It can't get much better than this. I'm sitting in a nice, comfy armchair, with three happy and healthy cats nearby, with Cèilidh na Bliadhn' Ùire on the telly and a glass of decent port in my hand....
Good morning everyone - heading for another lovely warm weekend, sunshine a slight breeze, warmer tomorrow, a good night for partying tonight which I won’t be doing ….too old for that sort of thing....
Hello again, everyone. Welcome to the final ‘Quiz of the Week’ thread for 2022. It’s a very quiet week, as there is no junior quiz this week and no Timed Teaser to frustrate us either. So we just have...
I regret to inform you that my sister, who you know as 'Emmie' passed away on 26th December. she asked for the announcement to be made on this forum, but unfortunately did not leave details of her...
Hi Posters, bought a legit for the children and whilst putting it together, issues were encountered during assembling it. First a few kissing parts from the parts bag and then the parts were wrong....
Hello again. I hope that you all had a good Christmas. One might think that the last part of the annual quiz should be the easiest because the events are all relatively recent ones. However, for each...
Have you had enough turkey/mince pies/stollen/booze yet? Here's part three of Aunty Beeb's big quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64025788 I managed a 'decent enough' (in my opinion) score of...
...I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all AB'ers (especially those suffering from illness or injury) & their families & friends the best Christmas possible, followed by a healthy & Happy New...
Good morning everyone - and all the very best of Christmas wishes to all the KM family …..have a wonderful festive season and may Santa bring everything you wished for. Now for the links ….lots to go...
Here's the second part of Aunty Beeb's big annual quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63935331 I got a better score with this bit than I did in the first part, with NINE out of thirteen. (I suspect...
Good evening to one and all. There’s no Quiz of the Week from Aunty Beeb this week, due to the start of the big annual quiz. (See below). There’s no kids’ Newsround quiz either this week :( The Timed...
Emmie is back in hospital having broken her femur , she is very upset and sounding depressed ,she in the UCLH , I asked her permission before posting this, a terrible thing for her to be going through...
Good morning everyone - a beautiful weekend here, really looking forward to being outside in the sunshine …..around 28d for a couple of days then it’s going to cool down for the Christmas weekend...
Good evening, everyone. Mince pies seem to have boosted my brain power a bit, enabling me to start off this week’s session with a score of SIX out of seven in the main quiz:...
. . . leave too many carrots out for Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve. Life isn't easy for an overweight reindeer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qota928VTXw...
Good morning everyone - I shouldn’t complain, at least the sun is shining but that wretched wind is back, tearing blossom, rose petals and young leaves off as it goes through the garden …..at least I...
Following on from my washing machine not working, it appears that I have a frozen pipe outside my annex which doesn't have lagging. None of the cold water taps work in the annex. The hot ones are fine...
Good morning everyone - ooh, it’s going to be quite a warm one here today, talking about 35d in the city …glad I’m not going anywhere :)) but luckily it won’t last, back to something civilised...