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Lidl Superweekend

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Offers.htm?id=73&week=1 I see that Bordeaux Superieur is back, at £2:99 instead of £4:99. Good value for money, although its a trifle on the dry side for me....

trt

Educating Manchester, I Have To Admit,,,,

I have been wrong in the past to judge teenagers who act like brats, rude, and with no respect for their elders etc, not all though.. But last night in E/M, I could understand how the girl who lost...

NoMercy

Is This Mother Right, Or Just Prejudiced?

Apologies if this has already been posted. Is this mother a prejudiced person or is she right and has fat acceptance gone too far?...

Barmaid

The Feel Good Friday Thread

Well I do need cheering up. Discovered I have a rat infestation yesterday. Managed to despatch 15 babies but ASBO and I cant find mummy rat(s). Rat man is going to charge £80. I've promised ASBO...

wendilla

Eastenders

Have you noticed the mistake in Thursday's eastenders ?

Bazile

Swollen Leg

My left lower leg has been swollen for a few months now I had a scan last week Friday to see if there was a blood clot - the doctor doing the scan stated that they don't scan the lower leg but rather...

Smowball

Acid Reflux Disagreement

I've had this for 12 years pretty badly. If I take my mess I'm ok but god he,o me if I miss one - the burning in my oesophageus is quite literally unbearable. Now a friend rang me yesterday to say her...

waterboatman

Good Morning Early Birds!

Friday. Cloudy. Raining. Situation normal! I'll have to rethink the day. I was going to take some stuff to the tip. Might have a lazy day instead! :o} Tiggy was wandering about his territory earlier,...

tooj

Shortage Of Breath

Suffered from breath shortage and noisy chest preventing sleeplessness night after night. Had pacemaker and defib fitted Wednesday (Home same day) Couldn't breath Sat and Sun. GP sent me to hospital...

scooping

Jacob Rees-Mogg

At a complete loss about the so-called 'fury'. A staunch Catholic says he's against abortion and people are shocked? What next, Pope is a Catholic shock? Ridiculous, manufactured, insulting to...

Smowball

Blooming Specsavers!

I treated myself to a designer pair of frames - John Rocha- they were £125 plus the lenses. Yesterday I went to put them on and the right arm literally just fell off. I took them to where I bought...

chrissa1

Rip Mike Neville

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mike-neville-legendary-north-east-13583451 North East television viewers will be saddened by this news. A Legend....

EcclesCake

Just Sacked My Windowcleaner

I wasn't expecting a full on exit interview but was surprised that he didn't even bother to ask why.

Samuraisan

Celebrity Masterchef

This is getting worse and worse. I have never heard if any of these " celebrities " and their efforts are abysmal. Turned it off within 10 minutes....

mikey4444

Hurricanes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-41183962/hurricane-irma-barbuda-barely-habitable-says-pm I could have chosen any one of a number of clips that are on the BBC website this morning....

Bazile

Where Have You Been All This Time

Every now and then in the past i use to think back to my school days and wonder about some of the class mates that i have never met since leaving school - two in particular . Last night we had a...

sunny-dave

Nice Towels

A sensible question for once ... I recently had an excellent few days away in a smart hotel - and amongst the manifold pleasures were the lovely fluffy towels - which managed the good trick of feeling...

bednobs

How On Earth Would You Explain This When The Firefighters Arrived?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296 At least they had another date after :)...

jennyjoan

Wayne Rooney

I thought Wayne Rooney was banned from driving. How come he is seen behind the wheel.