With the benefit of our advanced years, what advice should we give to a young person who is about to start to make their own way in the world? For chaps I would start with "Don't keep your darts in...
I was alerted (thanks 237SJ) to the fact that Sainsbury's have Taittinger Brut on offer at the moment - a really lovely bottle of fizz at an excellent price :...
I hope everyone has got their order in with the Butcher - I've just rung and got "The Last Leg" ... ... I shall be studding mine with anchovies, marinating in a mustard and balsamic gunk and then...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27049165 When will we see some action on the ever growing menace of HGVs on our trunk roads? The entirely bogus 'war on speed' needs to be replaced by an...
No idea where to post this (News, Personal Finance, Technology?) - so it's here as a default. http://mobile.halifax.co.uk/payacontact/index.html It sounds weird, but actually looks quite clever/easy....
... of AnswerBank. I think gness is due back tomorrow - according to a rather garbled text message, which also seemed to be on a about an accident with clothes pegs (what could possibly go wrong with...
It seems to me that we have moved into a ridiculous situation where only the very rich or the very poor have fair access to the law - both in civil and criminal cases. [ the latest case is being...
A blessing or a nuisance? Increasing independence or encouraging idleness and a dependence on the scooter? There are very few scooters anywhere else in Europe (I've been in Ireland, Spain and Portugal...
Hello Chaps - in CB for visibility. Good Old FB has been messing around again. I'm not going down the "Change it back or I'll leave, you Barstewards" route - they can do what they want - it's a free...
Lovely hols - great place and lovely people. Storks http://oi58.tinypic.com/6dsbw6.jpg Stork http://oi59.tinypic.com/ins3zq.jpg Bike http://oi59.tinypic.com/14b87rt.jpg Bike...
Sounds like a song by Blind Willy Watermelon or some such old bluesman - but is actually me feeling sad that my lovely hols in Portugal is virtually over. Just another say or so of Sangria and...
... seems like accordion playing is a nice hobby ... if a tad draughty for England in March ... http://oi61.tinypic.com/343j2g3.jpg [ PS - hello everypeeps - I'm enjoying my hols "weather here, wish...
For calls : I've got the intro to Pretty Vacant - certainly wakes you up For texts : A bit of Neil Young - Ambulance Blues For other messages : Pink Floyd - the start of Echoes ... and yours are?...
I know that (like me) some of you are partial to a drop of Porcupine Ridge. It's now on offer at Majestic for £6.99, as long as you buy a couple of bottles...
My naturally sunny demeanour is being sorely tested today :+(( I've been doing loads of boring domestic admin, plus hoovering and sock/knicker washing. And it's raining and cold And my credit card...
ee (the mobile network) seems to be having an absolute nightmare - half the country has no service at all and a lot of the rest has phone only (no data). Has it affected you - I've got intermittent...
This week I have been trying : https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/product-range/drinks/wine-cellar/red-wine/red-wine-product-detail-page/ps/p/french-pinot-noir/ Very tasty - I'd normally avoid a 'grapes from...