Did you think of checking your post number?

Amidst yesterdays insanity it never once occured to me to check the number of posts I made between start and finish so am clueless today if it was the same as it was when I signed out yesterday. My...

Guns and travel?

The recent discussion on guns in restaurants rather suprised me in how many Americans see keeping a gun as a normal thing to do, as I've never lived anywhere where keeping guns is the normal trend....

What would you do with your 'kouranbiethes'?

Everyone must have something similar to this. Each year around this time everyone suddenly appears with kouranbiethes. They are thrust upon you whether you like them or not, it's one of those Greek...

Update on the bread maker: Kilos and profits.

Some may remember my dithering over to buy a bread maker or not and posting on here for advice. I was swayed by the unknown ability that they can produce not just bread but jam. The bread was great...

Would you drink something that came out of a coffee bag?

Well would you. Dawnld tried to offer me coffee from a coffee bag, that is the same concept as a tea bag, but with coffee in it. The idea strikes me as rather odd. We have real ground coffee made in...

Would you, could you, brave the sea now?

Now I ask this as I'm on my fourth day with no water at all. I have good friends who let me go round to shower but the sea is practically on my doorstep. Now I've just been checking the temp. of the...

Have you applied for your birth quota?

The chart shows how many birth quotas are available for the coming year and who has applied for them. Committees that meet their quotas will be praised and promoted, those that don't will be...

I hope the kids can keep warm tonight as it is really windy outside.

Some of the kids are still quite small and may well be shivering huddled up against rocks to try and keep warm. Luckily all the children will soon be tucked up in bed keeping warm. But I do worry...

Returned to sender as your address does not exist.

Apparently this is the reason the quilt/duvet I ordered online from the UK and paid for 1 month ago today is not with me. This is frankly complete rubbish. The local postoffice have been on alert the...

Please try to remember to scam in the right language!

It's another email one of course and by now of course I'm super aware that the scams always appear in really tatty format rather than anything professional looking. This one is a regular which I...