Someone I know has 5 pure breed Salmon Faverolle Cockerels looking for a new home.
If anyone is interested I have an email address and phone number. he is in the Lowestoft area.
he has tried joining the Forum, but doesn't seem to be able to get up and running for some reason
A girl at work was talking about delving into her family history, and said a long dead relative had committed suicide so wasn't buried in the churchyard as suicides weren't allowed to be buried in "concentrated" ground. Which amused us all
Someone else said his aunt always talks about a...
I collect coins, and I got a King Charles 50p today from a customer. 1st one any of us have seen in circulation
The Royal Mint proof one came last week, along with the last to feature Queen Elizabeth
Can you believe a company is actually marketing this in the UK, why? Plus it must be illegal.
It popped up on my Twitter page, as you can imagine absolute outrage from people
Has anyone else been suffering truly dire postal deliveries?
We have had no post delivered for 31 days, yesterday the postman appeared with one Christmas card, which was yours Margaid. Neighbour along the lane got 2 things everyone else nothing.
Still the Christmas cards will look nice at...
Our neighbour had a hospital appointment today just a routine check up, for her Crohn's disease. She is quite friendly with the Dr/surgeon who sees her and she said to him " hello how are you"
His reply " not to happy 6 doctors including me had our cars stolen out of the medical staff...
Our neighbour's who really do have more money than sense went to that new Salt Bae restaurant in Knightsbridge which apparently is all the rage. Newly opened.
For 5 of them " It was good value really, it only came to £5000 " says the lady of the house
After we had picked ourselves up off the...
OH is a member of the BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Club) and she got tickets for the members day this year, and we were treated to all the "Toys out of the box" as they put it as they flew all their planes in formation, the first time they have done that had everything up together...
A friends mother has just died, and we got to talking about I remembered her getting us singing songs when we all went on day trips. Ten Green Bottles etc, and another one had the lines in it "Green grow the rushes O " and and at the end of it was "one is one and all alone so" that was all we...
OH been out birdwatching, was walking back along lane, when a near neighbour stopped and offered her a lift, she got in started chatting to Karen, when the car a way in front just opened a door and threw their dog out and sped off. The dog legged it down the road after the car, Karen with great...
Thought I would get in first.
Merry Christmas one and all and a very Happy and Healthy New Year, been a roller coaster, but been lovely keeping in touch and sharing things on the forum. :D :D
For our Welsh speaking members Nadolig Llawen a Blywyddyn Newydd Dda
Have you ever felt totally helpless when every instinct is telling you to do something ?
Day off yesterday so we went out really early still dark, OH for a run, I opted for walking. She went down the road then I saw her stop look upwards, out came the phone and she made a call, then started...
Decathlon the sports store have produced a cartridge specifically designed to shoot Blackbirds, Redwings, Finches etc, they claim it is the most successful design ever guaranteeing you hours of fun :evil:
Chnge.org have started a petition against this, I haven't been able to copy the link for...
E mailed this to marigold and she asked me to post it on the forum.
Sometimes it does take a Rocket Scientist:
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to fire dead chickens at the windshields of airlines and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity.
To simulate the frequent...
A petition has been started on change .org to petition the government to ban disposable BBQ's because of the amount of damage to wildlife and the environment from discarded ones starting fires.
I don't have the actual link. You can just google change.org and disposable BBQs and sign if you wish
Instead of hi jacking Ricks thread, sorry.
Let's start on new technology for famous people who have gone before us here.
Monet
cataract surgery
Julius Caesar
Stab proof vest
We were just talking and thought how about in this strange world we now find ourselves in, how about posting some pics of anything , nice, cheerful, funny, animal, vegetable or mineral just to cheers ourselves up.
Here is Botallack in Cornwall