I often buy frozen uncooked apple pies and I cook them for the recommended times 50 minutes and they look perfect but the bottom pastry always has that powdery uncooked taste. I've tried longer times...
I think anyone who runs the Marathon is pretty special and it reminds me of a friend of mine whose daughter ran all around the British Isles including Northern Ireland ( during the troubles ) . She...
Balancing the budget, foreign aid , and the benefit rackets are in the news every day but they are nothing new. I came across this quote the other day which I thought I would pass on. // "The...
There are several versions and prices ranging from £109 to £154 and there is surprising few comprehensive reviews . Can anyone please tell me if you can download foreign books ,newspapers...
So after 16 years MG is to be assembled , not made . but assembled in Longbridge. That is a bit of good news , better half a loaf than none , but will it succeed or will the unions destroy it yet...
Why haven't I got a Quick Tab icon on the tool bar. The icon is a square divided up into four squares. I often have several Tabs open and I believe there should then be a Quick Tab icon on their left...
I have been given Earl Gray tea many times, especially abroad , and in every case it's been digusting a bit like drinking scented mushroom soup. Am I alone in hating Earl Gray .
BA are going on strike yet again . It is said their cabin crew are the highest paid in the world with the shortest hours and highest ratio of staff to customer ratio. They also have the best...
It is so many years since I did any physics calculations that I would like your help. My neighbour's house has a fairly steep drive 1:5 which is 20m long on a firm surface. Her estate car was standing...
Does a census achieve its objective . As an example , the question on religion last time just asked what is your religion ? Which is fair enough and most of us would put down Cof E but in reality our...
I'm posting this again as the link didn't work. However in case this one doesn't the link is that Cameron is setting up a commission to look into the way Europe imposes it's laws on us frequently by...
I know this isn't News as such but I have just read this in CB and being as it applies to a number of us I thought I would sound out the News' ABers. I'm sorry if it's been raised before but I haven't...
I was at a club of 100 members and one of the questions we had in a quiz was: Whose word you could most/least trust amongst the English, the Scots, the Irish, and the Welsh. We had a fair sprinkling...
I have BT for the telephone which includes ' free weekend and evening calls '. I have Plus Net for broadband which also includes ' free weekend and evening calls' I have no complaints with either but...
My daughter has moved into a new home . The previous owners had used cable TV . There are sockets everywhere. So she has a choice of cable or any of the many BB suppliers. She is a very light user of...
At the moment filibustering is being used by an unelected house to defeat an elected government. Should this be allowed in our democracy ? If allowed should it be restricted in any way. ? Even within...
I recently filled in a Mori Poll and some questions were misleading in as much as so many questions couldn't be given simple answers. In my coffee group only one person considered themselves...