Saw this today - invented in Norway apparently. Having seen a very near miss on the way home yesterday (an irate driver in front of me rushed to get past a cyclist going up a steep hill and both...
It's a drawer that sits on metal rollers. The desk seems to be level yet the drawer slowly opens a couple of inches. It's not eerie, just a bit strange. What could be going on?...
yesterday I spent the day with my friends daughter we had a lovely day, we met up at Waterloo and went by tube to North Greenwich to the Emirates gondola ride over the Thames, well worth the trip but...
I'm organising an Away Day in September and wondered if anybody had any ideas on activities. Although its an Away Day we will be in a conference room in our office so won't actually be going "away"...
We've just bought a new house and wanting to get some clematis for the back garden to cover the brick wall and the fence. I'm planning on buying a couple rolls of chicken wire and attaching to the...
When I was recently admitted to hospital there wasn't a bed available on the ward I normally end up on, so I spent the first night on a random ward. The next day, as visiting time was due to start, I...
An update on my SiL , she has celebrated her anniversary and at the moment , thanks to the donor , is enjoying good health. She is back to work full time, cycling, taking her son to play football and...
There seems to have been an above average number of posts that have been misunderstood this evening. I am sometimes left wondering if people deliberately go out of their way to be offended and if they...
But this truly saddened me today. He has a 2 handled beaker. I left him drinking his coffee while I did a couple of jobs. When I went back in to him he had dropped the cup and he was wet through....
I've just made some french onion soup - caramelised onions, a good beef stock, garlic, white wine and a slug of brandy - or so I thought. Instead of brandy I have mistakenly added dandelion and...
Had an interview, Got the job, Start on the 21st. All in less than a week. How cool is that. There is life in the old dog yet. I will be in my local at the weekend if you want to pop in to buy me a...
I've been away for over a week on an all inclusive holiday courtesy of the wonderful NHS. One minute I was feeling as fit as a fiddle and the next minute I had a raging temperature and felt grim. I...
If I remember correctly it was in the late 60's that being Gay was decriminalised. Since then there has been a steady increase in the number of Gay Pride type events taking place and getting more and...