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The pressure is growing on the prime Minister. Sky say there will be another MP joining the list of those calling for his departure every 15 minutes all evening. It's at 56 now. I don't think he wants to go - to put it mildly - he may have to go nuclear and say he will call a general election. That ...

From elsewhere - made me smile. . . :smile: If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Northern Rock nine years ago, you would have nothing today. Followed by several other examples. But, if you had purchased £1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco's, drunk all the beer, then taken the aluminum can...

Not sure if this is the right place for this. I note that the Irish Free State 1926 (26 Counties), census has been released online. It seems to be totally free to use, and will surely be of interest to some members on here. It might be for me - though I'm not sure where to start. :smile: [url=https:...

If you have a pet sheepdog - best keep it indoors tomorrow -

and a piece of pork belly. I can remember when that would have been a tenner, it's change out of £30 now.... £27.75. The times they are a changing..... :smile: Presumably you are happy to pay that - for the delivery, and the knowledge that you are supporting a local small business. It has to be sai...

"I cooked buttered swede as an extender." I had a swede cooked whole in the microwave - as shown on Youtube. It was the Easter one from Aldi and cost just 4 pence so not risking much. I'd say it was a success - though perhaps a bit smoother than when just boiled and chopped with carrots. h...

Prompted by Panbiker's reviving his fishing gear- I remembered the paperback book, and newspaper column from childhood Mr Crabtree goes fishing I found it fascinating - but still have no interest at all in catching something that you immediately put back into the water. Now mackerel fishing, in the ...

From the fishing programme with Whitehouse and Mortimer.
Ted the Patterdale cross

I rate Paul Whitehouse the funniest man on the web, and Bob Mortimer perhaps the unfunniest.

My guilty pleasure from Aldi? You can get them in a larger size too.. I approve. . . .

A nice piece of knurling. . . .

NedraTalley Ross (no me neither) has died aged 80. She was the lead singer, and last survivor, of the sixties vocal trio The Ronnettes. I still think it was the best decade in pop music. Simpler times. https://youtu.be/j2MKruOIQVY ******* I thought at first she was from this trio The Crystals. but n...

Did you know that Keter is an Israeli company?
I assume not - but would it have made any difference if you had?

I just watched 'Millionaire' and (smugly) knew the answer to the million pound question immediately. Saw it whilst surfing not so long ago. Would have failed a lot earlier though. . . .
Enjoyable programme.

This seems to be a forgotten corner. I'd never heard of it, and hailing from Chadderton, assumed it was a typo. :smile: Anyway - today is the 200th anniversary of this disgraceful episode. I read somewhere that it was a Yorkshire Regiment that fired upon the rioters. Covered by the BBC. Chatterton R...

More evidence of the PM's plight. From the 'Comments section' elsewhere. My view is that there's always the possibility that he remains a closet Marxist, and wishes the collapse of the nation, and it is all done by intention. Ably assisted by Mr Milliband and his hasty net zero nonsense. It's hard t...

Gloria wrote: ↑24 Apr 2026, 07:34 Yesterday we went to the Italian Orchard in Broughton,

Just down the road from where Uncle Jm lives. We had an engagement party there in 1973. Good to see they are still dong well.

Do no harm to go online and get a quote from Octopus. Be armed with your current rate per kWh and your daily standing charge. 18 months is a long time these days. If you like what you see - get Ian to propose you and I think you will both get a £50 reward - I assume that offer is still going. Changi...

This should clarify things. . . .

I've tried to understand the current political shenanigans, but failed, and I don't think I'm alone. I've reverted to flippant mode, and shall ignore it all. It willl all come to nothng eventually. This Olly Robbins chap seems to be a preferable PM, rather than the weasel / snake we have at the mome...

A search for "mither on this site brings up 29 responses, and all you need to know about mithering.
The I is long, and it doesn't rhyme with wither though.

Stop mithering about it. . . .

Mentioned in the film Rainman released in the USA in 1988.

Rainman

Seems it is still true for the era after the introduction of jet engined flights. (Wiki)

Since getting rid of my landline - I like to have two modes of mobile to feel secure. They must be from different service providers, and with different networks - And cheap of course. :smile: I was with Plusnet or a long time but they left the market, and steered me towards EE which is also owned by...

Thanks for staightening us out Wendy. I had skimmed past the PETA connection.

I hope however that there was an element of mischief in the timing of the press announcement.

I watched The Odessa File again recently and recall the final scene - Josef – in reality Major Uri Ben-Shaul, an Israeli Army paratrooper officer – returns to Israel to be debriefed. He has taken Tauber's diary with him, and per the last request in the diary, Uri visits Yad Vashem and says Kaddish f...

From Iain Dale of LBC -

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