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Good God - Looks like we have a Bomb Scare in Truro

Am in a café in the centre of Truro and police have cordoned off the west end of the main street, apparently there is a strong indication that it is a bomb scare, the building being Nat West....

McMouse

Smoke Alarm

Our smoke alarms are linked in with the burglar alarm system and an engineer arrived at 2.00 p.m. to replace a faulty one. It is now 5.00 p.m., he has replaced all three smoke alarms but none of them...

parkie

A scam-but what.

A few days ago I was walking along a minor one way street in our town centre. Hardly any traffic. No-one else around that I could see. A smart, modern car, (missed the make etc) pulled up beside me...

maggiebee

Church Signs

Wasn't sure where to put this. Jokes? Religion? Well, Chatterbank won. These signs are all from outside American churches: There are some questions that can't be answered by Google Honk if you love...

sandyRoe

Camera fodder for foreign tourists...

For the second time in as many weeks a group of foreign tourists, Asians this time, Spaniards the first, started taking photographs of me as I walked through town with some shopping today. What's the...

pastafreak

Latest Scam?

From what seems to be a mobile number... "We have been trying to contact you about your PPi claim,we still have £2,308.34 in your name waiting to be sent to you..." Oh I wish....I...

Mamyalynne

The best thing ever......

I realise this should be in Technology, but wow!! I so want one, hint for Xmas if anyone looking in.

ELVIS68

What's your band called?...

Colour of your underwear and the last thing you ate.

EvianBaby

Waking up with ear worms

Every morning I wake up with a song in my head, usually an obscure one I haven't heard for ages and often the same one. This mornings is that one that goes 'what we need is a great big melting pot,...

Brimoan

Death Clock

My uncle put his details in to a death clock site today. He was astonished to find he passed away in 2006....

DSJ

I'm past it!

At my age (years & years past retirement & female) I don't particularly want to train as a plumber, electrician, gas or renewable energy engineer. That's what a recent e-mail is encouraging me...

Voulez-vous

Badges!

I have a badge! Don't get excited, I've had it for ages! My question is.............if I have this one for first answer on a thread being best answer (quick draw).............why have I not got...

Steve.5

What a b------ of a day

Having already been snoewd under with extra house calls I had to reluctantly put my father in a nursing home. He is on his last legs so to speak & want to see him go out with the dignity he...

Smowball

Ever sent a txt to wrong person.....and really wished you hadn't!

I once sent a txt to a bloke thanking him for a wonderful evening. Unfortunately I sent it to another guy I had also seen that week ( I couldnt decide between the two!). Needless to say I got a...

DTCwordfan

gness's holiday - Disaster #1.

I had such a super time away but it’s nice to be back to the safety of AB and my friends here – tony – I hope that you have been behaving and looking after those goats of...

cupid04

Anyone think....

that it's been a bit quite since the weekend? What has everyone been doin to keep themselves amused. I need cheering up, I'm bored!!

Gavmacp

Sarah Brightman is going into space

Anyone thinking what I am thinking????

FredPuli43

School reports, hope for us all.

"One of his pieces of prepared work scored 2 out of fifty", "His other work has been equally bad and several times he has been in trouble because he won't listen, but will insist on...