Off-Topic Discussion

It's around 3am, and I can't sleep, so, I'll add my daftness!!Early in married life, when "doing it yourself" was a necessity, not a trend, I decided to paint the outside of our first house (I'd a terrace house).No ladder, so, how do I paint the high areas outside?As a severe epileptic,...

They last 6 months and there was no instruction to keep them in the fridge. I didn't realize it but I think they're about just over the date now.

Welcome back mazambo with or without functioning body parts.

Brilliant @shiney They do tend to go in 'cycles' - we used to get a spate of the at work, then nothing for a few weeks, then repeat ad infinitum.

Thank you @Goldenlily26, it sounds like you are coping well. I have a few food intolerances, not allergies, and am also intolerant of noisy neighbours!

I'm another one who doesn't feel the need to know the exact time. All the clocks in our house are slightly different, only adjusted an hour in spring and autumn (except the one on the cooker that I can never remember how to do and can't be bothered to look up). Electronic devices are left to get...

Thank you @pete

It is a little bit more expensive @fairygirl but not ridiculous. I have a personal preference for sourdough bread which is quite pricey anyway but as I no longer have a houseful of children to feed I do try to shop in a way that’s slightly more environmentally friendly if I can. I don’t mind...

Yes, that's what I said.... I think!

You may need to put in drains.

I have less sympathy, in fact next to no sympathy, for those in the situation reported where somebody won £80k and blew the lot in either 2 weeks or 2 months, depending on which report you read. They then moaned that their benefits had been stopped.

That's ok if you want to see all the new posts but I only want to see what I'm really interested in, so I find alerts are better

I've just found this thread and, having read the first post, I was itching to respond as I live in Dordogne, France. However, @noisette47 and @Obelix-Vendée said just about everything on page 1 that I was going to say!The French here are friendly and some have told me that they like having...

I don't peel or eat bananas. Yuk

Thank you for that link @Dovefromabove, lots of lovely Chinese recipe ideas.

Ouch!

I still think it looks like an owl ... stick it in a pot with twig in front for a perch.

'Hero' is a much overused word especially if you watch any of the programmes about D-Day and the months after. However I agree with that description being attached to these guys. Given that they knew the inevitable outcome they could easily have hidden away but instead worked tirelessly in the...