Category Archives: Strange things

Diane Levy has lost her Boxer Dog….from Malaga!

The following article appeared in this week’s “Costa Blanca News”. If anyone knows a Diane Levy, possibly in Malaga, but also possibly now in the UK, please draw her attention to this………
“‘Angel’ falls off a lorry
Málaga dog found in Somerset is being nursed back to health

By Dave Jamieson
It’s not everyday that a dog [...]

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What is H.D?

High Definition television?….Having Difficulties?…or Highly Dubious tactics more like!

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Is Abbey/Santander in difficulties?

Is Abbey/Santander in difficulties?  If not, why will it not release our money?

Some ten years ago, my husband and I each invested in ISAs in The Abbey National in Swansea.

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New speed restrictions pending

At long last, Swansea City & County Council are about to install traffic calming measures, a pelican crossing and a 20mph speed limit in Frampton Rd, Gorseinon.
This is necessary because it is a busy road passing a primary school.   However, we don’t think it will make a lot of difference to the standard of driving [...]

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Penyrheol School Illuminations

At a time when just about everyone in the country is fitting energy saving bulbs in their homes, tightening their belts against the economic crunch we are facing, having cavity wall insulation installed, closing curtains at dusk, turning down the thermostat and wearing extra clothes, switching off pilot lights and lights that are not strictly [...]

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Avoid the Metro Hotel in Woking

I don’t believe it!!!

Following the shameful behaviour of the people in Ashstead in Surrey last year, today there has emerged a disgraceful episode in Woking, again in Surrey, where an injured soldier, sent home for treatment to a war wound, was kicked out of a hotel which he had booked into earlier in the day.

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What is a millionaire?

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In this age where money appears to be the master, rather than the slave, I find myself confused by the dramatically emerging tragedy of arson, death and intrigue which is unfolding by the minute on the TV this week. The family involved are constantly referred to as having millionaire status, yet reading the [...]

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Happy St Valentine’s Day

Today is St Valentine’s day.
I am indebted to kitmarlowescot2 … via Stonehead for these pictures of a delightful Gloucester Old Spot piglet born this week with appropriate markings for the occasion
Happy St Valentine’s Day…. give someone you love a hug…… and be kind to everybody you meet… little things like [...]

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Free Range Shopper

Last week I felt inundated to saturation point both by chicken welfare and by healthy eating.

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Two capsized boats

Firstly……the TV news and the newspapers have been filled with the reports of the cruise ship MV Explorer which emulated the Titanic in the Southern Ocean, hitting an iceberg and sinking.

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