I'm doing the Daily Mail Rewards points, now that you get a bonus for doing them everyday I was getting a bit uneasy I might miss a days entry. Tried to set up a reminder on email but my system...
I have just watched on an old VHS tape found in a drawer the most mesmorisingly awful film surely ever made; 'The Queen of outer space', 1958, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. 'Three American astronauts are on...
Suppose its time for somebody to ask this..... I am going to treat myself to a sandwich and soup from Philpotts as I have been eating noodles and beans on toast from home all week to save a bit of...
i have been invited to go metal detecting at the weekend. i have never done this and have always thought it would truly reveal the hidden geek in me, has anyone else been out with a metal detector and...
When we had the house re-wired 14 months ago the electrician saw fit to replace all our 'old fashioned' bulbs with the new, low energy long-life ones. Philips 10 years or 10,000 hours it proclaims on...
I had a nasty run in with a chiropodist a few weeks ago resulting in a very painful and infected toe. (Thought I'd never walk again!). I wondered if there was such a thing on the market as a...
mr Spikey loves liver, onions and bacon with mash and gravy, and grilled kidneys with his Saturday cooked English breakfast, and if his mum phones and says shes made real faggots, he'll drive a 40...
yes, i know it is very early but i have not managed to get any sleep yet and so thought i would whisper good morning to you all. i might go back to bed soon and see if sandy-man will come. if i do get...
I had rather a meaty chicken carcass left over, and a cold coming on, so I had the idea to make soup. I went into the 'cupboard next to the cooker' where the sandwich maker, George Forman grill, bread...
I have this thing about not phoning people after 9pm if its not something that can wait until the next day. Different if its an emergency. Whats your cut-off time? Someone I know always phones late....
We are in France at the moment for 5 days. The weather is awful, torrential rain and now its thundering and lightening very near and very loud and we are sitting in a metal box!! Apparently it has...
Sorry this made me smile. Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my illness, I always sense my boss thinks I am lying. On one occasion, I had a valid reason, but lied...
Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon,...