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Incapacitated

Am in Intensive Care in a Palma Cardiac Unit so will be off the map for a few days more. Difficult typing withball these bloody tubes. you at in good hands with the rest of the B&S ABER's

andy-hughes

The Military Wives

It has to be because Christmas is near ... How else can we explain the cod weep-fest that surounds this rather banal song sung not particularly well by a choir of women who cry afterwards? It's...

Lesjames

My mother is in a nursing home 20 miles from where I live and it is fully NHS funded due to behaviour problems. No nearer nursing home could take her as she has advanced dementia which is causing the...

AB Editor

When is it "proper" to give a Christmas card?

And if you were to receive one, when it the earliest you'd find it acceptable?

Voulez-vous

Hip fracture

My 81yr old diabetic father has just sustained a hip fracture. He had no fall, it just "went". He has a history of bowel cancer(successfully cured), so the docs are looking at that in case...

Prudie

Kindle?

So you're reading your kindle - are you still reading a book?...

GrantA

Gift suggestion

what would u get for an ex from your children for christmas. The history is that him and my so called sister had an affair and we split up cos of this, they are still together (6 months so far), so i...

joyous77

Enforced water metering and legal rights?

I have owned my house for 20 years, we receive unmetered water from Anglian (who are a dreadful company) - our area is now being forced to have water meters installed although we can choose not to use...

joannie10

Curtain for front door

I live in a cottage flat - it is quite cosy generally but when the weather is really cold I feel I could be doing with a curtain at the front door. The area really is just door width - as in not much...

atrollope

monday wino thread

Day off tomorrow...Car in for MOT So then..will take the cork from a Old Vines Grenache Noir 2010 to do justice to 2nd day Lasagne..with chips..yeah I know..classy.yum A ripe and generously fruity red...

Booldawg

The pointless invention thread

1. The Leaf Blower. It blows leaves. From one place to another. 2. The kindle. Its a book that needs batteries; 'but it can store 30,000 books!' I hear you cry. So does the library, who's going to...

emmie

christmas cards

have you received any yet, much too early usually. We have, but all is forgiven as it was from friends in Australia, and it came with a beautiful calendar, and knowing the post system, they probably...

johntywino

COOKED STEAKS

I've got half a dozen medium cooked steaks in the freezer....How can I use them all at once...Soup? or something else?(As an old geezer I don't want anything too hard,and if the worst comes to the...

bednobs

five a day (again)

Hi, i am trying to increase my fruit and vegetable intake, and find the 5 a day a good target to work towards. I've had many q's about this in the past (mainly about fruit juice and smoothies, but now...

NoMercy

Is your food appreciated?

My Father-in-law, who wouldn't normally ask for any assistance in the kitchen, has done me the great honour of asking me to produce one of my much-loved trifles for Christmas Day pudding. Is there a...

porkchop

On line delivery rip off charge

I was about to proceed with an order with Amazon for around £100 for a few items to be delivered to Ireland with so called super save delivery but when i saw the delivery charge £22 i...

China Doll

Cortisone Injection

Afternoon All, I am going to have a cortisone injection in to my hip under LA in a few weeks time. Has anyone had this or a similar procedure (another part of the body or something), and if so, how...

flipnflap

who's out of Strictly?

Who lost at Wembley tonight?

Chaffinch

Strictly at Wembley

I love Strictly (Ok so most don't), but , I just don't think it worked at Wembley. The arena was just too big, the lights, props etc just too distracting. Nah, get back to Blackpool for the big event....

sandyRoe

What will the atheists say when...

While walking my dogs this morning beside the lake I fell into a reverie. I imagined a time in the far distant future when most ABers were in Heaven. The atheists, though bemused, were as happy as...

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