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Destroying A Hard Drive

I disposed of two old computers over the weekend having removed the hard drives, I hit them several times with a sledge hammer 9which was, incidentaly, very theraputic!). They didn't break up but were...

bednobs

How Do You Pronounce Poufee?

poo-f pu-fey somehow else?...

AB Editor

Favourite Threads This Month?

Your nominations please :)

Tilly2

Life After Life. Kate Atkinson.

Has anyone read this latest novel by Kate Atkinson? What did you think of it?

Jemisa

Mirror Mirror....

A young woman buys a mirror at an antique fair from a gypsy, and hangs it on her bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully says "Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my breasts...

paddywak

66 Not Out

In the early hours of the morning the Lady of the Loch produced her second egg of the year and the 66th of her glorious career.

mikey4444

Rabbits And Hares.

This may seem a silly question, but .... Rabbits and hares are so similar in appearance, so do they ever mate together, and if they do, are new hybrids thus formed ? Like donkeys, horses and mules,...

RATTER15

Well Im Glad That Was Taken Off Quickly!!

Not nice!! Some people need to get their head out of the gutter!...

CailinDeas

Just Had To Share These.....hope You Laugh Out Loud....

These are sentences exactly as typed by medical secretaries in NHS Greater Glasgow 1. The patient has no previous history of suicide. 2. Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital. 3....

ST24

39 Years Outside Uk

If you'd lived 39 years outside the UK would you want to return to live there? Would you rather have a holiday to visit relatives and see new sites etc? The place where you live has a bearable climate...

marval

Didn't

The mother-in-law, comes home and finds her son-in-law furious and packing his suitcase. "What happened, George?" "What happened? - I'll tell you what happened! I sent an email to my wife saying that...

SeaJayPea

Basic Mobile Phone

Hi all, I'm looking for a very basic mobile that I can give as a present to an elderly mate. Won't need a camera and certainly won't need internet access. Is anything like that made any more? Thanks a...

giveup

Independant Financial Advisor.

What is the best way to find an IFA (need one for some one-off advice)

maggiebee

The Ice Cream Girls

Did anyone watch this on TV, think it's a 3/4 part drama? If you did, what station was it on. Thanks in advance.

marval

Burnt

There was a boy who did not speak a single word until the age of fifteen. One day during breakfast he suddenly announced. The toast is burnt. Why didn’t you say something sooner? Exclaimed his...

mrs_overall

Skips

Do you like to glance in/rummage in skips? Have you ever had a "find" in a skip?...

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Been Offered Cleaning Job In Aldis

he wanted me to work in the morning 6-9 unpaid but I refused as I need money then he sid the manager likes you to work with someone and to start next week but when I said would I be paid next Friday...

mrs_overall

Songs You Associate With Ab'ers - Just For Fun

This one makes me think of tonyav. Which song do you associate with an AB'er?...

tenrec

French Into English Translation Help.

Please does anyone know of a good website that I can type french into and it will translate into English for me. Many thanks.