Ah! Not a pedant, then. Phew, mops brow in huge relief:yahoo:
I must have been splitting hairs and being a pedant, then.:hapfeet:
Wasn't it the Germanic/Norse people who celebrated Yule, rather than the Celts? The Celtic peoples certainly marked the Winter Solstice on...
Imbolc, February 1st/2nd is/was the feast day of the Celtic Irish goddess Brigid. Christianised as St. Briget, who's Saint's Day is also - not...
What happens when you fall over in winter....[ATTACH]
Absolutely lovely photo, @hydrogardener . A very well-deserved winner!
I hope you or someone else have reported her for cruelty, @noisette47 ? Me, I'd drag her outside, strip her to the bone, and leave her to shiver....
Alan Titchmarsh, MBE. For getting very well paid for something he enjoys doing? Just saying. :stirpot:
Or the appalling "pre-loved"......so nowadays you may re-gift a pre-loved item.....:wow:
I still remember that wonderful line reputed to have been said by Michael Parkinson - or said ABOUT him - in conversation with a northern...
Do 'they' refer to it as 'shrinkflation'? It's been creeping up for ages, not a new thing. I first noticed that tins of soup looked smaller...
Love the snuggle blanket @SherwoodArrow .My Granny was horrified - in the 1960s - when my Mum bought me an emerald green jumper with royal blue...
True @hailbopp! Christmas Day didn't become a Public Holiday in Scotland until 1958, and Boxing Day was declared one in the 1970s. John Knox and...
Don't understand this farcebook thing at all. But I'm SO not interested in the social media obssession. This site is as far as I'm prepared to...
Thank you, @JWK .
Well, I quite liked 'well', back in ye olde dayes......and I'll continue to use it. So there. :yahoo:
Again , thank you, Team and members. I knew I couldn't be on my own in noticing this recent peculiar and singular trend in resurrecting old...
So.......oh how I HATE this obssessive 'So' - ness we have to put up with.It used to be 'Well.....' that started sentences.....which might have...
Thank you, Admin Team. Much appreciated, especially the emphasis on Rule 21, 'No pointless resurrection of old threads'. That point really...
Why on earth has a 13 year old thread been resuscitated? This seems to be a current popular pastime for someone. Very annoying.
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