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Nurses told to stop using 'dearie' and 'love'

Nurses are being told not to call older patients "dearie" or "love" as they are deemed as offensive under new guidelines from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Nurses have been told to use patients' preferred names and should speak "courteousl...

Petrol is best!

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/money/mortgages-bills/diesel-drivers-could-face-new-pollution-charge-for-city-driving-11364003876950 Won't do a lot for the sale of diesel cars

Have not been here for years & I am totally lost.

Everything is different although I see a few names I remember. Is the monthly charity still going?

Is the new Labour leader a beacon for the future?

Watching the announcement confirming Jeremy Corbyn as the new labour leader I wondered whether this signalled a real change in politics in the UK or simply a backlash over the move to the centre under Tony Blair. In a funny kind of way we have someon...

Meanwhile in conservative Stroud............

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/05/why-were-ready-to-open-our-homes-to-refugees Stroud, a conservative Gloucestershire town, can’t fix the refugee crisis on its own – but a small movement is brewing there. "Stroud mayor Kevin Cranston, who ...

Plane on fire.

Planes on fire..I must get my hand luggage and get off... http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34191035?post_id=10205411801427948_10206183828248136

More man made rules..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3230133/Catholics-remarry-divorced-senior-cardinals-say-abstain-sex.html ..Catholics can now remarry after they are divorced, senior cardinals say... but only if they abstain from sex Proposal was put forward b...

Stuck in the Mud.

https://www.facebook.com/UNBfacts/videos/829288297183354/?fref=nf

The EBay App.

Does anyone on here use the EBay App on their IPad? If so...have you been having any problems with it recently? It seems to be going awry and I'm wondering if they are tinkering with it again.

Aircraft incidents and accidents

I've never been involved in a civilian accidents but I can recall a few "panicky" moments for your delrctation and amusement.The first was a flight leaving Manchester heading for Las Vegas. We were about 15 minutes into the flight and all the warning...

BA plane fire on Las Vegas runway

Have you seen the pictures coming from this One thing that struck Me, was the amount of people who are off the plane WITH THEIR CARRY ON LUGGAGE Yes, the large bags on wheels you store in the overhead lockers If you held me up getting off a plane on ...

Well Done Liz

For becoming the longest reigning monarch as long as she makes it until 5.30pm

The proper way to end a Conference?

A homeopathy conference has ended in chaos in Germany after dozens of delegates took a LSD-like drug and started suffering from hallucinations.A german broadcaster described the 29 men and women “staggering around, rolling in a meadow, talking gibber...

Syria Drone Attack

So the Government of the day has chosen to use a drone in order to target two known extremists. Their deaths have led to cries of foul from opposition parties who question the legality of this action. The SNP going as far as to suggest that the gover...

Migrants pouring in

Yes Spring is upon us so what Bird tells you Spring is here and have you spotted one? Looking for Ospreys, Chif chafs, Cuckoos,, Swallows, Swifts or Martins, eyes to the sky, what have you spotted? These miracles of nature fly thousands of miles to b...

Is Sniffing now socially acceptable.

I don't know if it's just me but the demise of the Handkerchief seems to have encouraged an epidemic of sniffing. Sit in any public place with others around and you will hear sniffing. Not to smell as if imitating a search dog but to prevent a nasal ...

The BBC in trouble again

An expert from the BBC show 'Eggheads' claims he was rejected by Strictly Come Dancing because he wanted a same-sex partner.CJ de Mooi, who is gay, says they opted for the show's host, Jeremy Vine, instead because of his request.He says his manager h...

Solved

When you see a green tick next to a thread and you hover over it with your cursor the word solved comes up, so I click on the thread and for the life of me I could not find the solution?

Naughty Marietta, The RT Anthem

Can anyone help in identifying a Japanese pottery maker ?

Here are some pictures of a bowl I have and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to find the maker and maybe the age. Many thanks in advance for any information anyone can give me.

Any photographers out there

Hoping for a little advice here, but bear in mind I don't know a lens from a shutter........... Our grandson has asked for a camera for christmas. It will be his first camera as he's only just found an interest in photography. The things to bear in m...

eBay community? Nostalgia!

Just got all nostalgic for the old eBay and remembered James phoning me up and trying to tell me off! Anybody got any more nostalgia?

The Alternative Theme Park.

Where staff are encouraged to be glum and unhelpful, kids are definitely not welcome, and the admission fee is a mere three quid. Good old Banksy. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/aug/20/banksy-dismaland-a-theme-park-unsuitable-fo...

Suggestions Please ....... Polite ones only, please.

OK, this may sound a bit odd but I'm looking for some help finding strange websites where weird and wonderful chat rooms can be found.I'm talking about the kind of thing that the RT used to be like about 12 months or so ago. There must be some somewh...

Techie Help Please Re Dongle

I am going on holiday to a holiday camp later in the yearThere is WiFi available in public areas but not in the chalets Someone mentioned something to me about a USB dongle which will enable me to get internet anywhere. I think they work in a similar...

Naturism on the Forums

I hope this subject won't cause offence, but I was wondering how many posters are in the nude, while posting.