...
I wouldn’t normally post this but I’m away from home, camped outside a hospital in a B & B and in bits. My middle son was taking short cut thru local park v late at night with a friend when he was...
My neighbour has a fir tree some 40ft high which overhangs my garden and is now causing damage to my fence. Now what do I do, get someone in to trim off the overhang and send him the bill? OR get the...
I stupidly bought a new lamp shade from a department store's clearance shelf. What I didn't realize at the time was, the ring which holds the thing on the standard's on off switch is too large. Rather...
To day I found what I think is a freshly regurgitated pellet. It was a uniform orange-brown approx 2" long x 1" wide with a few black fragments inside. My first thoughts was a tawny owl but after a...
A young woman was appearing in court to face a public disorder charge. The charges were read out, and she was asked how she pleaded. "Not guilty," the woman answered emphatically. The prosecution...
Don't eat to many fish and chips, but when I do fancy them, then the chippy shop is good. Now working in a fish and chip shop is not rocket science is it, and normally very friendly and on the whole...