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What has happened?

What on earth has happened to this board? Has no-one anything to say? I've never been a dedicated FHG poster but I've always read the board and enjoyed many of the topics. Sooooooooooo, how about posting some reasons why those who used to be regulars...

A dog quiz

While we are enjoying quizzes, here's one for the dog lovers. I picked this quiz up in Stranraer last year, it was being sold in aid of a local animal charity, and there was a prize to be won. I am not offering a prize but will make a donation to the...

more puzzles film titles

Cryptic film titles… 1 Australia's top magician?2 Spot the German guy.3 The highest revolver.4 David and Mike are not in debt.5 24 carat piece of anatomy.6 Very cold time long ago7 Weekend illness.8 West 119 Whilst steering avoid flower.10 Saturday.1...

corrie

Did anyone watch corrie last night.  I thought it was good.

I need some consumer advice - guarantee

Good evening. I wonder if anyone can offer some advice. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum. My dear old mum bought a new fridge freezer from a local electrical shop on May 19th this year, last week (16th Sep) it just stopped working. I rang th...

Problem with a car we haven't got!

Our Renault developed several expensive faults, so in June we went looking for another, and bought a Vauxhall. We haven't got room for two cars on our drive, OH took the Renault to a scrap dealer. However, as he has neither a photo driving licence (h...

Where have all the listings gone?

I collect books and other paper materials on China. Each day I enter over 100 search terms, searching for Newly Listed Items. Under the terms "China Books" and "Chinese Books", the search terms with the most listings, there were over 100,000 items, w...

more puzzles for those who missed the others

i will leave this on for a few days before printing the answers.the following are all cryptic holiday resorts1 Drinking ale in front of the posh hotel? (7)2 Wise bedfellow. (9)3 Milk Containers. (5)4 French dance where you replace one of the indefini...

OH in hospital

now packed my hubby's bag as he is going into hospital tomorrow for about 10 days. i can please myself then what i do and what to watch on tv...it will do me good to have a rest.

A hypothetical accommodation question for you all.

If someone from this forum was visiting in your area or contemplating a holiday or would like to visit your area and money was tight and you had a spare bedroom, would you invite them to come and stay with you ?Purely a hypothetical question to try a...

food fads....

do you get fancies for certain foods? atm, I am mad on fruit, the thought of proper meals, meat and two veg, doesn't do it for me.for my tea I've had pineapple and dates, choc mousse with raspberries, yogurt and watermelon....how's that for a fit foo...

august MDCC

is it this sunday.are we still doing it. 

alternative sites

I must admit that at first facebook seemed a good idea, but I find it's difficult to keep in contact with people. Unless you stay on one particular thread, you start scrolling down and down and then someone will say something and you have to leave wh...

Need advice on painting walls please.....

I've just stripped all of the wallpaper off walls in the spare room and inevitably this has taken some of the old emulation paint that was behind it off the wall too. I spent most of the day yesterday trying to sand these bits as flat as I could, but...

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Lucky Kittens

You dont see this often https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLut8pSMIeo

the line up for strictly should be very good.

I see that strictly starts tonight the line up should be interesting. Looking forward to seeing strictly.

Swaps?????? no more til Christmas ?????????

bit of fun on a saturday night quiz

this is the table top quiz round i have set for the quiz on wednesday night.. exercise your grey matter and see how you get on 1.. Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and the end. 2.. Assuming that you are paying,...

Item Received but Not Mine

I received a parcel today, recorded delivery signed for, with my name, address and postcode correct, but it is not an item I bought.There is no return address on the parcel, so I have no idea who sent it. I have searched for the item on advanced sear...

Lost Sense of Direction

My friend went to Cardiff for the day last SaturdayWhile waiting for the coach back home, she went to a pub where an Irish band were playing. My friend told me"I knew it was an Irish bar, because of the Scottish tartan furnishings."

Are People Becoming too Dependant on Computers?

Go to any organisation such as bank, doctor, dentist etc. only to be told"Sorry, can`t help you, the computers are down" How did these places manage before computers.Surely they should have a back up system to cover such an eventuality. Computers are...

Vetmedin and Frusemide tablets ............

Have any of you had a dog put on these and saw an improvement and how long did it take ?Our dog Benny has what the vet calls heart failure, basically he is getting old and his heart is not strong enough to keep his lungs clear of fluid. He still like...

would the last one to leave please put out the light

anyone about. 

Summer swap?

Nobody has mentioned it yet so I will.

earwig control

we've had the flying ants which don't get on my nerves much but I have an altogether huge problem with earwigs....any good way to get rid of them besides the pot on the cane idea?

7 and a half weeks offline!! But on a lighter note, new kitties to share :)

Thanks to Tesco/Talktalk fiasco we have been without internet since 25th June grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr however now we are finally back I can share my new rescue kittens with you all Meet Violet and Iris

Goodbye Chuck

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33991635

Are you a light sleeper and

if you get wakened do you need to get up out of bed ?I do and that is why I am on here ! My OH shouted out about 0324 "watch out you do not fall" and that woke me, got up about 0340 because I could not fall back asleep, made a cuppa and switched tell...

Are all you ladies on bikini diets ?

It seems so as no one seems to have eaten for about a week . Well I had fish and chips for tea tonight with Mothers Pride to make chip buttys.