Am off to the wilds of a remote Western Siberian town tomorrow to meet my pen friend I have had for 50 years. Refusing to be bullied (although a very self-effacing lady) her career, her...
As anyone who sees much daytime TV, the world is full of quality items from the past which have either held their value throughout the years or are now worth much more. I'm just wondering what sort of...
Hi Bobbie, I'm going to your neck of the woods again soon and will be visiting Newcastle for the first time. Are there any places of interest you can recommend?
Despite my last post stating that things are looking up for my OH following a gall-bladder removal I have to report that things have not gone as smoothly as we had hoped. Basic facts are that she is...
There's a letter in this month's Running Fitness magazine from a reader who lives in the Malverns, and who says she's lucky because, when she runs, she can refill her water bottle from natural...
i'm studying sexual health for nursing at the moment and i know that if a person who is knowingly HIV positive sleeps with another without telling them it is against the law, (i think!) but i'm...
http://www.dailymail....e-disabled-woman.html Can some of Britain's society sink any lower than these 5 savages have sunk to? There have been many unspeakable crimes committed in the past, but most of...
Thought I'd share my news with you all!....after deliberating for months after losing my little dog, I now feel ready to have another dog to share my life, and am going to choose her...
http://www.dailymail....ge-health-safety.html This all seems a little too extreme on Waterstones part, health and safety or not. But it does raise the topical issue of foreign nationals settling into...
a) Hurl abuse back? b) Ignore him? c) Write about it on Twitter? http://www.dailymail....k-London-airport.html Personally, I think he deserved an open-handed slap in the mouth, but that would've just...
A man asked a waiter to take a bottle of Merlot ( wine) to an unusually attractive woman sitting alone at a table in a cozy little restaurant. So the waiter took the Merlot to the woman and said,...
Housework was a woman's job, but one evening, Janice arrived home from work to find the children bathed, one load of laundry in the washer and another in the dryer. Dinner was on the stove, and the...
I was just wondering if anybody has recently or in the past had any contact with the samaritans?, Sorry but i don't want to say too much,i was just wondering if they could help.
Just made a big pan of soup using my own home-made chicken stock and frozen it in portions. If the weather gets warm again I'll serve it chilled with sour cream and chives and call it vichysoisse. If...
Do we ever stop to think when judging people? I was just at the checkout there and there wasman in a mobility scooter chatting to the girl on th till. After he'd gone, she remarked he stank! This man...
Time was, there were heated posts about immigration, extreme politics and similar stuff, with insults flying back & forth. There was quite a lot of humour, often unintentional. Where are they now?...
