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Granddaughter's first email

I received an email from my 7 year old granddaughter last night saying it was the first one she had ever sent, how much she loved me and her Nan, my OH, and thanking us for the times we look after...

Meg

Over 60's Bowel Cancer Testing Kit

Have recently had the pleasure of doing the above and have failed 2 tests. I'm now booked in to have a colonoscopy a week Monday. Has anyone else been through this? BTW I feel fine apart from the...

phleb

are the kray twins still alive

and how many of you actualy liked them. I have recently been so fascinated by them, i have the book about ronnie kray at the moment, and it is very interesting, they did hate bullies, and bullies were...

stokemaveric

after clive dunn shuffled off this mortal coil this week [a fine actor..and singer of ''granddad'']

it got me thinking what do you remember of your granddad??

mccfluff

FAO Triggs

where are you my love I miss you i miss your sweaty brow and smelly breath, your green teef and fat bum where are you my love?????...

albaqwerty

Odd things which set you off

There was a picture of an amphibious vehicle on a thread, which sent me back in time to when my dad was still around. I think of him daily, but sometimes it can be a full-on get the hankies out. Just...

Jeza

Bill Tarmey

It was been announced that Bill Tarmey aka Jack Duckworth has died in Tenerife aged 71. Sad news I liked him. RIP

dotty.

Unused factory sealed calendar 1996

If I buy this calendar on ebay, which year would it next work in? (it's a garth one btw)

Krausse

I love the smell of napalm in the morning !

Actually I like the smell of Imperial leather. What smell do you like ? (see what i did there?)...

Caran

Feeling quite chuffed with myself.

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...

parkie

Democrats and Republicans

In America the Democrats' logo is a donkey, and the Republicans have an Elephant. Which animals would you think should be representative of our political parties if they had one?...

albaqwerty

Internet Silence for 11/11

I read in the paper yesterday someone has tweeted a 2 minute internet silence would be a good idea. I think it is....

Jeza

Aldi lover.

I go to Aldi every week and by and large I am happy with the shop, but of late they have a lot of new lines so everything is crammed up. IMO to sell all these new lines they need a bigger shop ( In my...

NOX

Happy birthday Ann86

Happy birthday to you Ann86, have a great day:)

pastafreak

Power Outages....

Do you get them where you are? Have you ever? I ask because my brother back in NY is wondering how the Brits cope. I know that in the 23 years I've been in the UK,I've only had a power loss 2-maybe 3...

dotty.

I don't know anyone called Peter at all,

I have tried to remember when last I did know someone called Peter and it was 30 years ago, a child the same age as my son. What name do you not know someone called it?

pastafreak

Oh Hell.....

Another storm is headed towards the US east coast. I finally heard from my brother -they got their power back Sunday night,lost it breifly today (Monday)...and now they are expecting this new storm on...

Krausse

Do you play ?

A musical instrument ? I am a guitarist (sort of) but my guitar just hangs on the wall like an ornament. Please inspire me with your musical genius and by the end of the night we could have an AB...

parkie

Security words

I've been onto a site tonight just to enter a competition and it finished up with me having to copy two words into a 'box' for security measures. You know the type I mean? The first word makes no...

BlueToffee

Diana Krall

The OH and I treated ourselves to an early Christmas present last week, we went to see Diana Krall at the Albert Hall. Wow, she was fantastic, 2 hours 20 minutes of sheer heaven and, without a break,...

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