Sod"s Law -off on holiday to the Isle of Wight,and here comes the rain!
Who has had the prayer mats out!

Then,self-employed or not,there is the generous redundancy payments when voted out of office,plus the over-generous pensions for which they voted for against the wishes of the Great British Public whose pensions had just been ripped off by the then Chancellor,Gordon Brown. The expenses row reared it...

Unless you are an M.P. and on expenses.img]http://bestsmileys.com/angry1/8.gif[/img]

Alia,
What is happening/has happened?

Elaine,try http://www.bestsmileys.com
Alan,good link,that will save me the drive to Preston

Well,OH,seems that your firewood problems are solved for the Winter if you have a wood-burning stove.

Evening Alan, Our local butcher used to make his own too,but apparently,there is a E.U.directive stating that if you do not live in a "traditional" black pudding producing area then you have to use blood substitute instead of whole blood.South Wales is not a "traditional"area so ...

Is this how it is spreading?

Drove up to Preston on Saturday,a flying two- hour visit with my son,an eight-hour round trip!Worth it,though, a good chat with him and a visit to the market and bought proper-job Black Puddings.No-one in my neck of the woods makes their own now and the commercial stuff just isn"t the same,stoc...

http://bestsmileys.com/working/1.gif I too watched and enjoyed last nights documentary "How Britain got the Gardening Bug". The question which it posed for me is where did all the seeds come from to start and sustain the "Dig for Victory" campaign.Was there a warehouse full of s...

Anne Swithinbank-----
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Had to go on a"Health&Safety training course today and the site posted below was mentioned as an example of how bloody daft we Humans can be!Have a look.

http://www.darwinawards.com

One-liner from James May on the death of James Dean in 1955:-

"A rebel without an airbag!"

I don"t know why but I find earthing up potatoes most tedious.I can dig all day long and not be bored,hoe until the sun sets,rake until my muscles ache but I put off earthing up potatoes for as long as possible. I earthed up 3x6 metre rows of first earlies today and it did cross my mind that it...

Personally, the only good pigeon is a dead one,the breast removed,sauteed,and smothered in strawberry sauce.