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Another Good Reason To Live In Wales !

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/08/drug-multiple-sclerosis-england-wales-nice Good news for MS sufferers.....move to Wales and get treated !...

ianmonger

Items Getting Smaller

Last year McVities reduced the size of there ginger biscuits. I now notice Andrex have reduced the width of classic quilt toilet rolls by 3mm.Still the same price. Trifling items but why? I wonder if...

Gromit

Air Strikes Failing To Halt Is.

// Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that a ground operation is needed to defeat the militants, fuelling concerns that US-led air strikes are doing little to halt Isil's advances. "The...

anotheoldgit

Could One's Occupation Have A Bearing On Whether Or Not A Person Is Prepared To Come Out As Gay?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/11145935/Middle-class-Britons-60-per-cent-more-likely-to-admit-to-being-gay.html /// Only 1.4 per cent of working class respondents surveyed – those in manual or...

hellywelly4

Making Coal Fires In The 40S And 50S

In the 40s and 50s my mother used to make coal fires every day, and made special things using newspaper which she folded in a certain way. I can't remember what she called them, the word 'skewers'...

ZeberdeeDooDah

Seagate 2Tb Hard Drive

A couple of years back my 2TB Seagate hard drive suddenly stopped working. God knows why? Anyway, I've thrown it away, and just I've had a go to see if somehow it's been resuscitated. And no - it...

mikey4444

Woman Marries Herself !

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/grace-gelder-single-for-six-years-marries-herself-in-devon-england/story-fnet09y4-1227081389637 Does anybody have the slightest idea what on earth this...

Henrietta

Doers Anyone Here Work Or Know Anyone Who Works For The E.u Food Health & Safety?

I want to know why "Smokies" are illegal and seen as unhygienic http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sheep-smoked-blowtorch-illegal-african-7881637 Has anyone actually tasted these? Isn't this...

GSD4ME

Telescope Offer In Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph has featured a reflector telescope for the past couple of months (Zennox 76x700), reduced from £250 to £70. I have looked at some reviews online - sone people say that this model...

10ClarionSt

Believing In God.

Is it possible to believe in god without being religious? Or is that a paradoxical statement?

ladybirder

Is It Alright For Your Gas Meter To Be Submerged In Water?

I had to take a reading from my gas meter which is situated below ground level in my garden. When I lifted the lid it was filled with water almost to the top. I had to get a jug and empty it to below...

RATTER15

Essex Hurricane/earthquake Appeal

ESSEX HURRICANE/EARTHQUAKE APPEAL A major hurricane (Hurricane Shazza) and earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Essex in the early hours of Friday with its epicentre in Basildon. Victims...

Gromit

Can We Ignore These Words...?

// "To all the brothers in the UK: know that the caliphate has been established," he says, urging them to "hijrah", a religious journey. "Why are you still in the West? What does the West have to...

ilovebrie

Share Buying

I want to buy shares in one particular FTSE listed company, but have no idea how I can do this. Could anyone advise me of the best way to proceed? I am not interested in a speedy return - (this is a...

potty64

Dampness In Shower

I have a walk in shower room for myself & my disabled hubbie. The tiles are fine and easy to keep clean but the paint work in the first section of the shower room has black marks like mildew/dampness...

sandyRoe

This House Must Have Been A Bundle Of Laughs...

Passing a skip in a nearby street i saw a religious motto lying on it. There were two bible verses. The first, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, is from Galatians, 6:7. The second, Be...

ToraToraTora

A Rare Piece Of Wisdom From An Eu Commissioner.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29443022 Not often I agree with an EU official but this one is bang on!...

Smowball

Downton Abbey - Odd Phrase??

I don't watch the programme at all so couldn't name a single character, but they showed a clip the other day in which a male character stood up at a family meal to make a speech and he said something...

mikey4444

Banksy Mural "racist" ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-29446232 Not sure what is racist about this ! I am not normally a great fan of graffiti but this seems to a witty pit-down of xenophobes, and isn't in any...

237SJ

Dumped Vehicle

Near our local supermarket there is a vehicle with expired tax. It has been dumped on the road for at least 6 months. However, it is on a trailer which is attached to another (taxed) old banger. Every...

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