Please get off the bloody phone trying to buy your bonds and let the rest of us have a chance at conducting our everyday transactions! I have been trying for several days to get through to NS&I and I...
While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand was caught in the wooden swing gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the...
Is your local town or village pronounced completely differently to how it is spelt? There are plenty of them like that in the U.K. The town Wymondham in Norfolk comes to mind, pronounced Why-mun-dumb....
I wash my towels in washing machine with mixed load setting using two tablets of Actilift in one compartment and Comfort liquid in the other. Towels are clean enough but are hard - not soft and fluffy...
I usually brown my mince in my deep frying pan before placing in my slow cooker, when making spag bog, would it just be as good to brown it in the S/C?
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I love Blessed. Who can forget him in I Claudius ::
"Publius Quinctilius Varus....where are my eagles ! "...
Lincs and notts air ambulance quiz. Book titles. Help please 1.turn tap on & this sails, in the well 3. ---, whippy in, warns shipping of danger, plays in goal 9. ---, rise at house entrance, young...
Yet another Burns Night thread, sorry. With the haggis, I'm going to give each person four shot glasses of whisky ... 1. a Light or Fragrant one 2. a Smooth or Delicate one 3. a Rich one 4. a Peaty...
I was having a girly lunch with some friends yesterday - we are all the same age - and we got onto the subject of our forenames. We agreed that all our forenames date us to the decade in which we were...
Please analyze this poem and share the theme DÉCOR My covetous eye casts over you, taking you apart. I’d like a trophy of you for every room of the house. The bend of your cocked wrist in the join...
At Gness' suggestion..... no offence meant folks just a bit of fun.... two from a different thread to start with... to the regulars of the Religion and Spirituality Threads.... O ye wha are sae guid...
On the subject of things Burnsy ... (see "Saltire" thread, below) My new tartan tablecloth got delivered about half an hour ago. Woo hoo!! My dining table looks quite refined. Like in a Scottish...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2918016/Transgender-American-woman-afford-gender-reassignment-surgery-coming-UK-FREE-operation.html /// She said: 'I know the good people of Britain won't mind...
I have finally got used to not working and have found some simple pleasures related to not having to go to work. a) I can keep on top of the daily chores and they get done. My house is clean and tidy...
My girlfriend bought me a mincer attachment for my Kenwood Chef Major. What cuts of meat would you use in it for best results? I want to mince beef,lamb and turkey mostly.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30886077 It has been said here on AB that not enough prosecutions are being made for FGM in Britain, so lets hope that this is the first on many. ( many prosecutions, that...
What's your favourite episode of: TOS, TNG and Voyager?
Mine are "Balance or Terror", "Relics" and "Blink of an eye" respectively.
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