Padded Cell

Here's our Ziggy: Yep, this is the face of the cat that has killed: a large female pheasant; 2 bats; 1 mole; 1 weasel plus numerous rabbits, rats, mice, voles and a few birds.And yet she has never so much as hissed at anyone in the house. I guess...

Any twitters round here?Or are we appalled at the propsect of knowing what Obahma had for breakfast and what colour waistcoat Stephen Fry is wearing?

Just thought i would update you all on how Twix is progressing.This is how he was when we first got him at 8 weeks old 10 weeks 3 months - sledge dog ! now hes been to the dog clippers he seems all grown up all of a sudden. Which in a way is a...

I'm curious about the current situation regarding bonuses paid to staff in banking. Leaving aside the emotive issues around this subject I'm struggling to understand why bonuses were being paid without any seeming link to profitability i.e. how can...

Another dietary advice u-turn.A fitness fanatic friend told me this 10 years ago, but now it seems he was right.I'm off to eat two healthily fried eggs on toast right now!Tony

Something leapt out at me in Waitrose... Fuller's Golden Pride. Now I love their London Pride, so thought I'd take a look. Oooerr, 8.something %.... Just the two will do. Anyone tasted this? I just hope it isn't like the usual strong lagers and beers:...

My starter; Johnny Cash; HurtProbably the most haunting, moving video I've ever seen.M

Hi guysI'm about to move house so will need a phone line, broadband and maybe telly package. any experience with any of the above?ThanksJosh

Every time we have a little bit of snow in the UK the media pundits are wheeled out to condemn our lack of preparedness.So how about this for a thought.It is not the authorities who are at fault at all, but the motorists who do not own a set of snow...

Electronic surveillance and collection of personal data are "pervasive" in British society and threaten to undermine democracy ...

I hate to use the word 'stunning', but some photographs really are! Any other nominations (without the help of Photoshop)?CheersJohnPS: I was only reading the Daily Indignation because I was in a hospital waiting room

Have you made any interesting Snowmen,women,people with or without the binlids? This is ours today

Four decades of a flying giant

I have my hotmail sent on to my mobile phones email, and on Friday received an email telling me that I had successfully changed my Ebay password. Mmmm, strange, I thought, don't remember doing that.So I went to the PC to check what had happened.......

Here is a question that has been puzzling our son, my wife and me. The question is from a maths GCSE paper. This is meant to be answered by Harry, who is 14.The force of attraction F between two magnets varies inversely as the square of the distance d...

Well this resident finds it so So perhaps Adam is not lazing in the sun all the time

They really are trying my patience!Tony

Hi,I had to ask this question as I have the intention of doing this myself and may start to call round local electricians for quotes. However, I have been told by a colleague (who is proficient in such matters) that this will make no difference to the...

What price success eh ?

Hi folks,Flushed with success from my recent attampts at tiling the kitchen the wife has now suggested I tile a smallish corridor running from the kitchen to the rear games room.We've selected some 300mm square fake slate tiles in Focus and I have an...

Oh dear. My computer has now decided to reboot itself at increasingly regular intervals, extremely inconvenient to say the least!Is this terminal do you think? Should I open the case up and jiggle the boards around a bit? Can I use it as an...

Almost next to Frank F's house is this substation. They are taking away the small transformer and fitting the "big boy" behind!

How is it that in the current economic climate Hi Fi dealerships refuse to reduce their costs? Surely it would be better to shift stock and quite frankly still make a profit rather than watch dust gather on their speakers etc. Other specialist traders...

Excellent feature put together by the BBC.Great to see some of those old faces again, some of those old grounds again, and to hear Bill MacLaren and Nigel Starmer-Smith again!

Dear All,It is stinking hot and humid here tonight.I am sat here bathed in sweat and feeling uncomfortable.Parts of Sydney had power outs this afternoon due to the heat and every one using theyre airconditioning. More power outs are forecast for this...