Sad news from the Nestlé factory today. A worker was crushed beneath a case of chocolate that fell 20 feet off the storage racking. He called for help repeatedly, but every time he shouted "The Milky...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38345506 This took me back, to the very early 60's ! I look back on my days in the Cubs with great affection, doing all those exiting things, but I wonder.....do...
Can't believe it's here again already! Who is watching, who are your favourites for the final two and who is your favourite to lift the glitter ball trophy? I can't wait! :) SPOILER WARNING: The...
just got in and started reading the latest post on ab so depressing, so to lighten the mood what was your favourite Christmas pressy when you were a child ,mine was a little red transistor radio with...
It's our 49th wedding anniversary today and as I was downstairs first this morning I put his card on the coffee table ready for him to open. He came down, took one look at the card and said "Oh no...
A few Christmas Day suggestions from Chateau Sunny Dave ... Aperitif : A gorgeous Palo Cortado Sherry - dry at first taste and then all sorts of medicinal sweet flavours come through - either sip it...
We came fifth in the pub quiz! Fifth! :-( How did that happen?....Well there were twenty five questions on telly.....and twenty of those were pictures of adverts..... Who watches adverts?......I knew...
My friend owns a small newsagents shop that has an off licence. He has recently received a letter from the local county council asking him not to sell energy drinks to under 18's. Selling to under...
What is the correct pronunciation of 'waffle'? Last evening a female friend had a dessert and asked for a waffle, she pronounced it 'Woffal', I said that its a waffle (sounds like raffle) and that her...
My memory started twinging during gness's travails ... How Many AB Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? One to post a question about why it's all gone black. One to report the question as...
As I smoothed out my fitted bed sheet and fluffed and straightened my duvet, which took all of 20 seconds, just how long it's used to take to make the beds when I was first married in the mid...
A good friend of mine (who I always thought was dyslexic) has been diagnosed as having a weak working memory. This explains everything! however, he doesn't yet have the full £350 screening, just an...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38210735 My first and last nativity play was in about 1958-1959. I was a shepherd and was very exited ! We were told by the teacher that we were not supposed to...
There was a newspaper piece a few days ago headed 'Robots will take 15,000 jobs a year' or something similar. It started me thinking, just how many manual jobs will be left in 25 or 50 years and how...