Place yer bets please. Will @CostasK be able to wait till spring before getting more plants?:biggrin:
I accept there are counter arguments, but as IHT stands, it is deeply unjust as only a small percentage of people in the middle pay it. The...
But 25% would be more acceptable than 40%.My view is if you have accumulated more than you need in your lifetime, giving a quarter of it is...
Sunny but cold here. Have spent an hr trimming the wilted bits off the Impatiens and cutting back the now brown growth of two herbaceous clematis...
:thud:I'll still be doing this in Feb! :biggrin:
This is why I am always banging on about simplifying the tax system and removing loopholes. Have a flat rate, but make it unswerveable. If...
Tax money where it is made. If Bezos makes a million pounds from Amazon purchases in the UK, tax it here. Simple enough. His business benefits...
All well and good, but hardly achievable in an instant because there is a cm of snow on the ground.
Today, I had occasion to drive over the Downs. Beautiful sunshine, clear blue sky, and a cd of Brahms second symphony playing, the music reaching...
@KT53, agree entirely. Might be the same reporter I saw who said it was important elderly people had what they needed to "live correctly"! Eh?!?...
Frost didn't seem too bad last night. A little on roof tiles, but none on the ground, so my fleece + clothes peg arrangements may have been...
I hope you enjoy them, @cactus_girl. :blue thumb: What shines through is that Osman both likes and understands older people. That is quite rare....
14 times? :thud:I like the characters in the Osman books. I regard the stories as enjoyable light entertainment. Would I buy them? No ... but...
I think it is very safe to assume I would not be successful at the French version! :biggrin:
I am reading an excellent book - "The End Of Woke - How the culture war went too far and what to expect from the counter-revolution" by Andrew...
Not quite as good as yesterday, but not too shabby! :biggrin: I'm easily pleased![ATTACH]
That's pretty, @Victoria. :blue thumb:
Better than an apostrophe between the d and s of Friends. ;)
I think I will do that. I've got a pain in my arm today as well, which would make it even trickier. (Days without aches and pains seem elusive...
They sure do! :blue thumb:
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