Digits - countdown numbers game
https://www.nytimes.com/games/digits I earnt my 15 stars for today Digits #86 (15/15⭐) 78 (78) ✖➕✖➖ 125 (125) ➕✖✖➖ 271 (271) ✖➕➖ 349 (349) ➖✖➖ 421 (421) ✖➖➖➖➖
View ArticleMOT Passed !
No not me, I'd fail. The car just passed with flying colours today - 'Beautiful as usual' the chap from the MOT place said. I'll take that, as the car is 13 years old - I've had it 12 years and it's...
View ArticleThings you'd like inventing that haven't been invented yet
Just listening to the radio where someone said he'd like a water fueled car,but doesn't know how to invent one. Last week when we had freezing weather i thought my usual thought when the weather's like...
View ArticlePremium bonds - weird coincidence
We cancelled all our Premium Bonds a decade or more ago - or so we thought! Apparently I missed one which I still hold. On my 65th Birthday I received a prize cheque for £25!
View ArticleWhat are you all listening to?
What's playing on your Ipod/Laptop/Stereo/Computer right now. I have Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head just now.
View ArticleHave you been Wordle-ing (no spoilers please)
A little game that was recommended to me over the festive break: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ I’m quite enjoying the daily word puzzle.
View ArticleAdmit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned
Apologies if mine is a somewhat high falutin example, but: Liv Ullmann isn't Swedish. She's Norwegian.
View ArticleTesco mis -pricing
Second time in three weeks I have noticed an overcharge at the checkout, this morning it was sugar, ticket price 70p checkout £1.09, the other week it was apples overcharged by 50p. They used to give...
View ArticleWhat film did you watch last night?
Review and score a film that you watched last night. It can be old or new. On TV, DVD/Blu Ray or cinema. Popular or obscure. Any film you like! Last night I watched "Drag Me to Hell". Been wanting to...
View ArticleThe Retirement Thread
A thread specially for 'persons of leisure' and independent means, or those with aspirations. How do you while away those lazy days? How do you cope financially? When did you retire? Is retirement what...
View ArticleYour ride today....
Mine was so good. (I did go for that ride...glad i did) Just over 20 miles, but since the rear ends a bit sore... Suns been shining here all day, 13 or 14 degrees, 15 mph winds made it a bit slow on...
View ArticleAny good jokes ... ?
Two Glaswegians, Archie and Jimmy, are sitting in the pub discussing Jimmy's forthcoming wedding. "Och, it's all goin' pure dead brilliant," says Jimmy. "Av goat everythin organised awready, the...
View ArticleThe realisation you're getting old
Hi. Today i had a trip down memory lane. I very rarely use the car apart for work purposes but today i begrudgingly had to use it. A headlamp bulb had failed, and a drive to the car accessory shop was...
View ArticleThe men's dress style thread..
I'm currently at some indeterminate point through an enormous mid-life crisis and as such have a new-found interest in dressing "well"; having been exclusively a "T-shirt and combats" kind of bloke for...
View ArticleTrivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
There's a little thing that doesn't bother us at first, like a little foible we find endearing in a loved one until it grows beyond tolerance and makes you want to plunge a red hot poker into...
View ArticleMundane News
[Admin edit: Part 2 of this thread can be found here - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/mundane-news.173256/} Hill Wimp said: Seasonal depression has hit. Click to expand... Sending you and
View ArticleQuestions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem
Ok,i'll start off. Can you put cheese in a casserole? I've made a casserole,or a stew whatever you want to call it. I have a few small blocks of cheese which need eating soon before they go off. I'm...
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