It looks like Winter is about to show its claws, and the evenings will be dark from Sunday onwards. Some Big Warming Wines from my recent stock-ups at Aldi, Tesco and the STWC : It's back, it's just...
A foretaste of Summer as Winter approaches : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/25/tour-de-france-2019-highest-in-history-cycling Looks like a very interesting route - no cobbles this time,...
In my youth, I used to carry around a copy of "Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Mechanics" - absolute tosh of the highest water, I never got beyond chapter one ... ... but very good for impressing young...
[ in CB for visibility ] Hello Chaps I may need to transfer around 10,000€ as a holding deposit on a property in Ireland - obviously I'm doing all the 'due diligence' about account references and...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45733111 I understand the frustration which the islanders feel when they are arbitrarily relocated for the convenience of mapping - but when...
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Had a wonderful afternoon at the MK Theatre yesterday (see the 'Bliss' thread) but one warning note now ... We each had a modestly sized glass of (fairly ordinary) wine in the (well named) 'crush bar'...
Hello Ed - from a rather damp Dave In the light of the appalling hoax perpetrated on AB (and Craft1948) by persons unknown, is it time the AB toughened up its procedures for registration of a...
Presumably those of you with young children/grandchildren will already have this irritatingly popular earworm ... but so everyone else can suffer too ...
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... is having had a gness cooked dinner - without even a single ping from the microwave!! Now sitting on the patio awaiting the arrival of the Hogs and sipping a final glass of something red and...
This had evaded my attention : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/23/europe-to-ban-halogen-lightbulbs I'm all in favour of energy saving - and have a lot of LED lamps around the house -...
Please join in with any bargains or 'unusual' purchases you've made recently ... 1. Co-op - currently doing some *very* tasty Malt Whisky offers - I got a bottle of Chivas Regal 12yo for only £20...
See the link from my thread here : https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1592760.html It is worth applying - even if you can't remember all the details - they can work from your...
Even Moliere appears to be fair game - with Tartuffe being reinterpreted as a Pakistani Muslim Brummie : https://www.rsc.org.uk/tartuffe/ I have to say it sounds fantastic and I've got my tickets...
