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Plums

my plum tree had no plums lasr year this year i ts full of white flowers does that mean i will get plenty plums...

Naga Munchetty Must Be Annoyed That An Equally Useless Bbc Presenter Is Earning £260K For 3 Days A Week, £70K More Than Her.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9433855/BBC-Breakfast-host-Dan-Walker-gets-200-time-round-trip-taxis-home-Manchester-studio.html...

-Yasmin-

Is Gravity Really A Force?

As we all know, in school we are taught gravity IS a force. However, the truth is that according to the theory of general relativity gravity is NOT a force, rather a curvature in spacetime. Can...

DTCwordfan

Such A Truism.....

One of the British national daily newspapers was asking readers: "What it means to be British?". Some of the emails were hilarious but this one from a Swiss was a winner. "Being British is about...

Bazile

State Of The Roads

Has road maintenance become a novelty ? Full of pot holes round here What's it like in your neck of the woods ?...

pipdawg

Senior's Bus Pass

Can I get a bus pass at 60? (I'm female, if that's relevant). Some sites say yes. Gov. site says you have to be claiming your state pension

MantaRay

Electric Car Charging From 3 Pin Socket

I gather it's not really recommended to rely on a 3 pin plug charger for charging a vehicle long term due to the plug and wiring overheating. Is it possible to get a reduced wattage charger, i.e....

Chinajan

Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation

British expats in Spain who have failed to register as residents face deportation due to Brexit. [register as resident = liable for tax]...

ferlew

Just got this... DVLA have been notified electronically about you latest payment for your vehicle tax failed because there is not enough money on you debit card. Your vehicle is no longer taxed. We...

gulliver1

Bonking Boris

Jennifer Arcuri admits having a four year affair with Boris. Oh dear Boris I wouldn,t want to be in your Flat this morning when Carrie finds out.

teacake44

National Success Story

The vaccine, says Matt Hancock, yes Matt so far. But can we have just one more, getting the 30 million back from your pub mate, and put it back into the NHS. Now that would be something of a success,...

whitejack9

Anti-Hotspot Tape For Polytunnel

Can anyone recommend the best size of tape to use on 32mm steel tubing please.

Hymie

Uk Democracy Under Threat

I only became aware of this today, that the government has voter ID plans whereby in order to vote at polling stations, voters will be required to show official photo ID (such as a passport, driver’s...

Groupie

Fuse Box Tripping Out

Hello. Our mains fuse box keeps tripping out on the points switch. It will be ok for a while but trip out at intervals of anytime between 1 and maybe 12 hours. Seemingly for no reason,I have unplugged...

bluemoon1

Daylight Saving Time

I can never get my head round this, daylight saving time started in the USA today. If they are to the west of us and the sun rises in the east, why do they put their clocks forward first and vice...

xstitcher

Power Bank

Does anybody use them and if so do you find that they take forever and a day to recharge?

raybush

Covering 10Mm Shower Cable

Hi ,i have two uncovered lengths of 10mm shower cable ,one small length in the garage and the other in a spare room ,the cable runs from the consumer unit to the shower with a pull switch before the...

Paigntonian

Tech-Help

Keyboard-space-bar-won't-work.Is-there-another-way-to-get-spaces-between-words?

lankeela

Nurses Pay Rise

would you accept a tax increase to give the NHS staff a bigger pay rise? If everyone who clapped agreed they could pay them more but I wonder how many would actually agree to paying for it?