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Warning Look Out Black Widow Is On The Loose

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35838340  Read It All It's True

love your partner or hate then

Basement excavations

It’s well known that you have to dig deep to enter London’s property market, but this lot that sold at auction on Tuesday demands actual spadework.Marketed as “a vacant front basement suitable for redevelopment”, this was one for investors willing to...

One for Scylla? Big budgie good news story

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1097553513617809.1073741886.134671693239334&type=3 I know Scylla's interested in these critters - and her enthusiasm's sometimes contagious. Not sure how one does this - @*scyllabub* - I think... (Nope, I hav...

South Africa Kidnapping

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35772461  Happy Ending

Is this up there with Dick Van Dykes cockney accent as the worst one ever?.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1DnFdJrww

Oscars 2016

Did the right people win?

Revolutionary plans for another Sport

Yes for those who have missed it experts today started a campaign to make Rugby a non contact sport, Apparently playing Rugby can cause injury, this includes strains, broken bones, cuts bruising, concussion even death One marvels at the fact that a s...

Clean for the queen !!

I thought at first it was satire,but nohttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/27/gove-and-johnson-strike-a-pose-in-clean-for-the-queen-campaign Boris Johnson has even promised to send out free bin bags to the lucky serfs agreeing to take part i...

Living in the third world

Would anyone agree that our road surfaces are becoming as bad as many third world countries, how much more tax should the motorist pay in order to secure a decent standard of maintenance, Is it time for a rethink on how we get around, are we spending...

The Swiss, right idea?

The Swiss are voting today on a Law which would see "foreigners" deported for minor crimes. Are they right to do so? What do you think? Should we also adopt such a Law? Me? I think that if they are immigrants who've caused trouble and committed crime...

How do you pronounce....

How do you pronounce the word Subaru? Do you say "Soo-bah-roo" or is it "Soo-bar-oo" with emphasis on the "bar"? For an on-going thread, what other words can you think of which have questionable or alternative pronunciations?

What would make you change your mind

Following on from CD's thread what would make you change your mind about the way you currently intend to vote in the forthcoming referendum - or if, like me, you're on the fence would make you decide one way or the other. For me I'd definitely vote o...

What colour front door do you have?

If you were destitute and someone offered you housing ready to move in at an affordable rent subsidised by the local authority until you get back on your feet would you object to the front door being painted red?Honestly I cannot believe that paintin...

Do you read/follow the news?

Have you seen that time out of number there are reports of someone going missing, their family is "out of their mind with worry" (I'm not surprised), there are police appeals then, in most cases there's a happy ending, the person has been found. The ...

Now they decide to mention it........

........just in passing, like it wasn't important. Mr. Schultz......head of the European Parliament, announces that any deal Mr. Cameron makes; has to be put to the European Parliament to be ratified and as a reporter said " you know how there's no w...

Should have gone to Spec..................................

Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament, has been so busy, he's had to admit he has not been able to keep his appointment for a regular eye check up. As it has been an understandably very draining few days with travelling all over Europe...

I had to sell

I love my car.I polish her( I named her Miranda) and I have long conversations with her board computer.Always agree with me,when she is away for few hours,for service,I stay with her, holding her handle.Before I go to bed, I always go down to the gar...

Hillarious

.........I'm not sure I could handle it now though, you need youth on your side to be able to keep up with this lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHKsS2hFzbs

DIY peeps, can you give us a hand?

I have a tiny kitchen, nice but not a lot of worktop space so I would like to increase the work top space I have. I have an idea I would like to do but cannot think of the best way to do it. As I have a high freestanding fridge freezer I have a spare...

Appeal court rules bedroom tax discriminatory

Victim of domestic violence and grandparents of severely disabled teenager win challenges over lawfulness of policy http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/27/appeal-court-rules-bedroom-tax-discriminatory-in-two-cases The Department for Work and ...

Another one bites the dust.

Heck, who's gonna be next? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35499149

Protesting, what's your view?

I'm not in favour of "protesting" when the "protesters" are clearly costing someone else a lot of time and money in removing them and the rubbish they take on to sites. Who are these people that think they can move on to a site, set up "camp" and the...

Cameron secures deal from the EU

David Cameron's E.U. talks secured even more benefits for Britain than previously realised, after the Prime Minister revealed the extra concession he gained after hours of tough negotiations. ‘I have in my hand a box of chocolates,’ proclaimed a triu...

Are good manners a thing of the past?

Do you use a knife and fork to eat with and if so do you place the fork in the right hand prongs upright and shovel food into your mouth?Do you open a door for someone, perhaps as a gent you open the car door for a Lady. When you see an elderly perso...

End of the road for Friends Reunited - official.

FriendsReunited.com is closing down - official. I have just received noticication that the above will be no more. When it started up in 2000 it had big openings and more to the point it was free! To register it was as easy as falling off a log where ...

Housework, love or hate it, it has to be done.