Why is 6a Whoa - apart from the letters fitting -H-A The clue is Doctor gets a call to stop. I have just finished the x-word and not to bad once you unravel the four longer anagrams. I am just curious...
When the infamous George Shrub (little Bush) ceded office, there was considerable debate on whether he would be perceived as a great President, an ok one or one of the worst there has been. I was...
Front page of the Telegraph - Williams is considering stepping down next year. http://www.telegraph....o-quit-next-year.html Yeah!!!!! I am not particularly religious, indeed I would be classified as...
I managed to obliterate 13a this morning - with some grease off my scramblies and bacon while watching the England abject performance gainst the Argies in my fav caff this morning. Anybody got this...
To you brilliant PC users who really know your way around, how do you get back the commands "edit" "view" etc under the search bar on IE9 (the one that has the words not icons) - I...
That game, just on, England-Wales, was pretty dire. I had decided to stay in rather than head for the pub, partly as it is another crap night outside, weatherwise. That was a mistake. England's goal...
Just on the Beeb news, police have released this young lady, the one accused for injecting insulin into saline bags and taking out three people. Ok, not enough evidence and the case remains open, but...
I have it on while the jousting with Joko takes place. What a daft story line - Declan is not the father of Mia, its one of the two sweet maker guys, Jay - 20 years on he has shagged the blonde and...
A couple of weeks ago, Joko was parked at the side of the road in designated bays that didn't not block the road at all...just behind him was a bus stop, not a bay sort, so the bus blocked the traffic...
A quiet Monday pm here as I do some writing - and keeping an eye on AB at the same time. I also have "Flog It" on the goggle-box. They had a marvellous item that I have never seen before,...
Ed - the removal of Haggis's thread on the workings of AB was unnecessary - it was a sensible description and exchange to the ways of the community to two newer members who are not first timers.........
I hate Ironing - anything else on the domestic front is fine. For example, my Mother and Eldest Sis love it. Here is my reaction to their ironing 'list' (i) Dress Shirts or decent shirts - yes (ii)...
http://www.ilotsacre.be/images/Grand_Place.JPG I am amazed at the angle of the "Hotel de Ville." I knew that the building should not be standing because of a major engineering gaffe, but...
Mother Superior called all the Nuns together one evening and said to them: "I must tell you all something. We have a case of Gonorrhea in the convent." "Thank God," said an elderly...
NoM - a real gem of a find - a Rioja Medievo Reserva 2004........absolutely stellar for £12 - best wine I have tasted all year, loads of Rioja depth and very, very smooth - that Experience wine...
I composed this yesterday afternoon and put it on the Mad Over 50's last night. Builds on from the Prayer..... All together now... “On the twelfth day of rioting my true love gave to me: Twelve...
Ch 4 has just shown footage of the stage collapsing at an outdoor country music fetival in Indiana......... Doesnt look good as to folk being caught underneath it now to find a clip....anybody else...
New advert coming out: "Haloumi Kebabs in a lemon basil and garlic marinade, roasted mediterranian vegatable and feta salad with couscous, amorello cherry and almond cream terrine…....
Policeman on duty in St Johns Road in Clapham, on the front line for over 8 hours, drops his riot shield and runs back down the street, into Sheigate Street and then down Leathwaite Road. An arm comes...