I've just had one for tea ... lovely with a bit of pickle. But whenever a survey is done of people's eating habits, no-one admits to eating a pork pie - ever. Yet millions are sold every day. It...
Further to last weeks post http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1287357.html Results just back (comfortably before sqad's prediction of 'Christmas') - "no lesions or evidence of any...
Just seen the second episode on BBC2 - Michaell Portillo is in Northern Italy this time. An intelligent and amusing traveller - he has made a thoroughly engaging programme. There is some lovely...
Hello BT :) I've just got a Halifax Clarity Card (mainly for use on foreign hols). I noticed a post from you in another thread saying that you 'pre-load' your Clarity Card with cash before travelling...
I've happened across a copy of my will (the original is held by my solicitors) whilst tidying the 'important stuff' folder in my filing cabinet. After a quick ponder I'm still happy with the content...
The NHS gets a lot of flak - so here's how it was today for me : 13:42 arrive in car park walk to x-ray department 13:50 clocked in 13:55 chest x-ray done (no appointment - just a walk in service)...
Hillary that is ... Hillary Clinton is busy making alliances and working for key Democrats - presumably with an eye to nomination as their Presidential Candidate in 2016. I was always a vociferous...
Track St Jude's Storm
There's a big multi-coloured blob approaching Cornwall (and I don't think it's DT's Hawaiian Shirt) ...
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No - really I do. My desert island luxury would be a complete set of UK OS maps at 1:25000 - useless on the island, but hours and hours of pleasure exploring and remembering. Maps can make you smile...
... after a week of exile in the 1970s (aka The Isle of Bute). What a dump Rothesay is - every shop/cafe/pub was either closed/condemned or teetering on the brink of commercial suicide. The...
The cult of the magic radiator Once again it is the time of year when women all over Britain worship The Magic Radiator. It is too damp outside to dry clothes, so they are brought into the house and...
