I'm making a few cakes for Christmas with raisins, sultanas, cherries, currants and mixed peel, all of which I've been soaking in sherry and whiskey for about a week. I know the standard rule for a...
A elderly female friend was telling me she recently answered the door to someone supposedly a metre reader from her gas supplier. Apparently he had a hi viz on, showed an ID, said he had come to read...
Been dark most of the day here and foggy ( no jokes please ) Pleased my twinky lights are bringing cheer , first time ever we had a 'take away Roast beef dinner around 1-30 , I must say it was...
I know this has been around for a long time but I've only just given it a try ... and three episodes in I'm loving it. It reminds me of Mad Dogs, the superb 'black comedy' starring Philip Glenister....
I thought that I might be heading for a maximum score this week until I got the 6th question wrong (and then the 7th one too). So that's a FIVE for me - on what seems like a fairly easy week though....
Could anyone help me with clues for these. Answers will be numbers 71 If I were to give you the finger in ancient egyptian times ,what number am I showing you? ( Have looked at loads of egyptian hand...
Bono, in an attempt to diversify his business income has released a new Satnav onto the market.
It’s rubbish, the streets have no names and I still haven’t found what I’m looking for....
I do as well as us both having mobiles, a lot of my friends have got rid of their landlines but I'm loathe to do this ( dunno why)
Internet goes through a landline , doesn't it?...
…. because of links to historical anti-Semitism. De Montfort University is named after Simon De Montfort, a 13th knight known as the father of democracy....
Hi boys and gurlz Oxford has announced its results of the oxford covid vaccine 90 % in a subgroup - - 70% overall cheaper - but has taken govt money unlike the others moderna due to less arduous...
With the ‘adverts for the elderly’. On TV in the afternoons and later? It has not stopped raining here for over a week! I normally avoid afternoon TV, but in desperation, after reading 5 novels a week...
Anyone else noticed the judges on Strictly, even Craig now, are being overly generous in their praise and scoring? Maybe that’s the BBC telling them to be super-nice in these PC days and not say...
... exciting thing that happened to me today was breaking the tea bag in my early morning cuppa and forgetting about it. A gob full of tea leaves was the result:-(
Probably been asked umpteen times before here, but I'm looking for recommendations since my woman asked me to suggest something; and I am going around in circles on the web finding those recommended...
Pres Trump still wielding the axe But what is the point ? Is there any realistic chance of the Election Result being overturned , to keep him in office?...