Good morning! We're hoping to enlist a few more moderators to help fill out the number of ABers who can contribute their eyes to the smooth running of our little community. So, if you would like to be...
Ten years ago, I had a friend who asked me if he could store his WW1-era aeroplane engine parts in my garage which I allowed. He said he wanted to sell them on eBay. They are still there. There is a...
A rare pink diamond dubbed the “Pink Star” has become the world's most expensive gemstone to sell at auction, coming under the hammer in Hong Kong on Tuesday for $71.2m (£57.3m). Ohhh ..... just...
I'm retired, have been for years, and although I get no other benefits, I do get a pension which enables me to sit on Answerbank making smart remarks (or not, depending on your point of view). But how...
Persaonlly I could not give a monkeys but it does seem the PC brigade are out again. Given Cadbury's (kraft) eggs are now pretty foul anyway (no pun intended) are they getting desperate for sales? Are...
After the recent French and German Islamist terrorist attacks, both the Brandenburg Gate and the Eiffel Tower were quickly illuminated by the respected colours of the victims, so far, though I have...
hi I'm sitting here upset yet again with my husband and asking myself is it me. After driving around in my Honda CRV for ten years my husband decided we should change it for a smaller more econominal...
It seems that my definition of it differs to you folks, so I wanna know how you guys define a guilty pleasure compare to how I define it. My definition involves these different situations/interests:...
Why is this boring non-event given so much air time? It's bad enough that the race is nearly as exciting as watching paint dry - but the interminable build up!! How much can you say about a load of...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4372442/Six-held-savage-attack-teenage-asylum-seeker.html /// 'With right-wing politicians across the world scapegoating migrants, refugees and others for their...
The good news; we are all going to get a blue passport. The bad news; we are going to war over Gibraltar. This is what happens when countries fall out with each other – they squabble like children....
I am going to an ashes interment soon. I went to the lady's funeral, at which we all wore black. Her ashes will be interred this week. What do I wear? Black again, or will that be OTT?...