Something I've been thinking about after someone was talking about hen parties on the television this morning. I have never been to a hen party although I have been invited. The thought of being with...
Did anyone else watch this last night. Quite a fascinating journey back through time with Josh Widdicombe tracing his family tree and revealing major connections with royalty right back to his 23...
Our tumble dryer is now 17 years old and seems to be taking longer to dry cloths. The laundry is always piping hot and almost too hot to touch when removing from machine. Yet it seems to take longer...
I've had breakfasts all over the world, but French breakfasts seem a little stingy, as they only serve one egg.
I asked a French waiter, why this is so, and he told me: "In France one egg is un ouef"...
I like her, she can be very funny at times but I have to mute the tv and put the subtitles on whenever she is on, and she does seem to be on a lot lately. The pitch of her voice gives me a thumping...
A good start for me this week, with SIX out of seven in the adult quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58828339.amp . . . but then just a middling THREE out of five for me in the junior quiz:...
SPORTS COMMENTATOR SLIP-UPS (Some old but still funny) 1. "Sure, there have been deaths in boxing, but none of them serious." (Alan Minter) 2. "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch...
When I was younger I worked as a bus Conductress for London Transport at South Croydon Bus Garage on the 68 bus from South Croydon to Chalk Farm in North London. Then the one man operator buses came...
A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been captured after trying to flee before her trial in northern Germany. Irmgard Furchner, 96, charged with complicity in 11,000 murders, fled her...
Worrying news breaking that, as a result of the fuel shortage, some mums have had to leave the 5.0 litre diesel 4 x 4 at home and walk up to a full five minutes to collect the kids from the school....