Yes, it’s ‘Week 53’! How time flies! (For pedants: I DO know that there are only 52 weeks in a year but there are 53 [i]Fridays[i] in this one, so I’m simply sticking with my usual numbering here)....
Clacton beach, Christmas Day: Rough seas, a bitterly cold wind and driving rain. So, obviously, it's time for . . . https://i.postimg.cc/xTmqzGwb/DSC01882.jpg...
Christmas greetings from me to all of the Friday quiz ‘regulars’ (and, of course, to ‘occasional visitors’ and ‘first-timers’ too!) It’s time for the big BBC Quiz of The Year but I’ll just get a few...
It was quite crowded! For example, this youngster was enjoying playing in the sand https://i.postimg.cc/Zq0wqwmS/DSC01849.jpg .. . while this couple were all over each other!...
There have been several posts about musicals in the past few days, so I've decided to re-post this wonderful performance from young Elliott Hanna. It's one of my all-time favourite YouTube video...
The main quiz is fairly easy this week (in my humble opinion, anyway), allowing me to get a decent enough score, I think, of FIVE out of seven: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59673952 A couple of...
I've posted this link on another thread but I thought it worthy of wider exposure, so I'll repost it here: https://www.momjunction.com/articles/ugly-and-dumb-baby-names_00393862/ Those names are,...
I just love this song. For all those of you who're prepared to listen to songs that aren't in English, I recommend seeing if you like it too. (No knowledge of Cantonese is required to enjoy it!)...
. . . the scientific prowess of TheProf, Jim360 and JimF ; the drawing skills of DTC ; the painting talent of Woodelf ; the medical knowledge of Sqad ; the musical knowledge of Andy H and Mamyalynne ;...
It’s probably not one of the hardest weeks for the main quiz but I could still only achieve a middling FOUR out of seven: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59582585 It’s a really easy week in the kids’...
You should be able to beat me easily in the main quiz this week! Just a paltry TWO out of seven for me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59494304 There are some easy questions in the junior quiz this...
A lousy start for me in the adult quiz this week, getting the first three wrong. However everything went very smoothly after that, giving me a ‘middling’ score of FOUR out of seven:...
Dear Ed . . . I seem to recall you writing that AB didn't want ads with sound automatically playing. (I certainly don't. I'm often listening to internet radio in one tab while browsing AB with...
. . . doing more housework can improve memory in older people
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-housework-linked-sharper-memory-falls.html
. . . but I've already forgotten about it ;-)...