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Spring forwards, fall backwards...

If you ask people how long we spend in winter time (GMT) and how long in summer time (BST), most people will automatically say something along the lines of "Well, it's obvious, isn't it - six...

To-Ryscum

jacqui smith

caught out using "Young offenders" to "tidy" her home when they were meant to be doing work in the Community put her on "Community work" for abuse of privilege ,I say!...

kinell

http://www.dailymail....d-labour-streets.html with thousands of feckless criminals put to work for a whole 28 hours per week, doing a poor job without training....... at least the poles etc will know...

joko

so, amy was drug free when she died...

http://www.holymoly.c...em-when-she-died58868...

Coldicote

The Libya rebellion

News reports give much coverage to the uprising of the rebels in Libya and to violent repression of the people by the Gaddafi regime. Somewhere along the line the origins of the problem seem to have...

modeller

Dangerous trees.

My friends neighbour has two tall trees which are dying and beginning to fall. When they do, the will crash down in my friend's garden possibly reaching his house. He has told them about it but they...

BertiWooster

Who's Next ?

Once Cameron has sorted out the little problem with Libya - we should encourage him , ( whils't he is on a roll ) , to head towards Syria . Apparently there is also a little problem there, with one...

chiefy831

How to replace a fridge thermostat

I need to replace the thermostat on my fridge, it is a Hotpoint RLA53G. My fridge is icing up at the back eventhough it is only set on number 1. I have bought the thermostat but it does not have any...

jd_here

Lybia

So, Cameron dashes home from holiday over the Lybian crisis, but it takes him 3 days to return over the London riots, sort of says a lot, doesn't it?

cc1

Explorer 9

I downloaded Explorer 9 and I hate it but can't get the System restore to work! On every new page there's a pop up at the bottom, something about protecting the page, it goes away but can I stop it...

AB Editor

Growing your own

midagetrolop

Tomatoes

I have grown tomatoes for over 35 years, but this year they are going rotten from the top ( where the stalk goes in) and also I have a brown mould on the end of the leaves which then go limp also the...

tooj

Bees

I recently asked about bumble bees under my shed. Once I knew they woudnt bother me I have got quite used to them. Unfortunately over the last two days they have started walking about unable to fly...

gazzawazza

Lawn edge trimming

I have owned a couple of strimmers (the cheaper, Wickes/B&Q type ones) and have come to the conclusion that they are next to useless. The wire snaps all the time and they are a pain to reset. Even...

ruthandsam

Small garden

I've just got rid of our big, petrol lawnmower because basically we've moved house and the new garden is tiny. It took more time to get it out of the shed than mow the lawn! Do I replace the grass...

jd_here

Magic Pen1s (rude but funny)

A businessman was preparing to go on a long business trip, so he thought he'd buy his wife something to keep her occupied. He went to a sex shop and explained his situation. The man there said, '...

wolf63

Dial 999 - I am not feline well ...

I read about this incident and was struck by the pure stupidity of some of my fellow humans. I admit to not being a 'people person' and I also confess that my two best friends are feline but even I...

anotheoldgit

Foreign rioters to be deported.

http://www.telegraph....will-be-deported.html So they say they are going to send foreign rioters back from 'whence they came'. Now I wonder how they intend to get permission from the EU Court of Human...

rich47

Scottish tidies in Schools

The Scottish Government wants to introduce a course of Scottish Studies in schools. This would include Scottish history, literature, culture and so forth. Labour opposition politicians claim that this...

Gromit

Last place adversion

Interesting report in the Economist. In experiments, poor people would rather give their money to rich people than to poor people who then might be catch them up....

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