https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-49795221/thunberg-if-you-choose-to-fail-us-we-will-never-forgive-you Does she have a list of of demands? A manifesto? Any kind of spec? Up to now all she seems to...
I am usually very much a diarrhoea as I have diverticulitis person but have learned to live with it over the years. However the last 2-3 weeks I have gone the opposite a big constipation. Last time...
Just watched the Star Trek TNG episode The Inner Light again for the first time in a few years. It's silly I know, but its just one of those things that switches on my waterworks. Is there any tv or...
A discussion on radio this morning about BT’s intention to remove a number of the remaining telephone boxes posed the question, ‘When did you last use a public telephone?’ Should they be...
Does anybody on here like watching live webcams? I find them quite interesting. I watch a couple on the Norfolk Broads, and there is one site where there are loads from all around the world. I watched...
I have a round red dot on my nose (maybe half a Cm round) which looks like a blood capillary has decided to just plonk itself there next to the surface of the skin. I cover it with make up but wonder...
Has anyone here ever visited a close loved one in the chapel of rest before the funeral? How did you feel afterwards? I am in this situation now and part of me wants to say goodbye before cremation,...
Been dreaming of an election for the last 3 years, mentioning it at every turn, yet when dangled in front of him he bottles it. As Bojo says, he must be the only opposition in history to support the...
// Poland’s governing party had carefully choreographed a day of pomp and ceremony to welcome President Trump this weekend — a powerful reminder to its own people, just six weeks before national...
I wouldn’t normally post this but I’m away from home, camped outside a hospital in a B & B and in bits. My middle son was taking short cut thru local park v late at night with a friend when he was...
. . . as a British citizen? You'll need to score 75% (= 9 out of 12) on the sample questions here in order to do so: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49485612 (Scroll down to 'Life in the UK test - a...
My son rang me sobbing his eyes out the other day with toothache, and he cries at NOTHING. He finally managed to get into an emergency dentist who said he needed 2 wisdom teeth and a regular snapped...
Anyone see the first one of these on Gold? Funnier than most of the sitcoms on today, and Kevin McAnally and Robert Bathurst were both spot on as Mainwaring and Wilson. Good effort.
Hi all, After my hysteroscopy 3 weeks ago, a biopsy was sent off and unfortunately, it came back as endometrial cancer. I go into hospital early tomorrow morning for total hysterectomy. One positive...
That you just don't know the words to but resonate with the tune anyway? Cant speak German but just love this upbeat tune anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgM1QJ3S_I Love the 'primal' feel of...
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the death of Elvis. Scary eh? He has been dead for as long as he was alive. Does anyone remember where they were when they heard that he had died?
I love fresh peas - straight from the pod, to the steamer, to the plate - and have just spent a happy half hour podding a bagful from Mr Aldi. Which led me to muse about how many of 'the next...