http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/19/killer-spider-supermarket-shopping Although there are some positives ... "Although its venom is highly toxic, it is being studied for use in erectile...
I've been to Scotland - so 'Wine of the Week' has had a tartan makeover for this edition :+) Four Scotches - all Malts - all in my cupboard at the moment and all excellent in their different ways. Two...
... is on the way. Is it just me or does the weather map here look worryingly similar to the late lamented Hurricane Bawbag that our Scots pals had a couple of years ago?...
Without cheating/googling do you know maximum age for potential jurors? I didn't - my guess was out by 10 or 15 years (the maximum age is about to rise again). I'll post the answer in a few minutes...
Aren't the British Isles fantastic? Just look at all the marvellous sites in the UK and Ireland on the list from The Geological Society : http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/100geosites I reckon I've seen just...
My day is being ruined by two interlopers - Ivan Astikov and Ivor Tchestikoff.
Bloody foreigners coming over here and taking jobs from local jokes.
Dxx...
Several threads on here recently have made me despair at the "me first, me second, me third ... and everyone else can go hang" attitudes that seem to be being propounded by original posters and then...
On holiday - took three new CDs with me - all absolutely brilliant Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love to London Lucinda Williams - Where the Spirit Meets the Bone All...
... “The Scottish Tour”. Actually it’s a cheat – I’ll be in the car (a bit breezy up the kilt on the Kawasaki in mid October) – but the principle is the same. I’ll be in Perthshire for a...
A friend took me to see Rufus Wainwright tonight - as a thank-you treat (and a *** expensive one at £37 per ticket). I like his stuff - very clever lyrics and an interestingly skewed worldly-wise...
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT !!! I have just spent an hour watering the lawn - it looked so dry and unhappy after a really hard mow/raking yesterday - and no rain was forecast until at least Saturday. I came...
Goodness, I had to check my typing in the title quite carefully ...
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