I dunno. I certainly would agree that the moving industry wants to extract money from us but if no lender would touch such a place we'd have to be cash buyers. Maybe we could do that but we'd need to sell our house in Kent first, and that would involve money down the drain renting meanwhile and that...

Edit - below is my sarcastic response to the spammy guy who subsequently got banned. It doesn't make much sense now that his post has been removed without any explanation given to assist the flow of the thread. Sounds like something one might find on the Scottish Tourist Board website. You don't ne...

Want to buy humus rather than make it?

We've tried all the major supermarket's versions and reached the conclusion that Tesco is best, both for taste and texture.

Husband is flying up to Glasgow today to 'view' a house that we might like to buy. The seller has had a survey done so potential purchasers don't all have to commission their own surverys. (I've not bought/sold in Scotland since 19oatcake.) Anyway, the survey specifically says that the report does n...

Hi Geoff,

That doesn't sound good. I wish you and your wife all the best.

Dunno if you can have a 'happy' birthday but I hope you can make the best of it.

Kindest regards.

Hippy, hoppy, happy birthday!

G'day mate.

Hope you enjoy your birthday, Westi! Lang may yet lum reek!

Best wishes and good luck, Robo. I had a burst ulcer in my stomach several years back. Vomiting blood and black runny sh!ts wirh a most awful smell. If you had anything like that you'd know about it. Of course I have no idea about your medical condition but it doesn't sound as though it's as frighte...

Thanks for the good wishes, folks. Aye, the logistics of this one is not going to be easy, but we'll manage somehow. Primrose, I don't know where you got the idea that we would be permanently settled in our own house. I'm sure I never said or implied such a thing. It seems you have just made it up b...

What the heck does this mean?

Someone is asked a question and before they reply they say "Yeah, no". It very prevalent these days. What does it mean, why do they say it, do you understand it?

Peter, I'm so sorry that I wasn't around and missed your birthday. I know it's very late now. How about a happy unbirthday instead?
Very best wishes!

Husband unexpectedly was offered a side-step job in Scotland. We'd probably have stayed in SE England, within London commuting distance, if we had any intention of going overseas again, but after the appalling way we've been treated there is no way we'd contemplate doing that again. (And that's afte...

Asda's potato daupinoise is really good! I've often made daupinoise because it's not always easy to find in other countries so if that's what you want then you have to DIY. I was just feeling lazy (or drunk?) and I spotted that Asda sold it. Oh well, try just about anything once. Actually if was rea...

I have a so-called whipping syphon which is powered by nitrous oxide, ie N2O. Also known as laughing gas. Maybe I'm just too old to even think about inhaling that far less to do it. It never occurred to me! I ordered some of the N2O 'bulbs' online and husband traipsed half way across London to colle...

Thinking about reaching stuff, especially on the top shelf, I'm just not tall enough. I sometimes try to hoik it off with my walking stick and catch it on the way down. I'm a pretty good catch. But often I can't quite manage with the stick, and I don't do it if there's any risk of damaging anything....

It depends on how help is offered or given. I accepted an invitation to a meal out and was helped to get there by a very fit and capable woman. But I really felt patronised. It wasn't Stravaig and I came together. It was always I took Stravaig, like I'm some kind of dog that needs taking out for wal...