Recently I have had to turn up the sound control on my tv to 60 or over (LG tv, 7 years old), to hear what is being said. And no it's not my hearing. When I watch programmes on my iPlayer the volume...
Got stopped by a security guard at the airport taking above lotion with my other 100ml bottles, (hadn't realised it was bigger). The company have made the bottle tamper proof so can't decant. Anyone...
About three weeks ago I sent off for some tablets from a reputable firm online. I had used them before with no problem. Time passed and nothing arrived. I emailed them and they apologised, and said...
I've rounded up about 40 slugs from my small garden and put them in the compost bin. The idea is that they will work away converting the leaves and cuttings etc into nice healthy compost, but a friend...
Great article about Clint Eastwood in today's Guardian 2. He writes so well about the cinema; a favourite subject of mine. Can anyone recommend any of his books, as recent as possible, that covers his...
Any older folk remember him in the film The Family Way, with Hayley Mills?
Was always interested to know why this was never shown again on TV, or at least I never saw it....
Recently changed from BT to EE. The assistant in the local EE shop assured me it would be exactly the same and would even better. 1. I can't find ITV or Channel 4 On Demand - is this just me? 2. I...
The postman wasn't able to deliver a parcel to my neighbours so he left it with people in the large (converted to flats) house to their right, (rather than the small family house to the left, or my...
Just come across Dervla Murphy's autobiography 'Wheels within Wheels', and apart from a few quick 'comfort breaks' and refuelling, I have been reading for nearly five hours now, and will go on till I...
Friend was made redundant from one job but has been offered another very good one. He didn't mention that he was made redundant at the interview and wonders if his new employers will find out, for...
Very exotic. Friend hoping to do this trip.
Anyone know anything about it?
Have done it?. Friend has done it?
Pros and Cons?
Anything that would be helpful....
