English / German Car Phrases How would the Germans pronounce English car words and phrases? Accident...............................Das Bleedinkmess Backfire...........................Der...
Friday. A light frost this morning. I hope it warms up a bit. I'm in Stroud today for the official opening of Wallbridge lower lock by The Prince of Wales, he's a local lad....
So after my smear test I felt so much better but all this waiting around is driving me mad. She said 4-6 weeks. I'm almost at the end of week one and panicking all the time Anyone got any advice on...
Subject cropped up in a conversation today. As a male, I'm never going to experience the (what I imagine to be) agony of making a decision to abort a child. Its all a bit un pc to say that I think its...
A study has been published in the Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext but in the summary the UK is not mentioned among the best performers. Could...
We all have our faves, whether it's a chinese, pizza, italian... My go to is: sweet n sour chicken, seaweed, house special egg fried rice. What's yours?! (ps, can you tell it's nearly lunchtime and...
Ive always been sceptical of the paranormal. In the past I have been the token sceptic member of a paranormal research group, (At one time in my youth I subscribed to skeptic magazine). Ive read...
I bought a Hyacinth bulb, in a glass vase, from Lidl before Xmas. It has now finished flowering but I am unsure what to do with he bulb, to save it again for next Xmas. Someone told me to cut-off the...
I was given an orchid in flower in November. A few weeks ago the flowers started to drop and now they have all gone, leaving a bare, dead looking, stem. Should I cut this stem/spike or leave it and...
My man and I have been together for almost 3 years, we live together, we have a shared bank account and a lovely litte dog. I am ready to marry my best friend (to clarify, that's him!) but he still...
Greggs to have "pop up" venues for romantics to take their loved ones this valentines day for a candle lit dinner. If they had one a tad more local, i'd 100% book!...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42747342
So it didn't happen after all !
Perhaps Labour did so well last June because they weren't the Tories !
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One of the big tubs in my garden is full of plants which I had hoped would survive the winter. I think they are nemesia. They seem to be still alive, or would be, if it were not for birds who seem to...