My vicarious enjoyment of programmes following the lives of British couples/families,in 'The wilds'of Alaska,Indonesia,Deserted Islands,etc.is as far as it goes. Has anyone here tried it,or making...
We went to Lidl yesterday, when we got to the checkout the man in front had a full trolley, including about 20 iceberg lettuces and at least 6 cucumbers. He told the checkout girl the lettuces were...
Are there any tests a doctor can do/request for testosterone levels in a male patient? Ive posted here before about my concern over my 'moobs' (even typing this causes me distress) but I'm sure my...
Sorry I know this probably is not the place for this but could not find a relevant category When we moved into our house 5 years ago it had an NPower pre paid meter which we used for around a year and...
vegetarianism and veganism is something that ive knocked in the past here on AB but ive been doing some intensive research in the past few weeks and am slowly losing my taste for animal products. My...
Over the past year I've developed one which sounds so so stupid but it's real to me. Ages ago I was in an underground car park and it was a steep ramp/ road to exit and at the top was a main road. I...
Went to do recycling this morning. There was an elderly chap there with his car. The boot was full. Im sure he used it as a dustbin. It was full of loose bottles, empty food containers, left over...
Yesterday, I had cause to ring the vicar of a parish church. He introduced himself a Fred Bloggs. I couldn't call him Fred, as I have never met him so I called him Mr Bloggs. I need to ring him again...
my neighbours a few doors down about 75 yrs they have been told that being over 75 they are entitled to lower rent and polltax they live in a council house ta for any info...
After a nice meal dining out, my partner and like to have a coffee.I (F) have a double espresso,and my partner(M) has a Latte.Without fail I get the latte and my partner the espresso.It has got to...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38884601
At last ! The Tories get the message.
We need more housing.... a case of the bleeding obvious if ever there I saw one....
feel in the way, or not taken seriously by younger people? I dont mean if you are disabled, in a wheelchair, or profoundly deaf etc, just old. I will be 73yrs old next month, have COPD, which I have...
It must be wonderful to be able to converse fluently in another language. To those ABers that can - How did you achieve it? I have tried,maybe not hard enough,but lack the confidence and...
Who is your ideal hero from popular culture- film/TV etc? Doesn't have to be a superhero, could be someone like Chief Brody! Who would you want to be with you in a crisis?...