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Rita Tushingham was on R4 recently, talking about the 50th anniversary of 'A Taste Of Honey'.BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Midweek, 02/11/2011

any experience with this plant? Apparently the sliced rizomes applied to callousity make them go away... @N04/6371414531/in/photostream/[/B][/COLOR][/URL]

Yes, I did the puzzle before coming on Gc.

I know. If you were to see some of these individuals (well, all of them, to be honest) you'd know immediately that expecting them to do anything remotely useful is a bit like asking pigs to fly. I think most people who see the problem first hand are resigned to the fact that there isn't much...

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Very true, and its one of those things that really, really gets up my nose.My son is not 3 yet, and already we're getting reports from his play group about his personal and social development. That sounds fine in principle, but I was mortified when I took time off work for an 'important...

It's a Picnic Basket. She loads the plate when they arrive at the table.

Maya sometimes lies behind my chair when I am on the computer. The door bell rings - she runs to the top off the stairs barking - waits for me to go down first and open the door. When the coast is clear she comes down stairs and gives the guest a doggy welcome...

Awesome power of the waves ! I think most lighthouses are automatic unmanned ones now. But if you were a lighthouse keeper , and you were sat there with the waves pounding you continually , and it is your turn to go all the way to the top to check the light........................scary

Nope, you've lost me there Dai

OMG... That is amazing...!!!!! Thanks Kindred..

Super, super quick ....... :D

In the modelling club at R.A.F. Halton, there were loads of plywood coiled preformed into cylindrical sections for repairs to the mossie skin. Cheers, Tony.

Wow...you are a celebrity then! Thank you for the suggestions.

certainly the attitude towards disabled children is changing and the story reflects that. A very well done to the mother above anything else, that has been so supportive towards her daughter.

Its getting a bit windy here now, wind coming straight off the Arctic, just saw a Polar Bear fly past.

If you can get hold of Failsafe, its worth a watch. I remember Threads, chilling. I grew up close to London,my window faced towards it. Got woken up one night by multiple huge flashes on the horizon. I was out the front door in a blind panic till I realised it was a distant lightning storm. ...

Barsteward You had me all flashed up there,(this is just how the Blue Meanies operate in Edinburgh) suffered many times Managed to watch it to the end though :happydance: Jack McHammocklashing

Fingers crossed you have it all sorted for Christmas :D or at least new year

I always feel sad when I see stories like this. Things must be really desperate to resort to suicide. Just goes to show, sometimes one can never tell what's going on behind the eyes.