v_e has not posted for some time, I tried to contact him several times by email but got no replies, finally I sent him a Christmas card & last night I received an email from a family member to say...
Why is there 2 or 3 people outside who take the number off the card, then when you go inside to vote they take it again just before giving you a ballot paper?
Further to my Mums terminal bone cancer diagnosis earlier on this year... She's recently had more tests (scans, x-rays and bloods). Had a phone call today off my sister who was at oncology with her....
Hi all. I've just bought half a roast chicken from the hot deli counter at the supermarket. I'm just making my usual big pot of soup and I'd like to put the chicken in it. The soup won't be getting...
Hi all. I'm afraid that Answerbank has lost all it's appeal for me. It is swamped with adverts which jump up at every opportunity and getting worse. Even as I type this I can see ads for Tesco,...
Are you a fan of antiques and collectables? Do you visit Antique and collectables fairs? What are you on the hunt for; what do you collect? I'm researching :-)...
The year is 2192. The British Prime Minister is visiting Brussels to ask for an extension to the Brexit deadline. Nobody remembers where this tradition originated, but each year the spectacle attracts...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-orgy-virginia-roberts-giuffre-channel-4-dispatches-a9164566.html Seems that way. I feel the royal family should not be...
Sparklykid in his post below says he’s having fish, chips and gravy for dinner today. I find the idea of gravy on fish very odd indeed but I have a friend who puts the oddest foods together. In that...
What a twit I've been. I'm in the middle of making blackberry and Apple jam, and instead or adding my 300 mls of water I've added 3 x 300 mls. Why? I 've know idea. Of course it won't set, but am I...
I don’t , Why? Because he’s the only one who knows where he’s going, he has no majority in the HoC so he should call a GE now, we couldn’t be in a worse position than we are now, let Corbyn...
I have a lot of old jars from a lab they were shutting at the Uni about 30 years ago. Most are plain or in the case of the large ones, 2 Pt. There's one which has B.L.B. etched on it. Do any of you...
I am writing my thank you letters this weekend. AB deserves a thank you. I had a load of good ideas, advice and lovely wishes from AB members for my wedding on 22 June. Thank you all. The day was...