Good morning everyone - and what I wouldn't give for a snowfall and an open fire !! still hot and humid, though a change is supposed to be somewhere around ... my guess is, we've had it and no -one...
This was the last weekend in the reign of 'The Court Jester' (aka Kettledrum). She asked me if I would grant her FREE reign in setting this week's links and I agreed. At Friday's 'Shrubbery' gathering...
Good morning everyone - anyone for hot and sticky ?? that's what we've got today and it's not nice !! while the days are hot and clear and the nights cool down, I can manage, but when the tropical...
Here is the final jest from 'The Court Jester'. This lovely frivolous game has now been running for 5 years, or some 60-odd months, so almost all of the regular players must have had a chance to set...
Following on from an incredibly thoughtless/crass remark by an ABer,who obviously had never been touched by the heartbreaking tragedy of a Suicide. Friend of mine"s Brother sadly decided to end...
Goodness is it that time of the month already! This weekend you will find out who is January Champion in both versions of the game. In the MM Links Game, there is as yet no clear contender for the...
For HSBC internet banking you now need one of their little gadgets to log on. I find this quite annoying because you might want to log on at work and the gadget is at home, or the other way round. I...
I have worked for my employers for 35 years. About 12 months ago other employees were getting phone calls at all times of night. For some reason unknown to me they thought I was making them. Suddenly...
Every now and then a message pops up wanting my network password. All the fields are completed and generally I can get rid of it by persistently clicking the 'OK' button. Today I'm not having so much...
Good morning again - warm and sunny here and getting warmer too. The garden is needing plenty of attention in the evenings so an early start again today so I can go sit in a chair and wave a hose...
Once again this is 'The Court Jester'. As I sit here making preparations for the entertainments to mark the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, I am reminded of a Chinese proverb. ‘Be...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 18a Edible bulb vegetable related to chives, leeks, scallions and shallots [5] 30d British flag officer and war hero whose statue stands on a 151 foot tall...
My mum died in a hospice on Wednesday (during my sister's visit) after living with my family F.O.C. for the last 13 years. On Thursday my sister emptied her bank account, apparently to distribute the...
on a busy main road, and someone backs into it, who is to blame? She told the police her kids were all in the car and were wearing seatbelts, when only one child was in the car with no seat belt on...
Hi, Long story cut short ... I found an O2 share certificate for several thousand shares (used to work for BT many moons ago, and paid into their sharesave schemes), and from what I can see on...
Put in Share Dealing originally, probably too tucked away ... ;o) Hi, Long story cut short ... I found an O2 share certificate for several thousand shares (used to work for BT many moons ago, and paid...
We have just bought a new car and I am shopping around for car insurance for it. The problem is we have a private plate which is on retention for the moment, and we haven't got the paperwork for it to...