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When You Were A Teenager

what was your most loved item of clothing.mine was a purple dress with long bell shaped sleeves,loose under the bust and flaired,i always remeber it as my 'Good Vibrations' dress as the beach boys...

Elina

Females Who Whistle ...

.. Are you a female & do you whistle? .. as in whistling a tune & not whistling at someone you like the look of! What are womens thoughts on other women whistlers? What are mens views on women who...

ToraToraTora

Who'd Be A Teacher These Days?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27193638 Knife weilding savages running around. What's it comming to?...

Bella28

Dm14742

12a in which to start luxuriant orchids and magnolias? (4) is it roam 26a stalk group of 10 (4) is stem? Thanks any help...

albaqwerty

thanks to Wendi for the idea and didn't want to hi-h#jack her thread. I remember the old fashioned lifts, the ones with 2 metal doors and the lift operator wearing a green uniform turning the dial to...

saints76

The Mail On Sunday Prize Crossword Sunday April 27Th 2014

hesitates; D?????S; many thanks

wendilla

What Shops Do You Remember From Your Childhood That Aren't Around Today ?

My longest memory one is Liptons....

sunny-dave

Croatia

OK - everyone seems to love it - so persuade me. I don't do 'sit in the sun and broil', or 'walk up sodding great big hills'. I like something in between - warm and sunny, a bit of culture, a bit of...

emmie

Dm Sat

any help please, 49d 7 admitted, cryptic, admitted the note was bombastic ----t-d 47a 4 portal, cryptic, five hundred round gold portal d--- 52a 5 up, cryptic, up and get a move on ! -----...

tadoran

You Mag 1383

9a) Proverb that encourages people to be open minded(5,3,3,5,2,5,5) ??e?e ?r? ??? ????? ?o ?v?r? ??o?e 8d) Inadequately(14) ??????e???u?l? Thanks all....

hammerman

Feeding The Crows

I have a small bird feeder in the garden which until recently, has been used by dunnocks and blue tits. however, today the cows visited and have emptied virtually the whole feeder in a few hours. Now...

corylus

Slugs In The Garden

I've recently noticed loads of grey mottled slugs in the garden, rarely seen them before, what are they? They still get the same treatment as all the others, I'm not fussy....

sandyRoe

What Are The Police Coming To When They'd Do This To The Doyenne Of Corrie?

Barbara Knox, AKA Rita Sullivan, 'manhandled' by police after being stopped for driving while under the influence. You'd think stars should be afforded more deference....

boxtops

Do You Wash Fruit?

A visitor told me the other day that she'd always been told to wash fruit in hot water, to remove germs. Hot water would surely affect the fruit, I'd never heard of that before. I never wash fruit,...

albaqwerty

Food Bank

I'm going to one tomorrow. Not going to post the reasons and whereby's, just thought I'd let you know that an ab'er has reached that level, and before the pompous, righteous brigade get on their high...

corylus

Can You Beat This?

Our post today has just arrived at 5.50pm!

SIRandyraven

Eye Opener

Went to visit doctor today and he took a blood sample for a test from me. Popped it into test machine in his surgery lab and gave me result on the spot. Whole process inc taking blood sample took less...