mrs_overall Member Profile in The AnswerBank

Getting Old

You know you are getting old when you bend down to pick something up, and while you are down, you have a good look around to see if there is anything else that you can pick up at the same time. Do you...

mrs_overall

Update on patient transport query

This morning I spoke to PALS who put me on to the patient transport service itself. Given the circumstances, Mr O IS eligible to have transport provided. A massive thank you to SunnyDave for providing...

mrs_overall

Patient Transport

Does anyone know the criteria for eligibility? It can't be down to benefits as I have a wealthy friend in West Yorkshire who is attending a hospital in Sheffield and patient transport (a taxi) is...

maggiebee

Cliques

Do you think there are any "cliques" on the AB site? Sometimes feel that there are "in" jokes and some seem to know each other rather well. Am I being paranoid?

sunny-dave

Mackerel

I was wondering if any of our AB members living near the sea might have ideas of useful things to do with a mackerel.

mrs_overall

Tonyav's Story

Tonyav was conceived (with a degree of contortion and inventiveness) on the back seat of a Citroen 2CV, so his parents decided to name him Antoine Avec Voiture. His name lasted until his first day at...

Traci66

Advice needed re daughter.

My daughter (28) does not have custody of her son, until recently she wasnt allowed access to him unsupervised. Last month the court said that she could have access unsupervised and overnight stays...

tinkerbell23

The InLaws

Amuze me.... Inspired by gness an mrs O.... Tell me the crackers some inlaws have said to you!? Mothers and their sons eh!? Or even daddys and their daughters!!! In my case its my mum who says all my...

gness

Place your bets please

I`m off now to meet the estate agent selling Ma`s house. He has been charming on the phone. Must have forgotten he showed me around a house last year which became known as the viewing involving the...

mrs_overall

Help needed with a laptop

I am so ashamed to admit this, but here goes. I've bought a new laptop and for the first time ever I have bookmarked several pages of interest. My question is, how do I retrieve the bookmarked pages?...

Bazile

Removed threads

How about a quick one liner from the Ed to the email address of the OP , when a complete thread is taken off , especially when it is not obvious why a thread is removed. I don't consider that it would...

joggerjayne

Come On, Are You Serious?

A pal has hitched up with a new BF while I've been away. And then she drops the bombshell ... he's a vegetarian! This is the last of my pals whom I'd have expected to go out with a veggie. She must've...

joggerjayne

I've Finally Done It

I've just been on the "Eye" I only went out for a coffee. It was quite jolly. Only £8. There's a commentary by Steve Coogan! (I mean, recorded ... he doesn't sit in the pod with you)....

gness

Guess the course of facials hasn`t worked

After a lifetime of being disliked by my mother and never receiving a compliment, on a recent visit to her she said, "You know you are very pretty." "Really!" I gasped....

crisgal

got loin of pork instead of leg

not sure how to cook this - would i be better slicing thickly and cooking like steak? Would it be too dry if roasted like a leg?

gness

My Grandson will love me

After years of embarrassing my children with my odd sense of humour, being an accident waiting to happen and my often peculiar dress sense I was happy to have grandchildren enabling me to continue...