thanks to Wendi for the idea and didn't want to hi-h#jack her thread. I remember the old fashioned lifts, the ones with 2 metal doors and the lift operator wearing a green uniform turning the dial to...
I've recently noticed loads of grey mottled slugs in the garden, rarely seen them before, what are they?
They still get the same treatment as all the others, I'm not fussy....
My friend has lived in Australia for the last 20 odd years. She has now come back home to look after her Mum. She is also applying for a house through a housing association. She has worked in the UK...
Who for you was in a film you have seen on television or in the cinema and ruined what had the potential to be entertaining. For me and most likely will not be agreed with but it has to be J.Wayne in...
We both received by post this am an envelope with a sticker with our names and address sealed by sellotape and inside each of them was a £1 coin . No name of sender or anything else . Postmark just...
2or 3 weeks ago there was a recipe in the times for little coconut baskets filled with a chocolate cheesecake with raspberries. I made them and they were lush, but I've lost the recipe and can't find...
... "How English Are You?"
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/how-stereotypically-english-are-you
I got 47 - which probably means I am actually The Queen ... or Winston Churchill
english dave...
24d. Man that's dashing to remove top from sail. I've put in GALLANT (as in a man who is dashing) but please parse the rest for me. 45ac. Bottom, old fashioned, is enlivening in turn, missing Thisbe's...
I asked a question in recipes earlier on but had no replies. I think I can probably work out the chocolate cheesecake bit but definitely need help to make the nests. Trying to remember, there was...
I have just bought a beautiful goose egg, and its bl**dy huge ! Does anybody have any idea how long this should take to boil, for a soft-boiled treat ? I can't weigh it unfortunately, as I don't have...
Even though we're non-believers, we always have fish on Good Friday - a throwback to childhood I think - a bit like having turkey at Christmas. Does anyone else still follow the tradition?
Every day and every evening we were serenaded by the lovely song of our local blackbird up on his telegraph post, then yesterday morning we woke to silence, we found a patch of black feathers on the...