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Sherlock Holmes and Watson go camping ...

Our intrepid pair decide to spend a couple of nights in the open. Holmes wakes Watson from a sound sleep."Watson, looking up, there is not a cloud in the sky. I can see the Plough and numerous other constellations. What does that tell you?""Well Holm...

Do you have any plans for Easter ?

We will be going to our caravan on a farm in the North East of Scotland, god willing. It is just our caravan there as it is a friends farm but we like the peace and quiet.

S.I.C.K jpke

Two bluebottles meet at a pool of vomit in the gutter on the side of the road. "Hello," Said the first one "I haven't seen you around for some time." "No," replied the second one, "I've been off sick recently..."

What a question! :-D

In the process of joining another bank the manager was asking a series of questions on a screen. One of them was "Have you ever had a CCJ held against you for child maintenance from the Child Support Agency?" "None which I would admit to!" I quipped....

Oooops

I'm in trouble aren't I? I've only forgotten the MDCC auction yesterday haven't I?...To defend myself, I was starting to decorate our front room with OH, and completely forgot the time. I haven't been on line for a couple of days.I'm a norty moo and ...

Any "leaper's" out there?

A "Leaper" is somebody whose birthday falls on 29th. of February. Any famous or not so famous leap year babies out there, and when do you celebrate your birthdays?

Is it worth saving? Update:

Further to my earlier thread I think the following example just about sums it up:0% BANKING INTEREST!I kid ye not. That was on page eight of yesterday's Sun. The Bank of England Guvernor hinted yesterday at a zero rate of interest.Mark Carney suggest...

Who in their right mind ...........

goes onto a mountain when rescue teams are calling off a search because of bad weather and very trecherous conditions !Two male climbers went onto Ben Nevis on Saturday and then called police to say they were in difficulties and they also remain unac...

Hello

Just came on here for the first time in yonks andwanted to say "HI" to all/any of myfriends who are left. Hope you are all ok. Love Fishy x

"You pays your money, you takes your chance ..."

About a month ago a middle aged couple won £33,000,000.00. Being honest and, more the the point realistic, forgetting the Lear Jet and cabin cruiser, how much money would it take to change your life, to pay your bills and to stop you worrying about w...

DC thankyou.....

OH loves his T shirts, thanks so much!!

Another pointless suicide :-(

Yet another young man with everything to live for has taken his own life over a £500.00 loss on a virtual Roulette machine.Unless you've seen and experienced it personally, you won't believe just how addictive these machines are. They're not amusemen...

reflexology

has anyone tried reflexology for back problems? I would be very interested to know what results they had. I fankyou xx

Impossible comp in this weeks TAB - MOST annoying!

I'm a seasoned comper, never missing an issue of Chat, while my daughter buys T.A.B. She invariably passes it across to me if she can't get the answer so it was no surprise when she did it to me earlier - a word search with the unused letters spellin...

Postage to increase next month

Postal charges to increase next month:From the 29th. of next month the postal charges for first and second class mail is to increase by 1p. Ooh, wonderful to be given advanced warning, and here's how to play the system, hitting the Royal Mail where i...

Anyone gone interrailing as an adult?

Really just speculating but as we haven't been on holiday for years I'm looking at alternative ways to travel. My daughter is 18 and at uni and I'm considerably older but quite like the idea of us both jumping on a train here in South Wales and seein...

How many people are on ebay at any one time?

I average about four page views per item unless it's a guitar or a computer table in which case it could creep up to about forty. I used to get despondant after having put in a great deal of time and effort to sell my items. Ultimately you are sellin...

I have a pressie .......................... c'mon own up

I have a parcel from mercles that contains a very gorgeous MDCC Geoffrey that someone has vey kindly bought me I have no idea why or who so c'mon you very kind and wonderful person step forward so that I can thank you properly My Pressie

Daily Mail pages 24 - 25 inc.

You need to have a heart of stone if this story doesn't affect you. Pages 24 - 25 inc.of today's Daily Mail carry the story of an infant Orang-Utang who wii not leave it's mother's side under any circumstances as vets do battle to to keep it's mother...

How nourishing!

I used to make my daughter and I macaroni cheese on a regular basis using about 50% macaroni/cheese by weight. Once done I'd put it in the oven for about fifteen minutes to brown off. Walking round the supermarket I decided to buy a tin of macaroni c...

Is it worth saving?

Recently a couple won £33,000,000.00 Camelot made a big thing of how much interest their money would earn and what they could do with the money. At the other end of the scale there was Michael Carrol who blew the lot on fast cars, loose women - O Luc...

Scam warning over phone about BT Broadband

I have just received a call about 15 minutes ago from the so called BT Broadband security team saying, my bt broadband internet connection was being used from different addresses, I hung up and almost immediately the phone rang again with this voice ...

Raise a smile...

I wrote the word "No" on a piece of paper, folded it over and asked a girl at work if she knew what was written on the inside. She looked at me as if I was mad, shrugged her shoulders and replied "no"I then unfolded it in front of her. "Well done." I...

MDCC

Are we going to do MDCC at the end of the month?.

Lottery fiasco

This lottery fiasco - the odds against winning the jackpot now being an absurd forty-five million to one since they increased the number of balls. People are moaning in today's Express about those with five numbers walking away with less than £900.00...

Calling wee stan...cooeee...

How "Conservative" are you?

I've been advised that my computer system could stand in for my neighbour's if anything went wrong with our respective set-ups. Ho hum. I've lived in the same house for nine years and wouldn't be able to pick them out in an identity parade or vice-ve...

Just so you know who to expect next

With Storm Imogen battering some of us I thought you might like to know who's coming next What names will be used this year?A – Abigail (hit the UK on November 12-13)B – Barney (November 17-18)C – Clodagh (November 29)D – Desmond (December 5-6)E – Ev...

What went wrong with Broadband?

It came up on the news that the whole of Broadband would be out for 24 hours. Thank God it's back on again. It must have been off for about five hours, but that's a long time to look at an orange glow on my BT Hub instead of a blue glow. It just goes...

Hyacinths

We've got a small bowl of hyacinths (an anniversary gift) which are now past their best, and I am wondering if there is some way to save them to eventually flower again in the garden. Does anyone know what to do, or should I just compost them and buy...