Any ABrs have estranged children (grown adults) like me? How do you cope?....I have two not seen since my Mothers funeral about 14years ago plus another who parted company with me much more recently....
Mine was Sir Henry Newbolt's Vitaï Lampada' ('Torch of Life'), Closely followed by Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYcPW2MwAI and ABOU BEN ADHEM...
Looks as if I am the only 'Chatterbanker' still awake. Perhaps it's time I went to bed because I must be up relatively early tomorrow for an eyesight test at 9am and I can't imagine that the earlier...
Have you met anybody who has turned famous. I met Katie Melua when she was 10 and starred in a school play with my niece. She was tiny but oh so full of personality and brimming with enthusiasm. We...
Two weeks ago, Youngest Junior O & a friend travelled 30 miles to the nearest civilisation to do some clothes shopping. They are both 14 but YJO is 6'3" and looks older than he is so I allowed him to...
Good morning everyone - I see there are complaints about the hot weather and all the attendant narsties are coming to the fore so I won't grizzle about the rain etc, ....right now the sun is shining...
Am I the only person who cringes whenever they hear Jerusalem being used as the English National Anthem? Jingoism at is absolute colonial, imperial worst, IMO. Praising your nation is one thing, but...
Hi there, I have a 16 month old baby boy and work full time, my partner also works full time. We both agreed with both employers our contracts regarding childcare. And we have our routine down to a t....
Hi, friends: Would any one explain to me about family law about divorce? My husband and I are in the divorce process. He had violent record towards to me in the police as someone else reported him to...
Snap... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1106542/Gazas-darkest-day-40-die-Israel-bombs-safe-haven-UN-school.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28468526 Once could be viewed as an...
Cut the grass and I'm needing a shower ..outdoor temperature shows 29° in the shade.....got sprinkler on...think I'll get an ice pole from freezer and stand in the sprinkler' s path !! How hot is it...
I found an old geography book I had at school in my early years and on looking at a map of the Middle East there is no sign of the word Israel, but a mass of land called British Palestine! How is it...
Bought some lilies in pots that I planted into the garden earlier this year. The ones the slugs did not get were lovely but have now gone Should I did up the bulbs and store to re-pot next year - if...
Can't describe it any better but what I'm looking for are the keys or clips that you can use to squeeze the last remnants out of toothpaste and puree tubes Do they have a proper name and where do I...
Took OH to station in Gloucester and off he went to Congleton, having to change trains three times. Off he went. I had a phone call from him about 2.30. He had broken down only driven 5 miles. Water...
How much flesh does society want? Been trying for the last 16 months to get a bit of voluntary work but because ive got convictions no one will touch me despite the fact that ive done loads of...
No one seems to have an answer to the basic point that I and others have been making. Are they simply supposed to absorb the missiles and do nothing? I asked Gromit on his thread but the silence was...
