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I need glasses....

Broke mine about 3/4 years ago!! (i know!!) Never replaced them....but my contacts kill me sometimes especially in summer. However because im not working just now how do i go about getting glasses? I...

sunny-dave

AB Reading group - June Book of the Month suggestions please

I am arbitrarily choosing "Crime Fiction" as the genre for this month (it was at least mentioned a couple of times in the previous thread) - interpret this as loosely as you wish :+) Please...

grasscarp

Things Children come out with

Today my grandson, who has just turned three, was given a chocolate raisin. He immediately wanted another, but his dad said, "Have you forgotten the important word?". Quick as a flash he...

stokemaveric

just been to see the olympic flame arrive in stoke-on-trent

it was quite good actually...

andy-hughes

The Goodies - why?

I watched TOTP2 last night and The Goodies were on doing The Funky Gibbon. I know a lot of songs and TV shows do not age well, but i always found the Goodies to be utterly unfunny at the time, and...

Mosaic

Was it really the good old days at school? What was your worst teacher / school experience....

Following on from Prudie's post about pointless lessons, it seems worth giving this one an airing. I'll open with the milk incident, some 51 years ago. My reception class teacher (a frozen old Miss)...

sophie_1003

Android Phone

Have just got an android phone and was wondering if there are any free apps, particularly games, quizzes or fun things anyone would recommend? Have so far got DrawSomething and Cut the Rope.

sunny-dave

The AB Reading group - the fun starts soon ...

Suggestions in this thread for genres for future monthly book selections please. Restrain your enthusiasm to just one or two ideas per person please - but feel free to repeat/endorse other people's...

ELVIS68

Annual leave during Olympics.....

We've been told that annual leave will not be granted during the Olympics unless we prove we have tickets for an event Is this allowed?...

EvianBaby

Can I put sunscreen on the cat?

He loves sunbathing but I'm worried about his delicate little ears. Is it ok for me to use my Nivea factor 20 on his ears?

gness

Chinese Lanterns

This is me being serious. I tease so much I have to start with that! I live on the edge of the countryside;lots of thatched cottages around. There is a huge firework party nearby but what bothers me...

AB Editor

MC Escher walks into a bar.

The barman gives him a funny stair.

zebo

HM Message Part 11

10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt...

bizzylizzy

Kohl/eyeliner advice needed from you beauty gurus

Hi - I read somewhere that if you line your top lashes from underneath, ie in between the lashes, you can add definition to your eye without putting an eyeliner line along the top of the lashes. Can...

birdie1971

Is it correct to refer to the Jews as a 'race'?

It is a question that has intrigued me for a while since the phrase 'Jewish race' (and its variants) crop up regularly in the media. Should it be rightly referred to as a 'race' or is it simply a...

porkchop

Dole for unemployed student

When should a student sign on for benefit if they are finishing college at end of May. The student has been offered a job commencing September but can they claim for the months up to that date....

anotheoldgit

Are we a nation of passive racists?

http://www.dailymail....-authors-bigotry.html Well we are according to ex footballer John Barnes, does he suggest that we burn all these classics, such as the Nazis did in the 30s? These books were...

Philtaz

Chillout: Your Recommendations

Morning peeps, Been going through the chillout playlist on my iPod and would like to expand it. Would welcome your recommendations and will list mine in case there are any you may want to check out...

sunny-dave

A reading group for AB ?

Hello boys and girls of a literary bent (ooh matron indeed) After the wonderful success of chaptazbru’s thread, it was suggested a couple of weeks ago that we have a ‘virtual reading...

sophie_1003

BBC Quiz

Just got 7/7 on their sandwich quiz; first time I've ever got above 3 on any of their quizzes and am a bit pleased with myself! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18071316...

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I need glasses....

AB Reading group - June Book of the Month suggestions please

Things Children come out with

just been to see the olympic flame arrive in stoke-on-trent

The Goodies - why?

Was it really the good old days at school? What was your worst teacher / school experience....

Android Phone

The AB Reading group - the fun starts soon ...

Annual leave during Olympics.....

Can I put sunscreen on the cat?

Chinese Lanterns

MC Escher walks into a bar.

HM Message Part 11

Kohl/eyeliner advice needed from you beauty gurus

Is it correct to refer to the Jews as a 'race'?

Dole for unemployed student

Are we a nation of passive racists?

Chillout: Your Recommendations

A reading group for AB ?

BBC Quiz

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