here in the good old north west we have a beautiful sunny day, but i do feel a bit let down because we didnt have any of the thunderstorms yesterday we were promised!!! I love thunder and lightening...
An organised group have set up shop next door to me in a housing association flat all paid for by benefits, its not used as a home no one lives there but staff members work shifts like a proper 24/7...
While browsing in a gift shop in Canada I noticed several old fashioned dinner forks attached to a piece of driftwood board, formed to make a rustic but neat looking row of coat hooks. The thing is, I...
being white, i have some things that have gone rather a manky shade of grey, is there anything that you can use in the washing machine to get them looking clean and white again, some articles went...
Does anyone know if these are any good just for calming excitable dogs? My dog isn't nervous or anything, just gets very hyper and exited sometimes and I just need her to calm down a little. She's 6,...
We have had a couple of strange occurrences over the weekend and now I have just spoken to a woman who says Virgin have given her the same number as me for her phone! I have had the number for 12...
This seems to crop up when sports events are on (like last week). You have a friend who supports Wales, and surprises you by saying they're Welsh (the same rule seems to apply to Scottish). The...
After all the fab weather we have been having here on the East Coast (Chapel St. Leonards)it is very overcast this morning with a slight rainfall,wearing my jeans for first time in over a week. Hope...
I know... a very obvious thread. But I always double take when the car temp reading is 30 degrees in this country!! My parents have just returned from Majorca and it was 2 degrees warmer in England...
Following on from Jezas question, a lot of replies stated they could take anything except eyes, I have always said this but never been able to explain why I don't want my eyes taken and used. Why...
My son has just got himself an aquarium. Before he puts fish in (approx 4 days) he has the pump running to make sure the water is oxygenated etc. He has done everything necessary ready to accept the...
Hi doggy owners, I want to be able to take Colin with me in the car a lot, but I have concerns about him jumping out when I open the door. Do you have an easy to follow exercise/guide to follow for me...
Harvested first (modest) crop of courgettes from garden yesterday. Tasted wonderful. Apologies to purists, but this announcement is far too important to be posted in Food & Drink....
Over the last 3 hours the page response from The Answerbank has been chronically slow. Internet response times were good, so we must conclude that the probem was on the server. What happened? Was is...
...before giving up perseverance? One of my cats has possible 'bowel' issues and the vet gave me medication and new food to try. He is to get 1-2 cans a day. It is also ok for the other cats to eat...