Went to the cinema this afternoon to see Mr Turner. Will have to spend a few days thinking before I decide whether I liked it or not. Has anyone else seen it and if so, what did you think?
Hi I rent my home from my 84 year old dad for a nominal charge, things aren't looking good for him at the moment. He has said he will leave me the house which is a bit depressing as I find it...
I've decided to while away the short, drab wintry days by resurrecting an old pleasure...reading. I'd love recommendations. I have read all Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes (apart from her new one) ,...
I have a relative with dementia and some conversations are very difficult. What shoud I do ? For example, in one conversation he asked if his mum and dad were coming to visit. Since the person...
My sister says her ten year old daughter is utterly bored at the prospect of reading. Sis is getting so upset about this that she's asked me - an awkward child whose first reading material was the...
If you had your time again - What one thing / one choice would you have done / would you have made , differently in your life . I know there might be more than one - but you have to choose ONLY ONE...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29939672
Hopefully people find this interesting... another demonstration that we can't really trust ourselves!...
I have just been watching a video of Frankie Boyle and I was just thinking ,how many comedians have you seen who are the Cutting Edge of comedy , I am not talking about the usual safe comedy,I mean...
// Two pastors and a 90-year old man have been arrested for feeding the homeless in public. The pastors, Dwayne Black and Mark Sims along with Arnold Abbott, an advocate for the homeless, face a...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2821702/London-couple-Afghanistan-threatened-kill-daughter-refusing-forced-marriage-told-cut-head-went-authorities.html /// A judge has since granted a...
I have just made crystallised ginger and orangettes and now have a couple of jars of gingery orange heavy syrup which I am loath to throw away. Ideas to use it up please?
1. How often do you get writer's block? 2. Has an event(s) in your life effected how you write/view writing? 3. What kinds of writings do you do? 4. What do you do when you experience writer's block?...
Has anyone gone through this process without the help of a solicitor? just finished doing it, what a pain. Court Of Protection regards my Mother, she is in Ist Stage Dementia.
I've tried everything including shop bought and remedies on the internet. Nothing has worked. If it helps it came from ironing a t shirt logo transfer. I have bought a new iron but is it now bin...
I need to accurately translate the phrase:
"If you're going through hell, keep going" into latin, of course Google isnt the most reliable...
thanks in advance...