May not be much snow but we have a slight covering with the sky looking leaden with more to come , a time for staying in your comfies and lounging , eating chocolate and relaxing here...
Christmas greetings from me to all of the Friday quiz ‘regulars’ (and, of course, to ‘occasional visitors’ and ‘first-timers’ too!) It’s time for the big BBC Quiz of The Year but I’ll just get a few...
The main quiz is fairly easy this week (in my humble opinion, anyway), allowing me to get a decent enough score, I think, of FIVE out of seven: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59673952 A couple of...
It’s probably not one of the hardest weeks for the main quiz but I could still only achieve a middling FOUR out of seven: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59582585 It’s a really easy week in the kids’...
I went to church this morning in a nearby village at the advertised time, but no one turned up, not even the vicar. Once before they were late but this is the first when nobody came. Has this happened...
You should be able to beat me easily in the main quiz this week! Just a paltry TWO out of seven for me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59494304 There are some easy questions in the junior quiz this...
Mr Smow does consulting work 3 days a week for a major retailer in one of their Central London offices. It’s a 6 month contract and he goes in and works with the same people every day in an enclosed...
Trees down, wagon overturned ( Durham) power cuts etc, all we’ve had is plant pots blew across the decking, clock blown off the fence, nothing compared to a lot ,I hope those up in Aberdeen etc are...
A lousy start for me in the adult quiz this week, getting the first three wrong. However everything went very smoothly after that, giving me a ‘middling’ score of FOUR out of seven:...
I was hoping for a clean sweep this week when I got the first five answers right in the adult quiz but, predictably I suppose, I then failed at the final two hurdles. So that’s FIVE out of seven for...
Mr Smow works in Central London on Mon, Wed, Fri, and at home tues and Thur. so the days he is out he wears a jacket, yet when he comes home, instead of hanging it up in our coat cupboard, he just...
This arrived via my email this morning. //Starting 19 January, 2022, we will unfortunately no longer accept Visa credit cards issued in the UK, due to the high fees Visa charges for processing credit...
Are there any everyday sounds that for some reason greatly irritate you ? Personally i cannot stand the sound of a hot drink being poured into a cup or glass, am i alone? Other liquid based...
A decent enough FIVE out of seven for me this week in the grown-ups’ quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59132633 There are some nice ’n’ easy questions for the kids this week but I still only...
Where is Faye Windass, is she still in prison for something she didn't do, I can't remember?
Also, why is her name Windass when she is the daughter of Tim Metcalfe?...
A middling FOUR out of seven on the grown-ups quiz for me this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59068165 There are several nice and easy questions in the junior quiz this week. (Well, it is...