For the first time today, I cut a baby's fingernails! My youngest daughter has Harry who is three months old, and she is a litte unsure about cutting his nails, so at lunchtime, I popped down, had a...
The original film version of this famous novel is one of my favourites, and I am re-reading it now and very much enjoying it. It;s not a long novel - less than 250 pages, but I am sure I have read a...
I have an XP 'puter with about 300 songs as MP3's. Will this slow the start-up of my PC? It is very slow, and runs fine once it's in gear. I have run the defragmenter programme - no effect. Any help...
Just watched Corrie, which I only occasionally see - i know why Molly has left Tyrone - have you seen the wallpaper and dado stripe in their hall? No-one could live with that for long! And the...
Apparently nearly seven million people watched this - so some of you must be on here, and male or of a saphic pursuasion - has anyone else fallen for Kelly Reilly? She is gorgeous - that red hair /...
On my desk, I have just found a scrap of paper with the word PROSE written on it, in my handwriting. I have absolutely no idea what this means. Do you ever write things down and then can't remember...
As someone who has always admired the art of creating music, I find that there are some songs that just come together in a way that is nothing short of mystical. The theme, the arrangement, the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On1drhgxGWU apart from the fact that this was an immature, thoughtless potentially fatal and nasty way to drive - don't you think the guy doing the 'commentary' must...
For those able to watch 'Midlands Today' on the BBC at 6:30 tomorrow evening, I can be observed briefly holding forth about the nonsense of washing rubbish tor recycling, and wordless adding to my...
... a step closer to winning the X Factor! But what is Louis doing putting the Double Take Brothers through? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukf10sTmWPU Just the same to look at - about as musical,...
Good morning Dan Thanks for your post - I must admit that the humour of your post did entirely pass me by - an occupational hazard of written communication between strangers. Your apology is accepted...
Fancy being sent into a balistic temper in about ten seconds? Just ring 150 and listen. BT have heard that a Scots accent is perceived as wam and welcoming, so they've employed a woman who souonds...
When you answer your phone and it's a wrong number. They say 'Sorry' (ideally!) and you say it's OK, and hang up. Then your phone rings again, there is a few seconds pause while the person at the...
Just browsing through some old singesl, and found this. I'd forgotten just what a spooky and revolutionary song this was in its day - remember hardly any women singers were about back then. I love the...