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Tomatoes. (Again)

The tomatoes in my greenhouse are now three foot tall . I've pulled out all of the suckers cut back the leaves watered and fed the plants. But the trusses aren't growing. They have four or five buds...

EcclesCake

Is It Too Much To Ask?

I have just read a thread with a reply that I simply cannot understand as it is using abbreviations/street slang/local dialect/I don't know what. When such posts are queried the questioner is...

dave50

Isn't It Time To Do Away With Trial By Jury?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3164477/Juror-narrowly-avoids-jail-causing-sex-attack-trial-collapse-Googled-defendant.html There are too many thick people nowadays with no common sense able...

EcclesCake

What Would Your First Impression Be?

I've just been perusing Facebook and have seen a picture of a young toddler ~13 months maybe, eating a chicken McNugget. The caption accompanying the pic is '[name]'s first McNugget :-)' I'm curious...

RASPUTINS-DOG

There'll Be Blue Birds Over, The White Cliffs Of Dover

To what bird in the song are they referring to .....?

sherrardk

French Phone Code

What area telephone number would show on my phone if someone called me from France?

mallyh

Wheres Excelsior

i miss his caption quiz ,hope he is ok x

maureenirl

What Is Benching

hi in teenage speak what does it mean when a lad benches a girl. following on from shifting her. i'm guessing a shift is just a kiss....

anotheoldgit

He Is Only A Child????

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anotheoldgit

Should This 94 Year Old Have Been Jailed?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3161043/71-years-helped-Nazis-kill-300-000-Jews-bookkeeper-Auschwitz-finally-faces-justice-German-court-delivers-verdict-om-Oskar-Groening-morning.html ///...

jennyjoan

Ending The Day

I am finding it more and more infuriating on this site having to explain yourself - word for word . It is so difficult to put words onto black and white while it is not exactly in your mind. So hope...

TWR

Is This Going To Work?

This so-called secure waiting area for HGVs at Calais, with the trouble with these people that is causing French Port massive problems, costs, do you think that the whole of the area should be...

tamaris

Is This Karma ?

http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2015-07-14/daniel-pelkas-mother-magdalena-luczak-dies-in-prison/...

mikey4444

Hobbit Home Saved From Demolition !

Some will remember this from a previous thread, sometime last year ::: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-33528461 Sensible outcome...well done to the Council concerned, for putting...

Cmitchell

How To Get A Council House.

We watched with interest the documentary "how to get a council house" last night, and it got us wondering about when councils used let their tenants buy the council houses. What is in it for the...

youngmafbog

So What's The Betting We End Up Paying It?

How wonderful Europe is ! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3159806/British-taxpayers-liable-1BILLION-emergency-loans-Greece.html...

hc4361

British Soldier Gets 9 Years For Raping A Six Year Old Girl!

Britain isn't the only country that is soft on sentencing....

mikey4444

Photo Of Pluto !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33517419 Isn't this amazing ! Its billions of miles from Earth, and we can expect some even more spectacular photos in a day or so. Quite incredible !...

Bathsheba

Can Anyone Summon Up Any Sympathy

for this monster?http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2015-07-14/breaking-daniel-pelkas-mother-has-died-in-prison/...