When I was little my mother seemed to be sewing buttons on every night. The mangle really did mangle them and later the spin dryer had a good go. I don't think I have lost a button on anything for at...
I'm doing the night shift with her tonight. She hasn't eaten for days and only managed an occasional sip of water through a straw. She hasn't been conscious for most of the day (probably due to her...
When did you last buy talcum powder?? Off you go with your random question!! Humour me, it’s a boring Saturday in lockdown lol. Ohhh, and who can state their car number plate without looking?? Don’t...
For the past few days I have had a sore arm where I had the jab 2 weeks ago. I can't believe it's down to the jab but I can't think of any other reason for it. Anyone else similarly affected?
Been with the same bank almost 50 years, never had HP, bills always paid in full and on time. Home owner with no mortgage, credit score of 999. And yet, when I applied to my bank for a Credit card...
I feed the local birds. Get plenty of Blue Tits, Great Tits. One or two Blackbirds. The occasional Thrush. Even got a Pied Woodpecker coming on odd days. Never been able to attract Goldfinches. They...
There’s loads, but the one that drives me bonkers at the moment is the BRUT one with Vinny Jones - I literally cringe watching it ! What about you??...
I was given an Alexa echo by my son as part of my xmas present. In general, I find it very useful and it's saving money on phone calls to my son and grandchildren. However, there are times I have...
Pic below of a white melamine unit on my kitchen worksurface. No idea where I got it. Probably Ikea or Argos (definitely not John Lewis). Anyone help identify it? i.e. What would it be called, where...
From television shows that you are never really gonna be asked one of mine is George off George and Mildred called his goldfish Monty .is there any things like that you remember?
Just watching Greg Wallace on making M & S Christmas cakes. They use a posser. I remember my mother using a posser in a dollytub doing the weekly wash....
I was admitted to hospital yesterday with a Hb level of 6.8. All went reasonably well, I was isolated until the Covid test came back negative. Transferred to a medical ward, where I had a Monofer...
I did all sorts of jobs whilst still at school, picking beetroots on a farm, selling bleach soap and pine disinfectant door to door, and carrying coal on the wagons at the age of thirteen. Left school...
Not exactly a big deal normally for most, but for me it was. After much haranguing, complaints, phone calls and emails by my sister, the ward manager finally relented to a visit (PPE'd of course) and...
Mums been taken into hospital after falling and breaking her hip early hours this morning. A&E rang my sister a few hours later and said that she had been booked into theatre for tomorrow morning but...
Ch 5 is showing a documentary about him tonight. I loved him when I was a kid and it will be interesting to see if I find him funny now I'm all grown up. The gurgling vicar had me in stitches.
What does your keyboard say about you Looking at the keys on my keyboard - some of the lettering are more faded than others - in fact some are as new . Which keys are well thumbed on your keyboard ?...
