I soaked a bag of dried peas from Morrisons overnight, rinsed them and put them into fresh water to boil at 9 am today. They're still hard, just had half an hour in the microwave as well! Never buy...
"Artists" grafting their voice onto Elvis songs, like they did a duo with him, isn't this very crass and do you think the King would have approved ?...
Just treated myself to a slice of what I thought was healthy Scottish Isles Organic Salmon... However the label also says Farm Reared. How can organic salmon be farm reared??
Do you wear one ? Will you wear one?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11946895/Bring-back-hats-manners-and-dignity-Country-Life-pleads.html...
A guy walks in a bar in Cork, Ireland, and asks the barman "What's the quickest way to Dublin?" "Are you walking or driving?" asks the barman. "Driving," says the man. "That's the quickest way," says...
A wife comes home late at night, and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket she sees four legs instead of two. She reaches for a baseball bat and starts hitting the blanket as...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34577200
This will be bad news for my little Willy...does that mean he can't play cricket for Yorkshire any more ?...
Over the last few days I've had a Robin in my garden exploring and several times I've had to shoo him out of my greenhouse, he's obviously looking for a home so I've bought a Robin Nesting box, where...
I've recently noticed some mildew spots building up on the Nylon woven fabric.
Whats the best way of cleaning it and is it ok to put it in the washing machine for 1/2 an hour ?...
Here we are, halfway through October and yet I managed to pick half a pound lovely blackberries to day, around the Usk Reservoir, which I shall have with some custard this evening. I can't recall...
I "grew up" in the 1960s (I was 11 when it started and 21 when it finished) and listened to lots of music in that period: Beatles of course, Dylan, Who, Cream, Hendrix etc etc I then got in to...
How do readers discard used paint brush cleaners of all types, before recycling days we used to pour it into a screwtop jar and bin it, but nowadays you can't do that.
I know how popular these threads are with EVERYONE, so here goes.. We're having salmon, stir fry with hoisin sauce, and noodles. Tomorrow we're having pizza and salad. Saturday I'm pushing the boat...
I found this little guy at work this afternoon and I want to know exactly what he is?! I work in a nursery so we had a spare caterpillar/butterfly net kicking about so I put him in there. I was hoping...