Following from an earlier thread about racism, with a similar heading: Is class consciousness (and the closely related 'snobbery')Dying out? Are old people more conscious of class ? Do we still have...
I have fostered dogs for this small charity and I hope the Ed will let me put out this plea for one of their longer term residents. The cold weather is here and Copper, a 14-year-old Doberman/X is...
My wife and I are going on Sunday to collect our new puppy on and have not yet got a name for HER (Pup not wife!). She's a Parson Russell Terrier. (Dog not wife!) Wife has been looking at names for...
Inspired by carrust's dishwasher antics ... ... have you noticed that technology (or at least the ability to understand and use it) is very much split by sex. Dishwasher - female Lawn Mower - male...
Going to a wedding tomorrow up the Yorkshire Dales and the reception will be held in a marquee. Does anyone know if these things are heated or will I have to wear a thermal vest under my posh frock?
I thought the drum beat was much too quick. Some of the veterans couldn't keep up but checking the beat on i player when I got back it was slower than the standard 120 bpm. Must be me. However, as we...
When not reinforcing your prejudices with a daily shot of the Mail/Graun/Telegraph or indeed the Currant Bun ... what do you read for fun and/or information? I subscribe to Private Eye, PCPro and New...
we have got a light woodland in llanarth near newquay wales i have leveled a lot of it and made pathways down through it as it is sloping and has a stream running through it at the bottom i have...
New mothers to be given 250 pounds in food vouchers if they promise to breast feed their new born babies. How are they going to prove it?and will we have a band of civil servants calling on the...
Hi guys, Im posting this queston on here as you guys usually come up with answers that make sense! Basically my sister has recently started going to church and she has reallly been enjoying it but she...
It's another A to Z folks. This time, starting from the letter A and ending at the letter Z, through the alphabet, how many book titles can you think of from the top of your head, and without...
Could you? Would you?
Just watching Richard Hammond on Beeb 1. They are showing Caving, it would scare me rigid. I have this real fear of getting stuck in a tight place....
In 2008 Liverpool cruise terminal had a total of 13 cruise ship departures. In 2009 that figure increased to 15 cruise ship departures. This year 2013 the figure had grown to 42 departures, with 52...
Could anyone confirm whether farm workers were exempt from military service during the war or whether they were conscripted like the majority of males.I was told it was a reserved occupation and it,s...
I was talking to a group of theists and I asked them how they could justify the killing of thousands of innocent new born babies in Sodom and Gommorrah. Their answer was God's laws are never to be...
My German Shepherd keeps wanting to go outside to see what all the noise is about. I let her out and she lies on the patio watching them and occasionally barks at the really loud ones. I am so lucky...
