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What Is Cheaper Today Than 30/40 Years Ago?

I remember when phone calls were so expensive you could buy locks for your landline phone. It was also common for folk to have a money box next to the phone for when the neighbours' used it. ... ...

brainiac

Printer Ink

I've found an online company (ink-trader) that has the HP 301 colour and black-and-white cartridges I need for only £20 for both - but they're 'remanufactured.' Has anyone used this sort of... ...

Smowball

Who Swaps Their Winter Duvet For A Summer One??

Does anyone here actually do this?? Or do you just have the same duvet on your bed all year round? I only ask because we have just the one, which is quite a thick one, and last night I was just so... ...

barry1010

Do You Have A Desktop Pc?

Just wondering how many of us use desktop pcs and whether they really have gone out of fashion. I have two, both over ten years old. I run W10 on one and dualboot W10 and Linux on the other. Both... ...

diddlydo

Bt Email Has Become A Pain!

Why has BT email started timing me out at regular intervals? There is no longer a "Keep me signed in" box to tick. What is more it now seems very slow to load each time I sign in again.... ...

naomi24

My Friend Has Just Died

Not at all unexpectedly, but isn't it odd that having cried buckets over time at her long and progressive decline, I'm still crying now her suffering is over. Lovely, funny, full of life, I shalL... ...

naomi24

Evri Deliveries

Our first experience has left us far from impressed. Has anyone else had a poor service from them?

henrys202020

Glasses

im thinking of getting reading glasses off the shelf rather than going to an opticion good or bad idea

DTCwordfan

Thank Goodness For All This Rain

It probably saved my daughter's cat..... she has just moved and on sunday, her beloved cat decided to jump out of the window - only five floors up in a Manchester ten-storey block... It looks... ...

nailedit

21 Weeks Sober

And then fall of the wagon fgs! Sometimes I really don't like myself very much.

DTCwordfan

Annoying Adverts.....

Annoying ads - let's have a good beef.... Two for me at the moment: The serious one being the Alzheimer's on his relative dying multiple times before real death. That is so untrue and misleading -... ...

fourteen85

Google Camera

Well i think its called something like that. Out for a walk yesterday we spotted a small yellow flower we couldnt recall the name of, using the camera on google search box on my phone it correctly... ...

10ClarionSt

50 Years Ago Today.....

....ABBA won Eurovision, as we keep being reminded. Also 50 years ago today, me and Mrs Clarion were married, so tis a Golden Day today folks. We're just on our way out to celebrate with the... ...

Karen74

The Chase Bingo Advert Woman

Does anyone know who she is? She is so irritating.

barry1010

Fruit Cake With A Layer Of Cheese In The Middle

I remember very much enjoying this shop bought cake, we had it often, but I don't recall who made it. Does anyone else remember it?

LadyCG

Good Morning Early Birds

Good Morning, Birdies. Friday - the best day of the week for some. OH, who doesn't normally work on Fridays, made me a cup of tea at 03:40 and then quietly left for work. By contrast I am off... ...

Barmaid

Silly Supermarket Substitutions

I've had a couple. I thought thyme instead of tarragon was pretty awful, WKD Blue instead of Spiced Rum was a bit naff but today takes the biscuit. Ordered my normal hair dye which is an... ...

pastafreak

Happy Teatime Late Birds

And what are all you lovely folk having for tea/ dinner/supper/last meal of the day? It will be an omelette for me...filled with caramelized shallots, red peppers and enough cheese to sink a battle... ...

Tilly2

Box Tree Caterpillar.

Today I have had to cut down four very well established and trained box trees as they have been blighted by the box tree moth caterpillars. I still have the biggest and the best to do. It's such a... ...

JinnyJoan

Can Anybody Explain

I was lying on my big comfy settee last night watching dull-ache TV - I lifted my legs off to get something from the kitchen. Next thing the most excruciating pain boomed into my right ankle. ... ...

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