Going on holiday soon and would like to take a few books (no Kindle) would like some recommendations, novels etc! I usually read biographies and true crime but all others welcome!
I have just found yet another clock that needed it's time changing!!I cannot believe they are still showing up(the clocks that is).I do wish we could stay at one time or the other cos at this rate it...
On a thread yesterday I made a joking comment about a Swiss army knife. (Actually, I think that the person I made the comment to was upset by it...Oh well) Anyway, today I received notice in the mail...
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A...
I've been catching up on Masterchef and am quite unreasonably irritated by Greg Wallace wearing a ring on his middle finger. It is quite bizarre and irrational but I don't like rings worn on the index...
I recently bought an old mangle to renovate. It is COMPLETELY seized up. I've tried WD40 but it's not budging anything. The wheels are seized up and the turning handle is seized up. What will shift...
Does anyone know where I can buy some of the above that have a longer cutting surface than std with an 8mm dia shank please.The operative word is KNOW as I have trawled many sites without any...
Hi there. I have been given a beautiful antique brass fireplace fender. The problem is that someone in the past decided to paint it a hideous brown. Is it possible to strip the paint without damaging...
Left eyelid has dropped, it impairs vision & makes me sleepy; son thinks I had a stroke (only Kylie gets that lucky). I need to pinch my eyebrow to fully open the eye else I doze off. Eye make up is...
To those of you who have been following these threads, this is what one of the pages looks like after ironing it between two sheets of parchment paper. Quite a reduction in wrinkles, I think....
Does anyone else get fed up with people who are whingeing about something that happened, and they try to strengthen their point by moaning about something that DIDN'T happen? There was a guy on telly...
The other day, I posted a thread about an old advertising flier that I had found. I haven't completely restored it yet; however, here is a photo of one of the twenty pages in it after two steam...
Any arty/crafty people on here? I came across an old newspaper the other day, Sept. 18th, 1942. which had been rolled up in a wall and was part of the insulation. Obviously, after being rolled up for...