Travelling fish and chip van here in rural France is offering pangasuis and chips. Internet says it is a sort of farmed freshwater catfish from Thailand etc and it doesn't sound too good to me. I...
Inspired by an entertaining thread on Twitter today. The correct way to store one's cutlery is as follows: Top drawer in the kitchen. None of this silly second drawer down nonsense. In the cutlery...
If you are run over by a bus today and die and you tested positive for Covid 19 back in February then your death is reported as Covid related death by PHE. If this is true then it makes a mockery of...
On just now - only celebrity I've heard of is Dom Littlewood. I've heard both him and Greg Wallace saying elsewhere they get mistaken for each other - now's your chance to see them together and decide...
Hello Folks, I am looking for some fun excuses that I can say to the scam ambulance chasers that phone me on a fairly regular basis. The ones I have used in the past include:- 1. I was on the Titanic...
On 1st July the published number (cumulative) of Covid cases in the UK was 313,483. I could not find yesterday's figures. Today the total number of cases up to yesterday is 283,757 - a figure that by...
For our 3-year old granddaughter, we are looking for an app in the form of little games to download to a smartphone to help her learn the letters of the alphabet. It must be British English, not...
English speaking courses to improve pronunciation; Reading and writing lessons since written. English is often very different from spoken. I am looking for intensive English classes to improve my...
In my humble opinion, we will soon see rioters fighting with the police on our streets. Its already started in Belgium, India, Pakistan and Kenya, probably others as well. I can't see, for example,...
Really good last night I thought. I know some people think Celia is awful, but I read yesterday that Anne Reid who plays her, doesn't want Celia to be 'nice'. All the parts are so well observed and...
AnswerBank is set to "remember" me. Every time I go to the AnswerBank web site, it asks me to accept cookies. Each time, I click "Accept" but then, repeatedly throughout the session, it asks me again...
Early 1960s I borrowed an lp with the group featured on the sleeve as knights in armour. I believe it was by one of the big groups of the time but just cannot find it online or in shops. Can anyone...
I understand that, if a formal complaint to the solicitor in question does not produce results after a specified time, the next course of action is to lodge a complaint with the Legal Ombudsman....
It seems that every time I turn on the TV, Mary Berry is on. I thought she was a cook, but she seems to have become an expert on many things. Rather like a latter day Carol Vorderman.
I'm watching the RVP but it applies to almost every TV program these days. The words "coming up" nearly cause me to put by boot through the telly. Why are we never allowed to just be surprised by...