we are not long back from a lovely holiday in crete,put our holiday photos on screen only to be dissapointed with them, we have realised we are no david baillies we have our memories but it would have...
Dear Ed, A bit tongue in cheek perhaps, but I wonder if a section for ‘Senior Cits‘ (older subscribers) would be of interest – say over 60s:- How do they spend most of their time?...
I have just started a book on Bletchley Park during the war. It states that there were 9 to 10 thousand people working there. Where did they all sleep and eat as I have the impression that the town of...
One of my colleagues, who is Irish by birth, has just given birth to a baby boy and has called him Senan. Can any of our Irish contibutors tell me how this is pronounced, please?
I have never smoked myself so dont understand the whys & wherefores. Obviously once the addiction takes over thats different but why would you think to start in the first place? Was it mostly peer...
Reading posts from the religious here, I’ve concluded that the sole reason people cling to faith is because they fear death – and that faith creates unhealthy neurosis. Some have confessed...
It was early morning at the military base, and the first sergeant was calling out names for the daily work parties listed on a piece of paper: "Ames" "Here!" "Jenson"...
One of our bedroom door handles has become loose, because the screws that hold the handle on only go into the hardboard ‘skin’ of the door. Over the years, the holes have elongated (as...
There seems to be no shortage of end-of-the-world scenarios. Books, movies, and magazines, ranging from the comic to the scientific, portray an assortment of doomsday catastrophes. They include...
Since the things have started school I have tried to find things to do (bit of cooking (slowly dragging it out), shopping (slowly), house stuff (dull)) but I am find it seriously difficult to find...
Radio 2 today, there was a discussion about the blue light services Eg/Police etc & the excessive speed they at times go at, what is your opinion? should they slow down & run to the law? the...
What is it about a row of bins waiting to be empties that proves so attractive to new students? Half the bins in the street were tipped over last night. We should all be thankful, I suppose, that it...
So you know when you wake up a hungover, come downstairs to find a huge box on your kitchen table that has fallen over and smashed a glass, tipped your flowers over and spilt water on your iPad and...