I find myself in something of a quandary. A (not particularly close) family member has emigrated - with the intention of remaining abroad on a permanent basis. She asked me to allow her to re-direct...
Allegedly the three most valuable words ever written - virtually doubling shampoo sales overnight ... ... so do you? ... and why??? I know I do - once with something industrially cleansing (hello Mr...
I have promised myself that I will never post on a desktop thread again - so cannot reply directly there to your remarks about the "snide clique". Virtually everybody (including me in the past) has...
I know this should be in 'travel' - but I'll put up with the odd off-topic nonsense here in the hope of more visibility. Things to do, places to go, sites/sights to see. Ideas, please, for a week or...
Dear God: Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good Dog. 1. I will not eat the cats' food before they eat it or after they throw it up. 2. I will not roll on dead...
30 minutes on hold an still waiting - thank you City Link - not only are you the most useless delivery company in the UK (and that's a good trick when you are competing with ParcelFarce) but you have...
I've got some some very decent Averys Claret (Chateau Bernot Bordeaux Rouge 2009) to have with the Haggis (to celebrate The Auld Alliance) then ... ... I already have a bottle of 14yo Bruichladdich...
Try entering 'Answerbank' in the search box here :
http://www.gizoogle.net/
and click on Gizoogle dis Shiznit button.
Then try some other searches ......
Seeing a post from our very own Eccles, [i]waves hello[i] , had me musing about just how many of our best food products are named after towns/villages/counties/whatever. Sometimes to the point where...
I think this summarises the Ed's position (and mine) quite nicely ...
http://oi49.tinypic.com/117616s.jpg
[ with apologies to whomever my precise choice of image offended last time ]...
With thanks to humbersloop, who originally posted the link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012f7f3/Desert_Island_Discs_John_Graham/ A lovely programme - and let's hope that, despite the...
Good spin on the bike today - just in time before 'the big freeze' if the forecasts are to be believed. Market Harborough I think I love you - the Three Swans did me an all day breakfast with chips...
Picked up the bike this lunchtime after its MoT and service - and since it was a nice day I went for a bit of a spin to blow the New Year cobwebs away. After an hour or so I stopped for a cuppa and a...