Just watching a drama where an Oxford lecturer has been called up to fight in the Second World War. I was wondering how did people get paid for loss of earnings? Myself I used to work in IT and was a...
I had vaccine 4 weeks ago (1st jab) with 2nd jab scheduled for 3rd of May. In 2018 I had stem cell treatment where bone marrow was killed and reformed. Thus I have a suppressed immune system and the...
Quick question; I had a brass verge outside my home and I say put a plant pot on it. The grass verge is not part of my property, but belongs to a third party (council or housing developer). If someone...
Just curious .... We got a letter from a tracing company asking wife to contact them with regards to a relative death. The company put together a family tree (heir hunters) and wrote us a letter. My...
Wife watching some junk made for tv American film on tv. I noticed in a scene *** in front of a house , a house number of 21638. Thinking about it , I have often noticed high house numbers while in...
So very fatigued due to tail end of chemo. Decide to visit car wash and treat car to wash and dry. Join queue and 4 cars ahead of me at this super car wash that is popular. Thus Start car pull forward...
I have a distant relative who forgot to renew car insurance ....errr ok . So it has lapsed by 4 weeks. The police stopped them when their automatic number plate reader didn't match car as being...
Local auction house has ; 1500 uncirculated 1967 penny coins for sale. They all nice and shiny ; but what would you do with them ? Can you still change them into moderne currency via the Bank of...
Well that was an interesting day. Back in the 90s we used to take several holidays a year and on each trip I normally bought a bottle of whisky in duty free. They never cost must more than £25 or...
I have two drain covers that need replacing and other cementing work that needs doing outside of house. With the freezing weather at the moment , should I wait until spring when there is less chance...
Well now returned to uk after living in a furnished apartment in Switzerland. The landlord had sold the place (3 bedroom apartment for 1.2 million GBP) and a very nice retired couple. They own two...
Noticed that last nights Lotto jackpot (24 million) was shared out with those getting 5 number plus bonus, rtaher than rolling over to the Saturday. I thought the new lotto rules allowed unlimited...
While Corbyn decides to focus on a p8blic argument with Virgin trains, while what's left of the Labour party implodes. Why didn't he have the common sense to reserve a seat ? I have never used Virgin...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37039645 At least one Brit can still afford to holiday in Swiss Land :-) Just watching the exchange rate hit a 52 week low as I type. 1.2625 mid rate CHF to the...
I have bought a few new cars in the past and they come with delivery mileage. Both times it has been 10 miles approx. So the car does those miles where ? It can't be 10 miles from end of production...