I need your opinions please. We are hopefully going to buy a holiday rental property in Florida. The company that we are speaking to (based in America) say that the best property to buy is a townhouse...
I need to open an American Bank Account as I am looking into purchasing a holiday home in USA. Unfortunately as I am not a USA citizen (British) I am finding it difficult to find a US bank that will...
We have just seen a property that we wish to buy in America as a rental investment. What are the main pitfalls that we should try to avoid. Its in a good holiday area and the present owners rent it...
Its a dilapidated house, with a very overgrown garden, rotting widow frames and peeling paint. It actually looks as if no-one lives there. Short of putting a letter through the door, is there a...
It was a double billing. Watched the first one and was gutted to realise that it was 1 or 2 and continued into the next one. Needless to say I fell asleep during the second episode. Why did Paris take...
I have just come back from a hol in Kenya and learnt there that the Masai are allowed to take a wife as young as 10 years of age (as long as he's killed a lion prior to that!!). If that Masai warrior...
I know that Google often puts an image within its logo when something of import is happening or had happened on that date (ie during the winter olympics we had bob sleighers etc) Does anyone know why...
I am always amazed at the breadth of knowledge shown by ABers, all questions seem to get answered and often you just know that they answers haven't been Googled. Some ABers in particular shine through...
A thread by DawnTy re Drew in neighbours has prompted me to ask this question. I am watching neighbours on UK Gold at the mo and Lou had his daughter Lolly taken away from him and given to her natural...
Yesterday's thread by Funkymoped reminded me of the headline (from the Sunday Sport of course) "Greenfly ate my Lover" I just had to buy it for that story, turns out his lover was a cabbage, he wasn't...
Hi there, my boyfriend and I have bought another house together and as I already own a house it has gone into his name to get the first time buyer mortgage reates etc. I have been advised to put a...
I am off to Kenya for a holiday in a couple of days and the folks at work would like me to cook an African dish for them when I get back. In case I don't find a suitable dish out there for me to cook...
I am off to Brighton on the Orient Express in a couple of weeks (28th) and it takes the form of a murder mystery. Has anyone else done this day trip - and if so pleasssssse let me know "who dunnit"....
Do any of you Ab'ers have a favourite TYPE of joke. Mine has got to be the "a man walks into the bar" ones. Such as .. : a bear walks into a bar and asks for a pint of..................guiness, the...
I have a game with the children where they have to make up a sentence to illustrate words that sound the same but are spelt differently. eg Naked Grissly ie Bare Bear or Windy Colour ie Blew Blue. Are...
