@shiney I thought you used the Winged Horse :biggrin:
@Escarpment John Boyne........... look for "The Thief of Time" and "The Heart's Invisible Furies". Can't find it at the moment but didn't he also...
No mains gas here so don't know about costs for that altho I gather they are rising at the same rate as electricity and water. Neither previous...
We will all leave a "mark" of some kind if you count our bones/ashes - bit like the dinosaurs perhaps :biggrin: You could also include the...
The cost of electricity to increase due to laying of more undersea cables and building more pylons. It would appear that customers will bear the...
I agree............ it's not realistic but the subject does crop up regularly. As you say, how far do you want to go back in history and also how...
Slavery in any form is unacceptable to any right thinking person but as many have pointed out, it does still exist worldwide. Financial...
If people were required to pay an appropriate licence fee for their pets - this should include cats - perhaps they may become more aware of their...
Thanks all. Still not sure where the "black" fits in tho ? An extra day off work sounds good so Happy Friday would be a more appropriate term...
On a slightly different topic, when/why did Black Friday actually come into being ? From what I've seen, it would be better called Black November.
I do agree about Xmas "arriving" earlier and earlier but given that the postal system via Royal Mail gets worse and worse, perhaps they are...
I hope they fish them out and pop them on the loungers to dry off :biggrin:
The appalling treatment of many animals/birds at abattoirs had been shown on many occasions - mostly by "undercover" reporters. There were...
Absolutely.............thank goodness he survived to continue writing - he's definitely one of the best IMO.
WARNING All flying animals will be at risk of disappearing into the infamous Black Holes :biggrin:
I know but we don't want to frighten those heading out there do we ? Enough "scare stories" doing the rounds already :biggrin:
At the moment, I think the BBC may be a bit worried about accusations of bias - or maybe, like many of us, they can't quite work out the figures...
I wasn't suggesting it was a particularly good idea but each makes a choice - no different from someone choosing to live in the UK or the USA ad...
No need for more housing in the UK...........apparently a high %age of 16 to 40 year olds are leaving the UK for the likes of Australia and the...
Would it not be simpler to increase the Road Tax for every vehicle on the road ? Just one tax grab pa with the amount charged dependant on size...
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