Recent content by BJintheUK

Hollydolly, I left school in May 1966, and my first job was working for Ashton Containers in Bristol. They made all the cigarette packets for Will's Tobacco, who had a large cigarette factory in Bedminster, Bristol. The job I had was stripping cardboard. By that I mean that when a box is cut...

Well, I was born the wrong side of the blanket to an unmarried mother, who remained unmarried till she died. We never had two ha'pneys to rub together when I was a child, and due to various family circumstances there was a period just as I turned 6 when I had to live with my mum's aunt and uncle...

And your point is??? If you wear a watch, why would you want to have one on each wrist? So that you can see GMT and British Summer Time as well?? Sorry, but I don't get your argument.

As far as I am aware, the sentence should be, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and not "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" The difference is that in the first sentence there is the letter 's' whereas in the incorrect sentence there is no letter 's' at all. Regarding...

Back in the 1980s when I worked as a motorcycle courier I did around 50,000 miles per year, but then I stopped riding bikes when I was 40 due to prostate problems, and only drove cars from then on. Now I'm retired I drive around 2,000 miles per year, if that, so the Subaru Outback I bought 2...

After I started senior school in the UK (11-18yrs) I detested every minute I was there. For some reason I just wanted to be out of it and away, so that I could grow up at my own pace, and in my own way. So as soon as it was legal for me to leave school I did, and went from schoolboy to working...

1993, on this day, at around 11.30am (GMT) my youngest child Tom was born by ceasarian section in Watford General Hospital. It's his 33rd birthday today, and we'll be going to St Albans for a birthday meal this evening. 👍

Watched the third of the Hunger Games films last night on BBC1. This one was called MockingJay part 1. Not a bad set of films so far, but I keep expecting something to go wrong and find out that the whole thing was a powerplay all along by Snow. However, the fourth one in the series is on...

I always thought of it as, 'Old Spice for Old Men', and have kept clear of it all my life.

Just one question, is it a painting or a photograph? It looks to detailed to be a painting, but the colour of the ferns looks to hyper-real to be a photograph. Answers on a postcard please to........

Looks like the inspiration for a Bob Ross painting.

I remember that when I was at university, we were told that we were there to be challenged, and that the whole idea of a university education was to help you learn how to think, not what to think. I guess things have changed somewhat when I read of 'safe rooms' for students, where they can play...

Another one I find annoying is the phrase "blew my mind", or "mind blown", etc. How can blowing one's mind happen exactly? I know it's a shortcut for the word 'confused', but I find it annoying anyway. Regarding the children/kids thing. I never talk about my kids, I always refer to them as...

That photo was taken when I was 23 back in 1973. I'm considerably older than that now, but I don't want to put up a photo of the wreck that is me now, as you may find it rather depressing.

Depends, some do and some don't. Different families have different ways of doing things, and some bother to rinse, while others just leave the crockery and utensils to drip and air dry. Don't forget that lots of us have dishwashers as well, so many people have never bothered to learn how to...