In my long ago youth,I was told the capital of China was Peking.However,now it is always referred to as Beijing. Who made the decision to change,when ,and why?
If a company has made several sets of redundancies over the past 3-4 years using a specific calculation to determine redunancy pay (ie substantially over the statutory) - does that same company have...
If you listen to reruns of, for example, the Goon Show or 'Round the Horne' for no apparent reason they stick in one or two musical breaks by such great artists as the 'Fraser Hayes Four' or 'Nat...
I'm going to Majorca next week and would like to be able to text my boyfriend from there. I have found out that it will cost 45p a msg, and will be free for me to receive msgs. Does anyone know if it...
Many a year ago (well 20), every friday I would get a 10p bag of 1p sweets. Im sure you know the kind. Fruit Salads, Mojos, Black Jacks. Shrimps, Cola bottles and so on But I remember red lips,...
im facinated by the difference in english(us) and american (You) words like - peanut butter and jelly sandwiches -american. Jelly to us it that wobbly pudding. Jello to you is that wobbly...
Reading mulbergers question got me thinking. What ever happened to Tab. I think it was a Coca-Cola brand.. What other brands have disappeared off our shelves?
In the pub at the weekend we discussed those little brown bottles fastened to a bandolier that all pubs seemed to sell at one time. Were they called Underberg? I seem to remember it was pretty...
Why are our fighting men and women so disrespected by the public? Why, when we see them walking proudly down the street in uniform, are they subject to ridicule and not praise?
We have some friends coming for dinner in a couple of weeks, they only like plain type food so I tend to cook roast beef and yorkshire pudding, roast chicken etc. like a Sunday dinner, has anyone got...