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Thank you all for your kind greetingsI had a nice evening out, good food, wine and RUM when I got homeRegards Jack McH

Whenever I've had anything coming from Royal Mail, the tracking thing has always worked fine. Last one was a while ago mind. Could it be that since privatisation its gone down the pan?In any case, I can't see the Royal Mail lasting too much longer really. As the prices keeping rising and the...

Hi FreddyMissed this thread Hope the move goes well , have a takeaway tonight makes life so much easier and a

VERY funny!!!! Val

Well, the obvious are vegetables (perhaps served with a tasty sauce?) Potatoes - especially new potatoes - cook lovely. It is especially good for cooking fish (most types) and mussels (nom-nom-nom!). Steamed chicken is also a healthy alternative and then .... ... we get into naughty steaming...

Happy birthday Freddy :hpybtd:

It was a long journey, i'd just pulled over for a smoke

Look to the West / North West skies. It comes from there, goes overhead and disappears to the East/ South East

And before that, and before that, and before that, and..................In 1653 the greater portion of the population rebelled against dominantly Polish Catholic rule and in January 1654 an assembly of the people (rada) voted at Pereyaslav to turn to Moscow, effectively joining the...

xx Best wishes xx

Well she is having a lovely time ! warms the heart.

The upstairs gallery and hall are now the museum and worth a visit as they also tell you about the history of the development of the plantations.The planters originally brought in slaves from Africa to work the plantations (the northern part of the country, around the original capital of...

The laws of the sea are very strong and they are policed not like the law of the land/road

Very nice!!!Val

Sadly, I am not surprised in the least.The most annoying part of my job is that I get to see this sort of thing up close, first hand so to speak; all the more frustrating is the fact that the 'front line' people who are delivering the service can see what needs to be done, are more than...

No, they're about the same, headlights in the bonnet beween front wheels and the side lights up by the cab, working lights (which are the same as full beam but wide angle) on the tops of cabs and also by the side lights as well front and back (if theese are on then you will not see anything)

We bought this in Hong Kong on 25/10/1985 and have used it reasonably regularly since then. Utterly reliable and cooks rice to perfectionit cooks rice for 8 - 10 persons so we also have a small one that cooks for 2, 4 or 6 persons. Jenny so simple in design, there's nothing much to go wrong...

Marley, In the words of that well known duo The Krankies: Fan-Dabby- Dozy..

"Play the Cello, do you want that Hampster to die?"

Only just seen this thread! Like the others, it's difficult to give specifics but easy to talk in generalities.I think they have all given very good advice. A lot of advice has to be anecdotal when not being specific. So I shall comment in the same way.When I was running my business I...