I love basque cheesecake! Never made it, but I do buy packs of small frozen ones in the supermarket. Waitrose do a decent own brand one in the...
Ooh, I’d forgotten about soda bread! My mum ( N.Irish) used to make it for tea on Sunday evenings! We all loved it, including the dog, who would...
I was one of six children, and despite my dad having a full time job doing shift work, plus window cleaning and gardening as extra part time...
Superb, @Logan!
@Allotment Boy, if you were to get the new tank done on insurance, I’m guessing you would have paid an excess of some sort, plus the likelihood of...
Very wise, @Songbird! I only send about a dozen these days, old friends I’ve exchanged cards with once a year, some for nearly 50 years. Relatives...
Woohoo, we have our internet and phone back to normal! Noticeably faster than the temporary fix, which had a habit of cutting out. Very nice young...
@Ladybird4, had to laugh at search for the glue gun. OH was having a tantrum ester day as he wanted to get on with a job, but couldn’t find his...
Been cold and dull here today. The cable for the new phone line has been installed last week, so we are waiting for the engineers to come to...
How exciting, @lizzie27. It’s a rarity that we see any wildlife in the water off Sidmouth, maybe three or four seals in the 20 years we’ve been...
I’ve seen worse, @sheffield_kid. That’s quite a small pot for the size of tree though. I’d follow the advice on repotting, especially the bit...
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It’s weird seeing older houses with garages so small and narrow that they would never be able to house a modern car. Not surprising that people...
We have a monster new town not far from the edge of Exeter, still not finished. It has some benefits, in that the powers that be have organised a...
I have very thick hair, and if I don’t use conditioner, it dries up into a scruffy looking cloud. When I used to go to the hairdresser, they would...
Spent the 90s in a smallish house with a manageable mortgage as all our spare money went on paying the kids school fees. It was a financial relief...
That’s a nightmare tyre situation, @Ladybird4. We are rather lucky that OH has a compressor in the garage ( bought when he was planning to build a...
We bought our first home, a one bedroom newly built flat, for £3300 in 1970. We had to sell the car to raise the deposit. We would loved to have...
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