My old mate's laptop has broken and he won't have one for a few weeks. I want to send him a "lockdown newsletter", far too long to type on a screen not much bigger than a postage stamp. He has a...
I have long had the suspicion that many of the government's plans for dealing with Coronavirus were scribbled on the back of a fag packet. Now I'm convinced. This is from "a government advisor": "Eyal...
The Prime Minister, it seems, referred to Nicola Sturgeon as "That bloody Wee Jimmie Krankie woman". https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5253505/boris-johnson-nicola-sturgeon-jimmy-krankie/ Some...
“I will wish to object in the strongest possible terms at the meeting to assent being given to a [EU Withdrawal] bill without consent from the devolved legislatures, and which enacts a decision to...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-50426028/general-election-2019-labour-pledges-free-broadband-for-the-country Free Broadband for the entire country pledged today. We're obviously building up...
On Monday morning half the M20 will be shut to traffic other than freight until further notice. Other traffic will have to use a contra-flow system between junctions 8 and 9. Have the people allegedly...
Heard a goodie when down Dorzett this week. A chicken and a duck meet up in the High Street. "Hello duck" says the chicken "What you up to today?" "Well, I've never been on the other side of the road...
A body fell from the wheel well of an aircraft and landed in a garden in Clapham, London, yesterday afternoon. It missed the occupant, who was sunbathing, by a metre. A spokesman for the airline...
Two young women are in a trendy restaurant enjoying a business lunch. One of them drops her spoon on the floor and she summons a waiter. “I’m dreadfully sorry, I’ve dropped my spoon. Could I...
SInce the loss of our dear friend Mikey just over a year ago it seems customary for AB-ers to worry if regular posters do not engage for a while (which is nice). So just to let you know I will be off...
It took just two days to go from this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46416134
to this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46440172
Quelle surprise!...
I'm having a "Brexit Free" week this week. I shall not be responding to any Brexit questions - including those already running - until next Monday at the earliest. It's not that I'm tired of the...
Trying to get my ordinary e-Mails to appear on my so-called smart phone. Went to GMail on the phone. Added my ordinary eMail account (with password). The account appears in my list of accounts (only...
Water meter has to be fitted to my supply. (I live in a “water stressed” area and under Section 94, paragraph 158 of some act or other my water company can insist that I have one). A few weeks...
Went to the High Street for a couple of items. Wanted a First Class stamp (rarely use stamps and hardly ever First Class). Anyway, Post Office Counter now located at the back of W H Smiths. It was ten...
I have an OMO Q2 so-called Smartphone. Basic kit but does all I want except: When the phone is switched on and "awake" I can answer incoming calls. (Caller's details are displayed, simply touch the...