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A Rainy Day?

Yesterday the BBC ran a story around rainy day phrases and one of them was about "saving money for a rainy day" Their "explanation" was :- "The philosopher Abraham Tucker summed it up in the 18th Century with the warning: 'It behoves us to provide ag...

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fraud

SELLERS BEWARE! In my opinion even when you’re right, eBay will not back you, it is always the Buyer, even when they have made mistakes and are also being dishonest. I had an item Collection Only, the Buyer on making the winning bid hadn’t realised a...

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Scammers?

They keep on dreaming up new scams by phone and I've just had one I've not had before. I answered the phone to an automated message ".....Your internet connection will be disconnected within 24 to 48 hours. Your IP address has been compromised in sev...

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Thought I would hate it but!!!

Last night I was dragged out with daughter and her partner to the cinema, their choice of film did nothing for my enthusiasm, how wrong I was! Mama Mia here we go again was a fantastic bit of pure escapism which had me singing along with a Stella cas...

HP printer.

Does anyone here use a HP printer? I have a HP Deskjet 3520 printer/scanner. Never really liked it, but I have stuck with it. Yesterday I went to Wilkinsons and bought a new set of four 364 ink cartridges, same as I always get. I put them in the prin...

Free to a Good Home..

Any body want any old Thick Black Nylon Tights ...? you can have them ...may be used for crafts , gardening , stuffing pillows, toys ,robbing banks !!

Lorry overturns in Bristol

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-lorry-crash-ring-road-1964287 My friend and I were stopped at red traffic lights further round the roundabout. Didnt see it happen, but I heard it. It certainly went with a bang. How the driver man...

Roulette computers - do they really work?

There are scores of companies selling "roulette computers" which apparently analize previous winning numbers and claim to be able to predict with anything up to 85% accuracy the most likely winning number coming up next. They sound too good to be tru...

Leaping Foxes

Was there a thread a while ago discussing whether or not foxes can jump over fences?Well I can absolutely say, they can. As I type, a beautiful fox is sitting on top of the corner post of my 7 foot high garden fence, calmly surveying the surrounding ...

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Now I am utterly Confused

The BBC news has just carried a story about the need for us to eat carbohydrates, this follows a recent series of programs also on the bbc saying how a low carb diet would assist those with diabetes! Surely it is possible for dietitians to get their ...

Grocery Delivery

Anyone else come across this. Had my groceries delivered this morning from local supermarketI live on the 9th floor of a block of flats and the driver had a lift phobia He put the bin of groceries in the lift and sent it up to me.I met it at the top,...

Internet addiction treatment on the NHS

Now to be treated on the stretched NHS, which recently announced cutbacks on joint replacements, so if you can't walk - tough, you'll have to live with the pain.. Not saying that internet addiction shouldn't be taken seriously by the NHS; gaming diso...

A quick test for all gammons and gamonesses

Who on here has watched the programme “Love Island” if you haven’t please give it a try and afterwards tell me if A) You feel old B) You are excited by the skills demonstrated by the younger generation. C) How often they use the word “Like”D) do you ...

Google fined 2.4 billion euros

http://www.djh.co.uk/when-even-the-global-giants-get-fined Whey doesn't the EU take a good close look at eBays dealings? Sure they could make few pounds from eBay

Oh dear, PayPal - what a blunder...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44783779 For those who don't like links - a spot of copy and paste: Lindsay Durdle died on 31 May aged 37....PayPal was informed of Mrs Durdle's death three weeks ago by her husband Howard Durdle.He provided the ...

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click&collect

Spoiler (Highlight to read)i notice more and more items are now available on click & collect option..i notice more and more items are now available on click & collect option..

Car Insurance

Got an email the other day reminding me my car insurance expires on the 20th July and giving me a renewal quote of £782 That is a bit steep, thought I, so went to a comparison site to see what else was on offer.The cheapest with the same cover was £3...

Winter Hill's on fire now.

Saddleworth Moor has been burning for days and now Winter Hill is on fire. I can see the plume of smoke from here and as I look it appears to be West of the transmitter mast. Who else can see it (at distance)?

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