Why do we, as a compassionate society, hand out gongs and especially Knighthoods, to the likes of super rich businessmen, but ignore far more deserving servants of our country? Did,"Fred the Shred,"...
Is anyone in contact with Jourdain? I hope she is OK as she hasn't posted since 1//11. I know she has domestic problems. Just hope she might be enjoying a break somewhere.
Standard reference works list 'spring' as a common noun, which does not, therefore, take a capital letter, so "I love the Spring" is wrong, but "I love the spring" is correct. I prefer George Orwell's...
My daughter bought a leasehold flat 16 years and has now decided to get somewhere bigger. However the buyers Solicitors have noticed that the details have been incorrectly registered with the Land...
My Logitech wireless keyboard will not work every now and then, and if I switch it off then on it works! I have changed batteries but problem still exisits. This seems to have started when windows was...
. . . . . . AB is. We have a regular mature poster who takes every opportunity to insult fellow ABers and then on a regular basis when modern technology defeats them it's "can anyone help me please?"...
I just had my first tutoring session and while looking at the student's marked homework, I had no idea how to answer one of the questions. Is it ok? I feel really terrible because I didn't know what...
Some of the remarks in this article beggar belief. "Stanley suffered broken ribs and limbs on three separate occasions before the fatal head injury was inflicted ..." So why was nothing done to remove...
On The Today programme today - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46369401 Examples of ‘Good business’? Directory enquiry calls, used mainly by the elderly, are a source of huge profits to the...
you see the headline figures for hollywood actors eg tom cruise who earns millions per film but what about people who for example have speaking parts in adverts, or small parts in (for example) holby...
My kitchen was put in 30 yrs ago and is still in very good order except the door/drawer fronts which are solid wood but now chipped and looking very old fashioned. So looking to replace. The problem...
Hi Folks At end of school "Christmas Production" we need a joke (the ending seems to fall a bit 'flat')! The joke must be suitable to be read out by and heard by children (7yr olds) but obv could be...
Dear Spare Editor, It would be lovely to be able to have an edit button so posters can correct spelling mistakes or more pertinently auto-correct mistakes. Many forums work well with edit buttons, and...
Who’d be in your all-time I’m A Celebrity line-up for the ultimately entertaining series? Mine would include Paul Burrell, Gillian McKeith, Stacey Solomon, Joe Swash, Anthony Worral Thomson, and...
