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Am I Rich And Over Privileged And So Jc Will Be Coming After Me?

I was privately educated and spent my childhood in a seven bedroom house. Now I earn £140,000 a year (plus expenses), live in a house worth around £750,000 house and have a pension pot pension pot...

Giggsie

Small Metal Voice Record

I have one of the above, of my mums voice, dated 1937. I’ve found some information about it...poppy records...but nothing about how I could play it today to hear her voice. It had to use wooden...

anotheoldgit

Is It A Crime To Say Women Don't Have Penises?

Well it would appear so, because a student editor at a top university has been fired for saying it....

melv16

This Site Is..

.. Becoming impossible to use, due to it constantly crashing. It may be something to do with the disappearance of the blue banner at the bottom of the page. It has been replaced with an advert.

Canary42

Croydon Cat Killer Identified - A Foxy Tale.

It's not a human, it's foxes allegedly. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/everything-know-croydon-cat-killer-police-say-theyve-solved-case-105740056.html...

bainbrig

Samsung/mac Incompatible?

Plugged my Samsung G3 into my Mac Mini (OS 10.13), but don't see the Samsung on screen. I get a message up on the Samsung saying something about not recognised... but I've got a high enough OS. Is...

AuntLydia

Holiday 2019?

My youngest son has just told us he's going off with his friends family next year on holiday. Yipee! for the first time in around 25 years OH & I can go on holiday on our own. We both like sun sea...

pumpjack

Best Thing For Killing Weeds ?

i put membrane down on my garden last year, not enough it seems, cheap B&Q crap !! laid approx 1-2 " of decorative stones over top. ive tried to control these weeds coming through but they are...

kvalidir

Sex Workers Are Worried That New(Ish) Robot Brothels Are 'dangerous'...

Sex worked are apparently worried that the new (ish) robot brothels are dangerous and capable of promoting violence against women because of a lack of empathy between client and facilitator. I can see...

pumpjack

Air India Uk-India-Thailand

i have a choice weather to fly with air india or emerites air india coming up at £465 and emerites £515 im on budget so £50 difference might sway me in favour of air india but i know emerites are a...

sunny-dave

Validation Of New Members - And Re-Validation Of The Rest Of Us?

Hello Ed - from a rather damp Dave In the light of the appalling hoax perpetrated on AB (and Craft1948) by persons unknown, is it time the AB toughened up its procedures for registration of a...

bainbrig

Bellpush - Sensitising

New bell, posh one (Honeywell), wireless, all very good. Except the bellpush has to pressed firmly in the centre, otherwise no signal. Tried dismantling the push (to bend the spring or something) but...

ToraToraTora

Why Do We Hate Wasps And Love Bees?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45566304 No mystery to me, Bees generally get on with their business and only trouble people by accident. Wasps however are always buzzing around your...

pastafreak

I Should Have Made Sashimi

I've never cooked tuna before, but a recipe on Jamie Cooks Italy inspired me to try it. I've also got the book...so I also had the written recipe. The steaks were to be cooked 2 minutes on each side...

FrillyPancake

What Is This About?

Right do tell me what this means guys... I went on a holiday of a lifetime with my husband just recently, which was particularly out of this world. A few different places were visited, so lots of fun...

chessington

Cold Feet & Doc Martin

Are these two drama's back this year, anyone know? TIA

Theland

Restless Leg Syndrome.

Hi ABers. Can any body offer some advice please? I suffer from RLS which makes sleeping difficult. I heard that it might be a lack of potassium and magnesium in my diet. I am wary of this advice, as...

ToraToraTora

Should Early Gender Id Be Available?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45497454 I agree with Labour on this. In fact I don't know why anyone would not want to wait until the child is born to see what sex it is. I enjoyed the uncertainty...

Jackdaw33

Just An Observation...

... I was reading an article about the young ex-soldier who has been sentenced to jail in Turkey. He talked about his fiancée and I thought that it was a very long time since I heard or saw that...

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