Discussions I've Participated In

The 'jitters' associated with starting a course of SSRIs.... An unpleasant side-effect? I have them. And they're faffing great.

I'm putting a photobook together of all the photos I took at my cousins wedding and Photobox has decided that it can't edit photos anymore without freezing and shutting itself down. I just have some...

...obviously? Am usually on BT, but was up last night and responded to a pretty despondent post from him. Am a little concerned - has anyone heard from him?

And I'm sure nobody else can either. Come the day & come the hour.

I know the NHS has it flaws, but given the choice, I'd choose our healthcare system over theirs anytime. The comments I keep getting from some American friends are: it will be outdated, subpar, slow,...

I mentioned this on legless' dinner thread but it's still making me chuckle so thought I would ask for any weird and wonderful things/combinations you have eaten recently. Mum and I were at my...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8193769.stm wednesday night will you be watching?

.....Shrek! He has come from Battersea cats home in Brands Hatch. He's an indoor cat as he hates other cats - he's been known to attack them badly. However, with humans he's the softest lump ever and...

I've just looked out my window and been treated to the frankly surreal sight of the tops of four big masts moving slowly behind the roof of the house across the street, which would tend to suggest...

Off to the Chilli Festival tommorow (must be good, Rick Stein went!) https://www.westdean.org.uk/Garden/News%20and%20Events/ChiliFiesta.aspx Anyone else going? Shall report on my loot tomorrow!

? We are having a welcome back feast for loml (well, a healthy feast, which isn't quite the same!) Cod with a breadcrumb coating, saute new potatoes and salad, followed by peaches and blueberries with...

If someone recognised your forum name from here, on another forum, remembered that you had had a disagreement in the past (3 + years ago) and decided to post a personal attack on that other forum?...

UK National ID card, secure as fuck....

That's about it really.

Do you remember that they used to be pronounced Norr and then, all of a sudden, they decided to call themselves K-norr, and now they are back to Norr again. I'm not imagining that am I? Did they only...

I'm just revising my camping check list. Was wondering what the things were that you find you need when you're there and you've forgotten? And also what you tend to take with you and never use? My...

Oh dear. I'm usually a radiohead fan, not a huge one, but usually quite like what they do, have a few albums. When i heard they had written this in memory of Harry Patch I was expecting it to be...

Http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6735478.ece Hmmmm. There are some absolute stinkers in that list imo. The Time Traveller's Wife? Twilight? TWILIGHT???...

Mr G's cheap Nokia has died, but the SIM card is OK. He'd like to buy another cheap phone to put his SIM in - my question is, does he have to get one already allied with Virgin Mobile (whose SIM it...

Mate's daughter just lost her last baby tooth... The following is going in a note under her pillow.... sic: hellow me again. this is my last tooth so I have got all my big teeth now. You have been a...

Mum's family are from Donegal, for as long as I can remember mum has always harped on about "taking us back there". Anyway, I won a cottage holiday for a week to Donegal in a raffle and so - we're...

After a little furtling to get it to speak to Pulse, I have the client running in Wine. It's..... Not bad, a bit like Youtube used to be, but without the videos. This week I've been popping in an...

R-A's earlier comment "I see the parks and my Lido and the fab diversity and sense of community where other people see the gun crime and used syringes" got me thinking about how certain areas develop...

It started with the locals, along with former troops and the British Legion. It was seen as a beautiful mark of respect. Then as word spread, more and more arrived to pay their respects. Then along...

We have been a 'second hand family' my whole life. Be it from cousins, siblings, neighbours, charity shops or boot sales, as a child I hardly ever wore something new and thought nothing of it. These...

A 23-year-old pregnant woman has been found dead with her unborn baby cut from her womb, police in the US state of Massachusetts have said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8175066.stm This...

... My current house guest, he may do a little Hitching while he's here so I thought I'd better intoduce him. This is WO2 Hamilcar... Hamilcar & his chums travel the world having adventures,...

I've got an infection on my gum where my wisdom tooth on one side has half come through, my cheek and gums are swollen on one side and I have what resembles a massive blood blister on the gum at the...