There is a new service to enable you to check that your Driving Licence details are correct. It's currently in 'Beta' testing and sometimes you may have to try more than once to get an answer (I got...
Discussion in the pub (after a sharp shower caused us to take shelter) turned to the old chestnut : "Is it better to run through the rain, or to walk normally?" Which one gets you wetter (assuming the...
Am I being unreasonable ... ? I've just mown my lawn - started at 9:15am which I think is OK for a Saturday - only an electric mower, not a petrol. Got quite a loud "tut" from a woman living (I think)...
From 1st October you will no longer have a paper disc to display - no change in the VED rates, just the abolition of the actual disc. http://tinyurl.com/jw2rkqc What do you think of this? It means...
The weather is just pants - and not in a good way. Big, saggy, grey apple-catchers. So let's have a silly thread - think of a book title and append the words "in my pants". To start I give you : Pride...
A wee Clydeside man, who has worked in the shipyards all his life, wins on the Lotto and decides to do something they could never have dreamed of doing - take a trip on one of the ships he helped...
... don't miss this years stunning BP Portrait Awards exhibition at the NPG. http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/bp-portrait-award-2014/the-exhibition.php# It's free - it's brilliant - a...
The plug on my coffee machine got splashed with a good lump of hot water whilst I was cleaning the worktop. Fortunately nothing went 'BANG' - but it was a moulded on plug & I couldn't be sure it was...
"Up in the Air" is currently available on the BBC iPlayer - it's one of my all time favourite films. George Clooney is peerless, as usual, the beautiful Vera Farmiga is in one of her best roles and...
It seems that Mr Gove no longer has the confidence of the Underpant Retailing Industry - reduced to £4.80 whilst Cameron and Thatcher ride high (oooh - that's uncomfortable) at £15 ......
... all we wanted was a pub lunch. Group of half a dozen thirsty bird-watchers - pitch up at 12:30 at a carefully selected pub (tripadvisor 'best in area' etc etc) - but it was closed. On a Friday...