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Recently back home in England from a trip over for a family wedding. Wedding was held at the Brackencourt Hotel in Balbriggan. Far too much food after the wedding (very nice for mass catering). We are both getting too old for the late night which followed, and gave in at about 01.00...

Just back from a week in the Monte da Quinta Resort in Portugal. Great hotel with our suite (It's all Suites in main hotel) having a large sitting room, a kitchen with better kit than we have at home, a main and a guest bathroom. Balcony was about 25 feet by about 4 ft 6 inches. Food was...

I hear that the last medal awarded was to a guy called Ron Seal for fencing.....

Mrs K had some water spill out a saucepan in which she was boiling some spuds. This has left marks on the satin finish stainless steel hob. I'd be grateful for advice on how to get rid of the marks without spoiling the hob finish. (I'm washer-up in chief.) Thanks

Just thought I'd share with you that, at 5pm today, it was the 15th anniversary of my retirement. Still enjoying life and very happy not to be facing the 7am commute to the office(s).

Does anyone have a printable comment on game? I am having a dog's life with the comments from my English "friends".

Brilliant game at Lansdowne Rd today. (Am I still allowed to use that name?)

I'd be grateful for any tips on how to clean potato water stains from a stainless steel hob. Spuds boiled over, I didn't wipe up until after dinner and now there are marks on the hob.

....text message to his wife. "I'm in the pub. I'm going to have another pint and then I'll be home. If I'm not home in 20 minutes, please re-read this text."

My self and Mrs K are looking to go to Namibia in October for about three weeks. Any tips, hints or recommendations would be much appreciated.

Apologies if the question has been asked before. What does an occasional table do therest of the time? (Maybe apologies for the standard of humour as well.)

MrsK and I have been invited down to the south of France. We intend flying into Toulon using Ryanair and I'm a bit puzzled by the on-line check part of the process. (It's been a long time since we flew with Ryanair.) I have little problem with the check-in on the outbound leg, but am a bit...

As the thread title implies, I'm hoping to learn from the experiences of others about Namibia. Mrs K and I are thinking of going there later this year and would be grateful for any advice/info on accommodation etc. We would be flying from England. I can get a Lonely Planet book but would...

* Is there another word for synonym? * When a building is completed shouldn't it be called a built? * Whose idea was it to have a letter "s" in lisp? * Why has the word "monosyllabic" got five syllables? * Why is abbreviation such a long word? * Why is it so hard to remember the...

What did St Patrick say when he was driving the snakes out of Ireland? Are yis alright in the back there lads?

Mrs K was stranded in Jersey when the airline cacelled flights because of the volcano. She decided that she missed me so much that she would get the ferry to Poole (great taste the lady has.) I booked a hotel in Bournemouth about 6 miles from the ferry port so that we had somewhere to stay...

The doctor dropped into his club most nights to have his favourite cocktail, an almond daquiri. One night, Dick the bartender found he was out of almonds, so he added some crushed hickory nuts instead. The doctor took one sip and beckoned to the barman. "Is this an almond daquiri, Dick?"...

Never forget that your wife is a romantic. She still enjoys wine, flowers and chocolate. Let her know that you, too, remember these things, by speaking of them occasionally.

* A dyslexic pervert goes into an S&M shop - and bought a nice pair of socks. * I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat. * Did you hear about Hank Nasty, the dyslexic punk rocker? He choked to death on his own Vimto. * I went to a dyslexic rave...

Mrs K arrived home today from shopping and had with her a brochure for a holiday in the Cape Verde islands. I'd be grateful for any first hand info that anyone has e.g. cost of visas, can I use euros, and any other tips that anyone has. (She wants to go on Tuesday of next week as she says...