What has happened in recent years to people's voices? particularly presenters on TV. What I am referring to is how every sentence ends as if it is a question, ie higher intonation, it is so annoying,...
My GSD's face began to swell about an hour ago. Lips, eyes, frantic rubbing of her face. I rang the out of hours vets who told me to give her 1-2 piriton. How many of these can she have throughout the...
A friend at work was enjoying a day off at home when a parcel delivery man knocked at the door, asking if he would take in a parcel for next door. Being a good neighbour, he naturally agreed,...
I found this written on a piece of paper lying in the street. Somebody had probably tucked it under the windscreen wiper of the offending car. There are a lot of cars parked around where I live while...
My 19 month old cat licks my noise she has done this ever since I got her at 10 weeks old. I think it is lovely and really cute. Is this her way of showing me affection?...
I have to take the wing bits off chicken quarters tomorrow (well, I don't HAVE to but will be). Can someone tell me the easiest way (was told to get a special gizmo but couldn't find one). Don't want...
Inspired by SandyRoe's thread about a lost engagement ring it got me wondering about the habits of others. I wear my rings pretty much all the time, although not everyone does and I am curious why...
After having fixed braces for 2 years my next door neighbours daughter has to have retainer braces after Christmas. Any idea how long these are likely to be worn for?
My tumble dryer has started squeaking when it is drying.
Is there anything I can do to try and remedy it before having to shell out for getting a repair person out?
Thanks....
1. I can tell the time so I use bus lanes when they're not in operation. 2. I know when to use an apostrophe. 3. I re-read a text message before sending so auto-correct doesn't alter the meaning. What...
I was made redundant 3 months short of my 65th birthday. Thrown on the scrapheap. But i didn't want to retire, so I started applying for jobs thinking I would have no chance. But, 2 months after my...
This isn’t to compete with ‘How far this goes’ – in fact it’s not about snatches of lyrics but entire songs which tend to make you choke up a bit. And, just to make it interesting, this...
I know it's early but I like to be prepared. We always have an artificial tree and this year I would like to buy a needlelast real one (the ones that supposedly do not drop needles). But I have a cat...