Good evening, yet again! I could only manage a somewhat-less-than-magnificent score of ONE out of seven this week - and that was a guess! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66115560 I did no better in...
I thought I'd do a little quiz, have a go, no googling..... 1) When was the declaration of independence signed? 2) Who signed it first? 3) What was the first state to ascend to the union? 4) What word...
Looking at this short video an accident is waiting to happen. Vehicles swerving to the left from behind the 4 protestors may not be heeding the bikes in the inside lane....
.......and I was one of the first babies, although it was a couple of weeks after. My place in the NHS timeline is roughly 30,000. And that was only 2 weeks into the NHS. 15,000 a week for the first 2...
After an absence of 7 years or so.... Last time was for minor assault on police officers. Since then it all went down the pan this year. My mental health declined and i ended up up in a phsychiatric...
This article makes quite intriguing reading, and who knows, it may save your life. The bit which surprised me was that :- "Between 2009 and 2019, there were 212 overboard incidents on cruise ships,...
...has died down, I have to say I only watched 10 minutes of Elton Johns' act. That was enough for me. I thought he was awful, which is a shame, as we all know what a great artist he's been over the...
I was once able to do this but I seem to have lost my way over the years. I want to copy a CD (burn? rip?). I am using Windows 10. I used to get 'rip or burn' on the top of the screen but i cannot...
Or 2. Yesterday I got 2 packs of M and S Vintage Cornish Cove cheese and onion sausages...normally £4.75 reduced to 1.47 each. Then off to Sainsbury's where I found a boneless shoulder of lamb for...
Friend of mine is just turned 63, been at the same place in catering for over 40 years. Can't get state pension till she is 66 (or may even be 67). There is now talk of going over to private...
To accompany the Great Gadgets thread, what do you have that seemed a good idea at the time but after a couple of outings now lives tucked away permanently in a cupboard? For me a bread maker and an...
For Sqad and all you others who have cared and been interested in the mysterious and sudden illness which has hit Dave, my 68 yr. old Brother-in-Law. I didn't think it was going to be good - and it...
A little fun to raise some much needed cash. The loose change jar is getting full, so I will give 20p for every job you can come up with that's NOT the ideal job to have. ( Please only 1 job per post)...
.............supposedly from British Gas: Hello, we're going to send you another message asking for your meter readings. It'll come from our other mobile number - but rest assured it's us. Thanks....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66049895 Ok the shooting of the teen started this but it's now turned into general anarchy. Cleatly criminals are using it as an excuse to go looting etc...
If you put one grain of rice on the first square of a chess board, then 2 grains on the second square, 4 grains on the third, 8 grains on the fourth and so on, until the 64th square, my neighbour...