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Why Would I Be Turned Down For A Credit Card I Wonder?

Been with the same bank almost 50 years, never had HP, bills always paid in full and on time. Home owner with no mortgage, credit score of 999. And yet, when I applied to my bank for a Credit card...

lady-janine

Another Bit Of Silliness

Here we go round the Mulberry Bush. Over to anyone who can understand this or who wants to add more silliness....

malagabob

I feed the local birds. Get plenty of Blue Tits, Great Tits. One or two Blackbirds. The occasional Thrush. Even got a Pied Woodpecker coming on odd days. Never been able to attract Goldfinches. They...

Smowball

Most Annoying Adverts!!

There’s loads, but the one that drives me bonkers at the moment is the BRUT one with Vinny Jones - I literally cringe watching it ! What about you??...

ferlew

Alexa Notifications.

I was given an Alexa echo by my son as part of my xmas present. In general, I find it very useful and it's saving money on phone calls to my son and grandchildren. However, there are times I have...

allenlondon

What Is This?

Pic below of a white melamine unit on my kitchen worksurface. No idea where I got it. Probably Ikea or Argos (definitely not John Lewis). Anyone help identify it? i.e. What would it be called, where...

weecalf

Wee Things You Remember

From television shows that you are never really gonna be asked one of mine is George off George and Mildred called his goldfish Monty .is there any things like that you remember?

mushroom25

Vaccine Calculator

https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/vaccine-queue-uk where are you in the queue? i'm 20,728,686th in line, so should get mine by the summer....

Caran

Do You Remember A Posser?

Just watching Greg Wallace on making M & S Christmas cakes. They use a posser. I remember my mother using a posser in a dollytub doing the weekly wash....

ferlew

A Covid Moan/Rant

I was admitted to hospital yesterday with a Hb level of 6.8. All went reasonably well, I was isolated until the Covid test came back negative. Transferred to a medical ward, where I had a Monofer...

Theland

Remembering My First Wage Packets.

I did all sorts of jobs whilst still at school, picking beetroots on a farm, selling bleach soap and pine disinfectant door to door, and carrying coal on the wagons at the age of thirteen. Left school...

nailit

Just Spoke To My Mum

Not exactly a big deal normally for most, but for me it was. After much haranguing, complaints, phone calls and emails by my sister, the ward manager finally relented to a visit (PPE'd of course) and...

nailit

Hospital Visiting Madness

Mums been taken into hospital after falling and breaking her hip early hours this morning. A&E rang my sister a few hours later and said that she had been booked into theatre for tomorrow morning but...

barry1010

Dick Emery

Ch 5 is showing a documentary about him tonight. I loved him when I was a kid and it will be interesting to see if I find him funny now I'm all grown up. The gurgling vicar had me in stitches.

douglas9401

Dawg

If the President is POTUS The first lady is FLOTUS Is the first dog FIDOTUS? One thing for sure, they're all barking....

Bazile

Totally Useless Survey

What does your keyboard say about you Looking at the keys on my keyboard - some of the lettering are more faded than others - in fact some are as new . Which keys are well thumbed on your keyboard ?...

teacake44

What Did You Come Up With.

Was you ever in a mess and needed to make some sort of emergency repair, inside or out, in the home or away from home. What sort of bodge up, make do, brain wave did you come up with to get by. I'll...

Theland

Gp Helped Me

GP rang me. Asked loads of questions. I was honest with him. He prescribed Mirtazipan. So far they seem to help. Make me a bit foggy. Went to bed yesterday afternoon I think. Just got up half an hour...

gness

How Could Anyone Do This!

I rarely begin a thread these days and I very rarely get angry enough to hurt someone badly. I could hurt this chap. I hope enough folk see his pictures to be able to identify him....