When reading the answers I've noticed that people regularly use first names as well as user names. Just interested in how everyone knows each other. My first name is the same as a prolific AB user so...
Just been out to walk the dog in the fields behind my house, by the coast on the Somerset levels and heard a Cuckoo, just wondered how many others here had also heard one or seen one yet this year?...
Ok, with a very big telescope I suppose is a good answer but.... 2 assumptions 1) As we look at a galaxy we are looking back into time and across a distance. 2) The universe started out as a...
I posted the other day about a bird I could hear but not see. I trawled through the RSPB birdsongs but to no avail. This morning I spotted the bird - it is small, with a chunky looking face and the...
It seems my jokes haven't been up to scratch of late, (even Ed commented) I hope I redeem myself with this one..... A man suffered a serious heart attack and had open-heart bypass surgery.. He...
If a LCD television was on a shelve 12" above a radiator would the closeness to the radiator have any adverse effects of the television when the radiator is switched on?
On the news they are saying that the jobless total is down, but there are more people claming the job seekers allowance, isn't this claimed by jobless people? It seems like an oxymoron to me. Is it a...
The little blighters decided to invade my detached garage yesterday, so i decided to declare war on the lovely fluffsters - found out where they were coming in from and sealed up all the cracks and...
What's that all about? Is Ken Clarke on this planet? so, we have over populated prisons in this country but releasing this type of person back into the community after only serving half the term is...
...food items which are supposed to be soft and moist, such as bread and cake go hard and crunchy when stale. Food items which are supposed to be hard and crunchy, such as biscuits and pastry go soft...
A few days ago one of my dogs who had been castrated about five years ago made a serious attempt to "couple" with a bitch whose owner claimed to have recently been in season. But the...
I want to put a TV with Freeview in my bedroom.I have Virgin digital installed in two downstairs room along with V+ boxes. Can I use the TV with just an outdoor aerial,the one I used when we had...
For some reason email notification of updates to threads I'm subscribed to seems to have stopped, is anyone experiencing the same thing or is it just me?
I have a raised terrace at the back of my garden of about 30 square meteres. It is overlooked by 3 large trees and is in the shade for nearly all of the day, except around 2 -4 pm when the sun comes...