Wow, they have grown a lot!

Maybe it works in a similar way to the plug in "pest scarers" which are supposed to rid your house of woodlice, spiders etc.

I used the battery operated electronic mousetraps for a while when I was living in the caravan and the cats often brought live mice in. The mouse ran into what looked like a cartoon mouse-hole and was then zapped when it had paws on both pads simultaneously. I think they were more humane than the tr...

You beat me to it BYM!

I grew up with my mother using a pressure cooker so I'm used to the hissing. It was always used to cook and reheat the Christmas puddings although there was one memorable Christmas when she opened the cooker and found she had somehow forgotten to put the pudding in. I can't get on with a slow cooker...

I still have one - part of a Prestige kitchen tool set which is now 46 years old!

'Nuff said!


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And they’re great for softening aubergines before you flush them down the toilet!🤭🤭🤭 Sickle and scythe or pressure cooker? I've used a Prestige PC all my life for Christmas puddings, stews, soups, pulses (before I started buying them in cans) and also for marmalade. Had to get a new one when I firs...

About to leave home at 4pm yesterday I was confronted first with a violent hail storm followed by snow. Fortunately it cleared up after about 15 minutes although it was only 3 degrees. This morning the hills I can see, which are the other side of the valley from the Long Mynd have a dusting of snow....

I used to live in Suffolk and many years ago in the days when pigs were still farmed intensively indoors, a farm worker fell through the roof of the pig house. I can't remember whether or not the fall killed him, but the pigs had eaten his arm before he was found. It didn't put me off eating pork th...