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Panic Buying / Stockpiling

What, if any, have you done in the way of panic buying / stockpiling?

John Travolta suspected of having corona virus. John Travolta was hospitalised for suspected Covid-1, but doctors now confirm that it was only Saturday night fever and they assure everyone that he is...

Cloverjo

Anyone Remember Dial-A-Disc?

I’ve just read a review of the book by music journalist Pete Paphides in which he writes about going to the phone box to ring Dial-a-Disc to hear the latest hits. I’m about the same age as...

ladybirder

Anybody Want £3,500?

Who's up for it? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8090761/Get-PAID-coronavirus-Scientists-London-pay-volunteers-3-500-develop-vaccine.html...

tiggerblue10

Max Von Sydow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51803195 An amazing career spanning 7 decades. RIP Mr Sydow :o(...

melv16

I'm Going...

...to buy a new bag and belt for my wife's birthday. She'll soon get the hoover up and running.......

maggiebee

Headlines

Just read a headline from the magazine Marie Claire "Kate Middleton Shopped at a London Waterstones Bookstore, Like a Normal Human Woman." Any ideas how she could have done this differently?...

tiggerblue10

Seeing As It's Iwd...

...which women, past and present, do you admire (not including family members). Mine are: Elizabeth I Marie Curie Anne Frank Sophie Scholl Jane Austin Ada Lovelace + loads more...

chokkie

Oven Cleaning

There was a lot of baked on stuff on the bottom of my electric oven - I've got a lot of it off, but there's still a bit left which I can't get off, and don't want to take a scouring brush or knife to...

MargoTester

Stockpiling

https://mobile.twitter.com/stephenfry/status/1236282734957465600 Made me smile...

maggiebee

Profits?

The guy who invented hand sanitizer must be rubbing his hands together.

rowanwitch

Long Fingernails

Just a thought but all those sporting long and complex. manicures..... You can't wash your hands properly. Why do you think nurses have short nails, and food handlers should. Even flaking nail polish...

retrocop

Uk Covid-19 Death Believed No2

Another aged vulnerable person with underlying health problems believed to have succumbed to this virus in Milton Keynes. Well we were warned. That will mean,I guess, a ward full of NHS staff off duty...

Canary42

Cashback

I went into the pub today and said to the barmaid,"Do you do cash back?". "Yes, certainly", she replied. "Good", I said, "Can I have the £40 I spent last night, my wife's going mental."...

Buenchico

Bbc Quiz: Week 10

I reckon that it a 'middling' week in terms of difficulty this week. I managed to score 5 but that was only because (a) there's a 'freebie' question, where all the responses offered are correct ; and...

Trevilino

Flower

Just wanted to let you all know that I have been admitted into hospital and they are keeping me in. I’ve only gone and poisoned myself, thanks to my cooking skills. What I thought was an onion for...

MargoTester

Danny

I notice Danny hasn't posted since 27th Feb. He's normally a daily contributor so I hope that he is OK. Has anyone heard from him?

carolegif

Pointless Error

The rhyme about St Ives is about the one in Huntingdon, not the St Ives in Cornwall!

ABSpareEditor

Answerbank Birthday Jigsaw, Now Available

Hi all, We're pleased to announce that we are embarking on a ten-part series celebrating The AnswerBank turning 20 years old in December! This March The AnswerBank brings you the Birthday Celebration...

Chipchopper

Don't Panic!

A wife sends her husband to the supermarket with a list of items to stock up with, just in case they run out, due to panic buyers. Two hours later he returns home with several bags of shopping in...

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