There were 960 farthing to the pound and in my younger days you could buy a loose sweet at the corner shop for a farthing. The 12 was actually...
If all this starts getting you down, take a break and enjoy a holiday in the UK. You can see my reply to Scratcho.
Fortunately, things are a lot easier here in the UK. As you may know, our daughter is in the same situation and she has had constant support over...
although it was a decade ago, the death of Richard Attenborough changed my life drastically. He would have celebrated his 100th birthday about a...
I am not in the least bit surprised. My theory is that the only constant factor in global warming is the entirely constant oxygen level in the...
I wonder whether she is an HF member. :)
Sans everything girls were quite a common sight in Kings road Chelsea in the 1960's They normally ran around the block, back to their house or...
Thank you for raking up this old thread after 13 years. In your words, "Nothing but rubbish now". I wondered whether you were thinking of HF at...
My late mother would not allow a TV in the house, she called them lunatics lanterns. She listened to radio drama, where the physical side was in...
Did the children get upset at the end, or did you soften the blow. At the cinema, it was not only the children who came out with tears running...
Do you remember the old joke, when they introduced the full sized screen and moved the speaker to the side. "I bought one of those new...
I got 130, but I may have cheated slightly. Our last cat died earlier this year and Jane has yet to be persuaded to replace him. In all we have...
It entirely depends on you and what percentage your physical relationship plays in the overall picture, as well as if you are possesive. In a...
The US have allowed migrants to cross the border to work for decades, but this is not the problem. According to one of our friends, the main...
I cannot stop laughing, thinking back to the day when we were visiting friends and Jane decided to mix up a bowl of food for our son. One of our...
They also seemed to work out that when two elements combined to form more than one compound, the ratios were whole small numbers. This may have...
To be defined s having had a near death experience, a person would have had a period in cardiac arrest. During low oxygen levels in the brain,...
Unfortunately, you can never rely on the public to think things through. Following the signing of the treaty of versailles in 1918, the German...
It is easy for us to sit and post comments on HF, but who promotes and elects these idiots. If Adolf Hitler was reincarnated, it would be all to...
Fortunately I live in the UK People often complain about our NHS, but we have a major problem with serial time wasters, drunks and substance...
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