Can anyone stop an argument, if a person is exempt from wearing a seat belt on medical grounds and has a certificate to say so, does that person if he gets stopped by the police, have to tell what the...
I have just listened to a fascinating programme on BBC4extra put out last Sunday 9th August and still available called 'Spirals in Time, the Secret Life and Afterlife of Seashells'. Dr Helen Scales...
Duringthe 50 years preceeding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Japanese military succeeded in killing about 10 million people in their rampages around China and Korea. In the 70 years since...
Following the kidnapping of girls by Boko Haram there was a significant campaign to 'Bring Back Our Girls'. Yet when an Iraqi MP wrote to Michelle Obama about the Yazidis she received no response....
Does the name still stir? (well it does me!). By strange accident stumbled across this YouTube 'What's My line' with 60's land speed hero Craig Breedlove, you get James Garner thrown in for free/...
Today we welcomed our friends from our sister church in Kayole, Kenya to our morning service. They are here for a week and seem to have brought the warm weather with them. Bit of a shock to the system...
Religionists, (of whatever persuasion) does your God set a good example to live by...according to your own scriptures? I have to admit that I havn't read all of the Koran so will have to leave that to...
I bought some perfume online for my wife ('Ma Griffe' by Carvan) and it appears to be bogus. The box and container look good but it smells very common and doesn't last. Has anyone else had this...
We now know (to great jubilation), that Pluto has a 'deep crater' and that these images received could be reproduced by micro/macro photographs of the Earth's surface. Given the problems we face here,...
Hi, I have been decorating our lounge today and started off by putting a coat of white emulsion on the ceiling. We have been living in this house for about twenty years, but I think sometime before we...
So the followers of Banished are not able to see a further series because of the cost involved.But there is money available to film Songs of Praise from the immigrant camp in Calais. At a time when...
Just had an email from a distant cousin asking me to email back as soon as possible as he wishes to ask a favour. I'm just a bit suspicious as the phraseology doesn't sound like my cousin. I've asked...
I have suffered a chronic ankle sprain for several months and have had it x-rayed which, apart from confirming it isn't arthritis, didn't pin-point exactly where the problem lies. I'm now going to...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33839819
I agree with nationalizing some things, eg the railways but I don't agree with a blanket rule. What do you think?...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3191768/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-End-international-abuse-NHS.html
This must be the reason why we all have to wait for NHS treatment....
smartening these up a bit? Tiles are on a small wall in my kitchen, they have been there 20 years, and I like them. In the past have wiped them over and varnished them with a light coat of clear...