i was watching BRUM with my four year old today and a kitten got stuck on the hands of a (very tall) town clock. The fire brigade and brum came to the rescue, of course, but not before a few...
petula clarke sang a song in the sixties called CHARIOT - she sang it in french. I wonder if any of you clever lot a) have heard the song b) understand french c) can be bothered to translate it for me...
I HATE washing lettuce and cabbage - has anyone got a secret way of doing this? I can't stand fishing around in the water for the little bits of shredded leaf. Yes, I know you can buy it ready washed,...
is there a way of finding ideas for inventions that are still at the idea stage? I have got a couple of (I think) great ideas for products, but i know even to patent an idea is very expensive. I...
a long shot: around 1989, i saw the end of a kid's tv programme where the presenter was talking about human poo. He was crouched down by a river and i was dumbstruck when he showed a...
Do you remember in the sixties and seventies, sitting cross legged in the school hall, watching information films? Well, when I was about 10 (1974ish), i was chosen along with a boy from my class...
i get pain in the chest area which i always assumed was my heart! after years of panicking quietly to myself, a friend said it could be breast pain - very common apparantly. My question is, how would...
does anyone know how much roughly this operation would cost? My husband had a wisdom tooth out privately and that cost about ?1000! I have absolutely no idea and they don't mention prices on websites!...
in a village near me there is a butcher called "Pete the Meat" Next door is a fabric shop called "Drapes and Shapes" and further along a greengrocers called "Reg the Veg" I was thinking - 'cus i can't...
do you remeber "Batty Books"? Were they in The Beano or something? I knew loads as a kid, but i can only remember: Rusty Bed Springs by I. P. Nightly Angry Tiger by Claude Bawls can you remember any...
My brother used to say that when he grew up he would start a band and call them "Shades of genius" - something he now denies ever saying! If you started a band what would you call yourselves and why?
does anyone know how to work the delay timer thingy on an Ariston double oven. A built in with a large fan oven and an electric grill above. I've lost the instructions!