Not sure if this should be in here or Art & Lit.. We were recently lucky enough to buy, quite cheaply, a lovely oil-painting by the artist we collect at auction. Because the auction and viewing took...
My younger daughter R has, I know, struggled with her marriage for some time. He, another R so I'll call him RT has always had relationship problems and recently even accepted that he needed...
Hi, we're on the last one and I simply can't parse 9a Celebrity needs unlimited cover for teeth.
We have N-M- and I'm certain it has to be 'name' as in a celebrity - but why?
Thanks in advance. :)...
Re: child with high cortisol levels. Eventually it seems the incidents are stress/behavioural issues. He has been being badly bullied at school and has been trying to be like the (older) group of...
Does anyone know what can be done to cope with this situation, please? I've researched it and now know that my grandson's furious attacks can be assigned to this condition. He is very nearly 9 - he...
Hi, baffled by 48A: Clutch bags with detachable straps; or, bands such as friendship bracelets.
9 letters. I have -r-s-l-t-
Grateful for help, thanks....
I am several days into a conversation with Morrison's supermarkets about this. They are a good supermarket, local meat etc.. BUT I wanted to make a stew the other week and needed a swede. Fine, there...
Goes back a while to a post of mine about the girl who is (in all but fact) OH's daughter-in-law, who has been very badly treated by his son- Exmouth way - EDDIE helped a great deal as did many others...
I don't believe it! I know I'm not as young as I was, but the physical stress of my trip to Bangkok has led to a diagnosis of Shingles yesterday. I had a pain in my shoulder for a few days and then...
I have a very simple, Samsung, mobile phone (it makes and receives calls). I'm going to Thailand next month and want to know if it will work there or what I have to do to make it of any use. The...
Hi, when grandson was born we were assured that his feet would straighten-up and that it was simply a result of the position he had been in in the womb. They haven't and now we're being told 'Not to...
Hi, all. I've been writing short stories for decades now ( have a novel in a file somewhere) and have had a couple published in small press - won a prize for one, £25!!! Anyway, my lovely son-in-law...
I'm 68. Flying Leeds/Bfd to Schiphol and thence to Bangkok for a 10 days stay in January 2018. I have 2 hip replacements (latest 2014 and both solid), mild asthma (a couple of puffs every morning and...
I'm having the holiday of a lifetime in January, being brave, but a bit daunted 'cos I have to do it on my own (MrJ2's heart etc. says no long-haul). Going to visit a friend in Thailand in January....
Just back from a week in the Scottish Borders. We were driving on the B711 (Hawick to Tushielaw) when an animal emerged from the scrubby hedge on the left; looked calmly at us, turned and disappeared...
My old school friend (did 'A' levels together in 1967 - went on hols. tog. too) has lived in Bangkok since mid 1970's. She worked for Thai Airways so got cheap travel and visited here every few years....
Seriously - my bank urges me to go online, everyone urges me to go online for everything. This means that I bear the printing ink and paper costs of statements etc.. (I won't so things get chaotic)....