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Flypast

how fantastic the two lancasters thumper and vera have just flown right over my house

Hello all. I'm going to be attempting to paint my walls for the first time ever in my life (lounge and bedroom). I haven't bought paint yet but have a colour scheme in mind. What tips would you give a...

quinie

Rainbow

Wondered why daughter phoned to tell me to look out of the window. There was the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen (I'm in my eighties)-it was so big and bright you could make out all the...

EcclesCake

Selfish Saturday

I love weekends on my own. I got up late, when shopping for food that only I enjoy, had lunch instead of supper and have just woken up after a sofa snooze. I will now pour a drink a search through the...

cupid04

You Know You've Been On Ab Too Long When...

I just said something to Mr. c and added a lol at the end and went into coughing fit with laughing...

Georgiesmum

What Make Is Your Vacuum Cleaner?

What make is your vacuum cleaner? What wattage is it? Did you know that the EU have made it illegal for us to buy a vacuum cleaner over the power of 1600 watts, and the ruling starts on the first of...

clive0702

Daily Mail 14825

Really stuck on 18d,truth--its extremely restricting v----t- many thanks

Tilly2

Anyone Else Got Their Heating On?

Flippin' chilly here. It's the wind that does it.

mikey4444

1St Day Of Autumn

Someone told that it is the first day of Autumn today, but it seems a tad early for that...what is the official day please ?

cupid04

Fao Ed

Keep getting following message shutting down answerbank. Norton gets rid but it comes back:- Windows has received an HTTP error message 403 (Forbidden) from detected ''www.player.com.diasgd.com'' How...

EcclesCake

Tuna Sarnie

I've been reminded by another thread about something that may have been peculiar to my family. As a child I remember tinned tuna being mixed with malt vinegar. I'm pretty sure pink and red salmon got...

MargoTester

Dm Code Word

Has anybody done this today - can't get started 15 5 6 15 5 13 5 16 17 Letters given h 5 6 h 5 13 5 r 17...

nailit

Could You

put an animal down? Just been talking to a friend about pets weve had over the years and thought back to how I've put down sick or injured pets and animals. I worked on a farm in my younger days and...

gness

Journeys

I've just got my car ready for some long trips and a few things struck me... Long trips aren't what they were.....once a trip to Devon and Cornwall from the Midlands would have meant an overnight...

boxtops

Rip, Bee

I've just seen something to make me feel indescribably sad, although it's nature. A few days ago, a bee must have been gathering pollen from our lavender bush, when it brushed into a spider's web....

Caran

Pulchitrudinous

I have never before come across a word that looks so unlikely as to what it means. Who would believe it means beauty? Can you think of any other words that do not look right for their meaning?...

gness

If You Receive...

..a delivery of wine with big red stickers declaring..... Priority Customer......URGENT..... ....does it give the delivery chap the wrong idea about your drinking habits?..... :-(...

vakayu

Fao Ed.

Can I just say thank-you to all concerned who sorted out the Java update problem,it is nice to be able to come back on Answerbank again!

Tilly2

Kippers

A relative of mine is in the Isle of Man. She has just texted me to tell me she has posted some Manx kippers to me and I will get them on Tuesday. I texted back and said, they'll have gone 'off' by...

Baldric

Java Update,

Ed, what the funks going on with AB, been unable to get on site for ages, every other site I visit is OK, as soon as I open AB I get that well know fake Java Update that won't let me do anything other...

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