Ethel was a bit of a demon in her wheelchair, and loved to charge around the nursing home, taking corners on one wheel and getting up to maximum speed on the long corridors. Because the poor woman was...
Living in a built up area, having left the deepest countryside a while back, I am amazed to discover we have a Green Woodpecker, a male I think, in the garden of our flats. He likes it round here...
A letter arrived today saying my £200 is on its way. I think this year I'll give it to Crisis, a charity for homeless people. If you don't need your payment where will it be going and who will...
As the title says. I'm looking for a really nice tasting Coffee, no cheap dishwater stuff. I used t be an avid Coffee drinker but due to having kidney stones in 2007 my consultant blamed it mostly on...
Do you believe that phrase; or do you think it's just something that can be said to make us feel better when we observe others getting away with things that we would not?
I found this deeply moving, hope you do too. As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a Funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends,...
I see there's a link further down slating EE but OMG I am absolutely loving it! Full of drama and it's pure escapism; yes I know most of it is completely off the wall but that's why I love it! People...
1. The love is missing/from the holy siblings 2. Fare paid up front/with the insects 3. Mesopotamian waterway/with skinny moterway 4. Quite common and/played by Albert Finney 5. She is lost...
I bought a 19" bush TV with free-view 6 months ago have only used on and off for 3 months i paid £119.99 at Argos i want to sell it as i now have a 32" tv any realistic suggestions of...
As I was lying in bed pondering the problems of the world, I rapidly realized that I don't really give a rat's ass. It's the tortoise life for me! 1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the...
Fella goes into his favourite deli where the waiter immediately brings him a bowl of matzoh ball soup. The customer signals the waiter to come back. "Taste the soup!" he commands....
It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane: 'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row. 'What are my choices?' the man asked. 'Yes or no,' she...
Last night, I heard my mama singing a song Ooh-We, Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep Woke up this morning and my mama was gone Ooh-We, Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep, Chirp All...
Looking for the words of a poem about villages etc. in Aberdeenshire. If I remember rightly it begins (excuse spelling): Kyard (Strichen?), Kyak (New Pitsligo) and Cairny Whin