Do they have a sense of smell? Our rear patio is completely enclosed by a wall that's about 3 foot tall on our side, and as we are on the side of a hill the other side of the wall is about 10 foot. I...
Is there any point in posting letters at this time .I got a letter posted 9th April this morning .Letters I posted have not arrived .We pay good money to get post delivered . Could we not be advised...
Piggynose has already reported a magnificent (and maximum) score of 7 elsewhere, so I'll start off with a "BRILLIANT!" for Piggnynose! My own score is a far more modest (and middling) 4 though. [I'm...
For the small group of ABers who're mad enough to enjoy tackling my crosswords, here's the latest one: As usual, it's non-cryptic and very loosely based upon The Times 2 Jumbo Crossword that's...
Did you know birds love pasta. Especially spaghetti. I had some left over tonight. I always rinse the sauce off first before putting it on the bird table. The magpies are so greedy, they think it's...
I have a teddy called Archie that my granddaughter made for me at school. He sits on my bed during the day and I've found myself turning him so that he can look out of the window all day. Help!
Michael Portillo has just mentioned Clive of India. It sparked memories of my grammar school. We were divided into houses. We had Clive, Ragdale, Philips and I think Spencer. How on earth I remembered...
I think that it's nice and easy this week. (It must be surely? How else could I have scored a mighty SIX?). However I note that Gromit has tried to hide his lowly score of 2 away on a different...
My family are doing all our shopping. SIL did some on his way home from work. He went to Lidl. Amongst the shopping was a bottle of own brand gin. I normally pay about £9.95, this one was £13.13. I...
For about a year now he has had a rash on his body of small red spots, it really is horrendous. He has been given various creamsthat relieve it. We have tried to get some answers to what it is but to...
Very carefully drove to postbox to post a letter. Next door the house was all done in bunting. On their wall was a cuddly toy with a note attached. "Is this yours? Our stupid cat stole it" Brought...
Soap and sugar poultices for splinters etc? I got a splinter in my finger today after a bit of weeding. I got OH to probe at it with a needle. It was such a tiny splinter but very sore. He couldn't...