Rach and Pettal, it is because you have an ad blocker on. Not sure where you can find it or how to turn it off, but that is what causes it. It's the same for me but I don't mind.

Ive often thought this too. I just get random grey boxes where an advert should be, ive waited 5mins sometimes to see if there is just a delay, but nothing ever appears in them, even when i click on it.

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I like it. 😁

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My brain refused to read it the way you typed it.

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I had to think about that one for a few seconds.

Made me smile.

Great Job you and Indie have made of the puppies….Beth.

I hope they are all happy in their eventual new homes. Then you and Indie can go back to business as usual…..wee snooze in the chair whenever you want. Sounds good to me. 😍

It will be a little less hectic in your part of the New Forest.

They were born on 19th Jan so will be 8 weeks old next Monday. I shall worry my socks off about them as they go, but thinking back, Indi didn’t pine at all for her family, and Saf will be going to an experienced puppy walker, so … deep breath and move on. Ivy will be staying locally, and she is Indi’s favourite anyway, so that’s nice. I haven’t heard yet about whether or not they will be taking Woody too, so have spent hours emailing and phoning around today - last resort I will advertise them as pets, but working homes would be my first choice.

It sounds like a success story Beth. Really pleased for you. It only seems a very short while since they were born. How old are they now?🤔

This is such a lovely and heartwarming story. Great job, Beth. You and Indie must be ready to put your feet up.

I know what Little Owl means - the first of the pups to move out is always a bit sad but you know they will be well looked after as police dogs.

I feel happy and sad.

You must be very pleased Beth.Do you think Indie will miss the pups as they go?

I knew he'd love them.

Seems hardly any time they were born yet soon they'll be off for pastures new! 😊

Good to hear all went well.

That's great news Beth, hopefully Saffie will make it through her training to become a Victim Search dog, she's had a great start in life.

Great news, glad all went well in the end.

Well done Saffie…& Beth.

It's the same for me, too. I've been stuck on the same page of the leaderboard since last year, rarely moving, but just managing to hold on. I almost (that's a definite almost) thought of buying something to go back up a few spaces! Lol

@Mrs.West5, I've never been told why I've been screened out, only that there was an issue with my answers, even if I haven't answered anything, that's normal due to the demographics they check from previous answers. Did they not pay you anything at all?

And me

@Hopeful2B, that's exactly the same as me.

It's so easy to do, and so annoying. At least you know why you were rejecting. I am so sick of the Pure Spectrum surveys that screen you out without answering even one question. I've lost count of the number, but I don't remember being accepted for even one.

Is it just me, maybe because of my age, or is everyone screened out in the same way?

Tomato juice 50:50 with orange juice used to fuel me on some cycling trips.

Remember opening a "Party Seven" with a can piercer? Three nicks on one side to pour the beer* and a single nick on the opposite side to let the air in as you poured.

* Well, I say "beer...!"

Tomato juice, with a dash of Worcestershire sauce, salt & pepper is nice.

Sorry Little Owl, that's our fault. A little while ago we found passata dirt cheap and bought a load, then kept going back. We now have about 100 cartons of it.

I have had a craving for tomato juice for weeks and there seems to have been a world shortage of it. Saw some yesterday and pounced on it. Had a box with a plastic thing on the top which said pull upwards to open. Pulling the thing up left me with a large carton of juice and no stopper, I have had tomato juice for most meals.

It's when you fill up and the price has gone up by the time you've walked to the pay booth...

Choonsoonlee, happens every time, price goes up immediately on old stock, but very slow to drop back down, if ever. Can't see the government doing anything, they are getting extra tax.

Hi Shyboy, re petrol, I’m in Thailand and it’s just gone down 2 baht (5p) to 27 baht a litre. I understand it’s gone up in UK by 10p, that profiteering, the government should step in ?

Hi Shyboy, talking about petrol, I’m in Thailand and it’s just gone down 2 baht (5 pence) a litre to 27 baht. In UK, I understand it’s gone up 10p a litre, as it’s bought weeks in advance, that’s profiteering, the government should step in.

Hope all goes well for your sister Shyboy. 🤞

Good move, Shyboy. Nice to have something to look forward to. I am sure Anna will improve once they find a bed in the rehab centre.

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How much was she ‘charging’

Clever!

Yes very clever whoever thought that one up.

Very good 😄

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Is 'Definitely worth the wait' not registered anymore, Em?

Hi Rookie. You can visit the Leaderboard page and then use the "show top position" button to find out:

https://pickmypostcode.com/leaderboard/

However, only those accounts who have set themselves a nickname are listed on the leaderboard, it doesn't list those who are "Anonymous" and I'm afraid I don't know if there is an anonymous account with a bigger bonus than the top leaderboard position.

If you have "the big 4," breast, lung, prostate, or bowel, which have had a lot of money poured into research, then your odds are good.

Bile Duct Cancer /Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare cancer. There hasn't been a lot of research on it and what limited stats their are for it are not good. Only 5% of people survive 5 years or more after diagnosis.

In Oct/Nov this year, Simon will be 4 years since diagnosis, so he's doing well so far. We just have to see what the next steps are now that the trial is no longer effective and it is spreading.

My thoughts are with you both. I heard, the other day, that cancer survival rates have risen significantly in the last 10 years.

Hope there's good news from your hospital visit today Em. 🤞🤞🤞

@Lol63, didn't they ever have 'cellar tank' where you live? The very definition of a pint of beers! 🤢🤮

Glad it went well today - sleep well tonight.

You were both in my thoughts today. Hope all went well.

No pain is good, can't argue there.

I still find "bloods" a weird word in the medical profession. It's one liquid per person. We don't say a cup of teas or a pint of beers.

Glad there is no pain. Have you got big plans for Simon's birthday or is it hush hush?

Thank you all very much. We're home now and quite tired having had to be in the hospital at 7:30. No pain has materialised yet, which is good.

Been thinking about you both, so fingers and toes also crossed here❤️

Wishing the best of luck to both of you 🤞🤞🍀

LLAP 🖖

My bits are crossed to, wishing the best of results for you both.

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If Simon is feeling ok do something really nice…I doubt I need to tell you that!

Everything is crossed for you both xxx🥰

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Thank you all. Biopsy went smoothly. He's been back on the day ward for two hours now. Local anaesthetic is still having an effect, so no pain at the moment. We'll see what happens as it wears off. He needs at least 6 hours of monitoring, so we'll be here until around 4pm ish.

Just the wait for the results now. It's his birthday next week, so we'll have nice times to distract ourselves from the wait.

Hope all goes well today.

Best wishes to you both.

Hope there are no after-effects for Simon, you will both be exhausted. Treat yourselves to something nice for tea.

I hope you get to chat to someone at Maggies while you wait.

Thinking of you both

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Thinking of you both , praying for a good outcome 🙏🏻 💙❤️ x

Sending all my love and best wishes to Em and Simon..

Best of luck, we're all hoping for a good outcome🤞🤞🤞

I hope that everything goes smoothly for Simon today. Thinking of you both. Take care 💞

Thank you Enver. It's 7:45, Simon's already in a hospital gown and we're just waiting for bloods etc and for him to be taken to Oncology where they'll perform the biopsy. It'll be a couple of weeks until we get the results.

I hope you didn't fall overboard.

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He must be making a lot of money from his book sales. No wonder he's taking a rest.

I love House of Games, it definitely won't be the same without Richard Osman.

I still think Pointless hasn't been the same since Richard Osman left. I never liked House of Games. Oohh, maybe he's going to come back to Pointless? Anyway, did I ever tell you I met him (at a Literature Festival) and he's lovely?

*goes all fangirlish*

I might actually watch it if there's a new presenter. I like Richard Osman, sort of, but I find him so dull to watch, his voice is so lacking in animation, I fall asleep. Show could do with someone a little more dynamic.

They say everything changes but stays the same. But I think the originals are the best x

Why don't PMP allow chickens on the forum?

Because they use fowl language.

"Feed 'em to the pigs, 'Arold. And put the kettle on."

- 'Brick Top' in the gangster film Snatch.

Don't look it up if you don't like rude words.

Leave the bodies in the pig stye & don't feed the pigs.

Any chance the police will dig out your pond for you?

I am sure whoever comes to see them will love them and they'll decide that the police force want one.

It’s now 10.15pm and I have 6 puppies having zoomies round the compound, shrieking and growling and wrestling, shredding the new puppy pads I had just put on the floor, tipping over the water dish for the third time today, pulling the. Bits of curtain that they keep wiggling in through the bars… I had it so nice and tidy, ready for the morning visit. Oh well, another early start in the morning!

I cooked some white fish for them today, which hardly touched the sides, it went down so fast. So far no unpleasant results!

This reminds me of my Dad waking up and telling my mother, "they have found the bodies!".

Someone trying to get the garden dug for them? I did say not to mention it on here, there's always someone who'll say something.

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Puppies or bodies?

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Good luck I hope they want one!

I'm booked to go to Australia with Quatar Airlines on Easter Sunday. Hoping that I can go ahead with my trip, but it's a small matter, compared with what the poor citizens of the. Arab countries are going through. I was too young to remember being bombed out in Liverpool, in WW2, but I know the lifelong effect it had on my mother.

Glad she's home.

My 18 year old cousin left in January for a few months of travelling. Last I heard he was in Vietnam. I don't remember when he was supposed to be home. I'll have to ask my Aunt.

What an adventure (trauma) and relief off your mind, Cakey.

That's taken almost as long as getting from Lancashire to Kent.

Glad to hear your daughter got back safely. I was emailing with a friend this morning who retired to Singapore. She and her husband usually come back to the UK via Dubai for a couple of months in April or May, so they would normally be thinking of finding good plane tickets later this month. They're leaving it for now and seeing how things go. My fear is that wars in the Middle East tend to go on and on for years. This is all so unnecessary and Trump's fault for stirring everything up. :-(

Great news that they are all home

Great news, it must be such a relief to have your daughter back home ☺️

Great to hear that they all got back home albeit a week late but a shame it was caused by a turc of a criminal called Donnie boy.

Good news - something to be relieved and pleased about

That is good news.

Travelling to Australasia it always makes me smile. It takes till the next day to get there but you come back in hours.

Great to hear she's back safely. 👍

Glad to hear she’s made it back safely Cakey. We are in India and so many people are in limbo as they have flown with Emirates, Quatar and the like. Looks like we are ok as we flew British Airways 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Enver, I think you would have had to wait for their 'final verdict' before being able to go to the ombudsman anyway - now you have it, you should be OK to try.

You don’t need permission to go to the ombudsman, I had a dispute with co-op insurance and I won.

I was with Aviva, they don't pay out claims, the council flat above me let their unsupervised kids slosh buckets of water to wash their laminate floors weekly & they squeegeed it under the skirting boards. Also skateboarding banging off radiators causing leaks from the pipes, & many showering without using a curtain brought several of my cielings down & made walls continually damp . The tenants stamped on floors & got shirty with me "It's none of your business what is going wrong in OUR flat".

Council refused to do anything (in fact one Housing officer that actually brought a dampmeter & gave me a claim against the council got the sack & my claim refused) .

Aviva insurance said "You declared there was a council flat above yours, but you did not state it was occupied, therefore we can't entertain your claim" & wouldn't pass me to the ombudsman. Council flats are ALWAYS occupied, Council don't even have time to inspect them between tenants, they don't care as long as their rent & council tax is coming in.

Our future Son-in-Law works for Money Supermarket....looking after their website, but unfortunately no perks for family (or future family) members. :-(

Be careful with Aviva, make sure you know what you're paying for. I got home insurance with them years ago, including flood.

I foolishly thought flood meant flood. I know, silly. It took me two years to get a policy booklet which some years later they changed the terms of anyway. Eventually I got flooded, or so I thought, as water was coming into the house constantly from the ground outside. That's when I found out I was now only covered for flood "from fixed pipes and installations". What I call a leak. I took it to the ombudsman and they agreed with the insurance company.

I've just got the renewal for my house insurance. I do the same as Shyboy, it usually works.

Martin Lewis sold MSE to Moneysupermarket quite a long time ago, but MSE still carries his brand

I always use comparison sites, find the cheapest, ring up the current provider and ask them to match if the renewal is a lot higher. They usually match or get very close, saves messing about with new form filling.

Beth, I think you're right there. MSE insurance search redirects to Money Supermarket but also recommends a few other providers who are not on the comparison sites.

Just reinsured with LV for less than Allianz renewal price (and LV is part of Allianz).

I think money supermarket owns money saving expert but Martin Lewis is still involved. I used money saving expert last year for my car insurance & got it a lot cheaper.

Is Money Supermarket actually his site? I didn't realise - thought he had just teamed up with them to set up his Comparison tool.

Another vote for Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis's site.

I always use Martin's site, and I do my sister's car and house insurance too. We get a good price and £25 for each policy we take out.

Yes, my renewal was almost double. Goodbye

G. Grandad, you can't go wrong with M.S.E.'s comparison site Money Supermarket. Easy to navigate and very competitive premiums + rewards. I don't use any other now after years of spending hours trudging through them all.

Have you tried the Martin Lewis [MSE] site that's not to bad and the you can usually combine that with Top cash back and get about £40 + cashback a few months after the policy starts.

I know it's a pain, but i think it's worth it to get a good price..

Bob has emailed us, granting us permission to share his email address with Grumpy grandad, if G.G. does email us asking for it.

No that’s not very handy, but happy to look at a few scans if you wish. If so, ping admin and they’ll give you my email address

Bob up and down. No relation. Sg6.

@GG are you related to Grumpy Grandma ? If so, you may be local to me, and I'd be happy to take a look. Where do you live ? (I'm in DG6)

Stampman. I inherited my father's stamp collection, lots of first day issues from 80s 90s. plus loads of other verious stamps from different places. Had some valued a few years back at around 250,but nobody was interested in buying. Tried a handful on ebay no offers. Any ideas what to do with them.

Bob up and Down, apart from GB stamps and postal history l also collect old postcards including railways amongst many subjects. One of my railway albums has train crash postcards which some of my ex railway colleagues thought a bit morbid 😳🤣

Love this lol

Closer to home, happened here in 1963 - went right across the road and ended up in what is now the Key Store. https://www.kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk/the-kirkcudbright-railway/

@ A, :-) :-)

Oops! Someone nicked the bridge too far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.jpg

😈Just for that, ... oh damn, I haven't got a dog-poo emoji!

I'm not sure if it was therapy because fussing dogss is part of me, my parents had a cocker spaniel when I was born & continued to have dogs into retirement.

No Beth I don't want a puppy, the oven isn't big enough.

Want a puppy, Barrie ?🙂

@Barrie, I'm sure the therapy dog didn't mind you fussing it if that was your hospital stay after your stroke. Probably good therapy for you as well.

Our Max would have been a wonderful therapy dog. He used to lick my daughter’s tears when she was upset. He was a Landseer ( over 100Kg)

When I was in hospital last year I didn't think when I saw a woman with a dog so I just fussed it as I do most dogs. Later I found out that it was a therapy dog when I got back to my ward.

I've got one perfect for that! I've said all along that Ruby needs to go as a therapy or assistance dog, or maybe a welfare dog for some of the armed forces welfare organisations. I don't think she would do as a police dog - she falls asleep getting out of her bed! She is sweet and loving and very laid back, just needs a good owner now.

Loved the story and what a sweet puppy.Glad it belongs to a teacher who will take care of it .

Yes, that works! 😆

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Dr Livingstone I presume?

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Me too Barrie🙃

I smiled but I had heard it before.

Giggle did i :-) :-) :-)

Does your face hurt? It’s killing me!

Astro-physics

Juganaught

Chrysalis is about to head off on a flight , straight into the mouth of an Albatross

Superb

Good replies folks 🤪

Weld, Weld, Weld, You're brazing face says it all. Bet you like watching the clangers too?

What do you do when it's finished? Get hammered?

Could you post us a "link" to your new hobby please Kenny b? :-)

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Lol, one of the books I read was ‘Tail Gunner’ by Richard Rivaz, who was TG for Leonard Cheshire. Fascinating book, with a good account of Cheshire too, and worth a read if you can find a copy.

When I was at school, it emerged that my best friend's dad had been a tail gunner in Avro Lancasters. Probably the most dangerous position in the aircraft as that was the one that the enemy fighters would want to eliminate first.

The rest of his career was selling advertising space in newspapers.

Well said Beth. My mother’s relative was killed in a Lancaster bomber at the age of 21 on his 31st mission & it is only in recent years that a bomber command medal has been issued.

The Dresden and Berlin fire-storm bombing were a last-ditch attack to put an end to the war. We had dutifully bombed docks, factories, industrial sites, gun emplacements and defences - Hitler deliberately attacked London, Coventry, Birmingham , Southampton, Portsmouth - yes, he started off looking for defence and industrial sites, but the Blitz was deliberately aimed at demoralising the people, persuading them not to support the war. He attacked hospitals and schools indiscriminately - I have very little regrets about showing the German people what we were suffering. I know two wrongs don't make a right, but when you have a violent bully, who has the support of his followers, sometimes showing the followers what is really happening is the quickest way to stop them supporting him. They put Hitler in power - we didn't ask for the war. Having seen the films and read the true-life accounts, I know how terrible it was - but stopping the war saved many more lives - our people's lives.

It seems that some people are all in favour of us killing Iranian citizens because their leaders have also killed Iranian citizens. I really don't see that this can be justified. If that logic did hold then America, which was in the news not so many days ago for killing one of its own citizens, could legitimately be invaded by other countries,. civilian areas carpet bombed, its leader executed and children slaughtered.

150 dead schoolgirls, bombed by their 'liberators.' Remember the anguish over the Manchester Arena bombings? But, of course, that was 'different.' Yes, because it was on our soil. Mass murder overseas is fine. Think Dresden. 28,000 civilians, many of them refugees feeling the Soviet advance. Our hands are no cleaner than those of the Iranian regime.

"An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind."

Christians& Moslems both used the Jewish beliefs to base there own version on. I hate to think how many variations there are of Christianity.

Meanwhile we've got people mourning the passing of someone who's whole being was dedicated to killing other Moslems, who weren't Shia, all Jews wherever they live & all others who won't convert. In this day & age? Apparently because the Qur'an tells them to, or at least the bits he believed in. God gives us the gift of life & to throw that gift back in God's face, as suicide bombers do, is surely not going to earn anyone an afterlife. If indeed there is such a thing. I don't follow any organised religion because of the twisting of the Torah, the Qur'an & the Christian Bible by preachers bending what they claim to be holy texts to suit themselves.

Tragedies of war, what about the thousands of young people killed by the regime during the crackdown - obviously that was nothing to do with the Epstein files. God knows what horrors will be found when they open the prisons (like they did in Syria).

Yes, we should have let Iran carry on killing Iranians. No-one has killed more Iranians than Iran.

It may have been schoolgirls that got him there in the first place 😈

To Grumpy Grandad - a small price to pay compared to the 150 schoolgirls killed by our allies whom certain politicians are urging us to back.

150 schoolgirls. Just to get the Trump's mentions in the Epstein files out of the news. Imagine if that had happened here.

War Crimes didn't end with Yugoslavia.

& the rest

I have noticed things have increased in the shops by around 75p.

The problem is, Kat, that once your eyes are better you won't have an excuse that you can't see the dust, or the state of things. I managed quite well when I was on crutches (not Doing the housework, but Avoiding it) but once the puppies go I think it will be a bit of a relief to have a break, clean the carpet (or buy a new one!), change the curtains, which they happily found today that they can drag in through the bars of the compound, and were having tug-of-war with in four directions at the same time. They have also become official Andrex puppies, having knocked off the toilet roll that I leave on the sofa arm to clean up with (kitchen towels block the loo). They got their paws through, dragged it close enough to get hold of and shredded a big chunk out of one side. On the plus side, I have hardly any cardboard boxes or egg boxes cluttering up the place now - they are getting through one box a day, and a couple of egg boxes. By the time they have jumped on the boxes, argued over who is going to sit on it, piled at least three deep on it so it collapses, then chewed the corners, made a big hole in the side like a window... then dragged it through something unmentionable... I really pity the dustmen each week with the number of bags they have to cart out.

Thank you all so much for the good wishes. Cheered me up no end! I'm sure things will improve shortly. Got a friend coming tomorrow but for coffee not coughing so I won't disturb the dust. 😷Folks think I'm a celeb when I venture out! 😎 🤣

I know how you feel Damsel!

Kat, I hope that your eye is better soon.

OCD people that I've met do a great job but tend to fuss over the small things.

I hope your eyes are sorted son Kat.

My wife has OCD, Obsessive cleaning disorder.

I could do with your friend's daughter too Beth, everything has got on top of me with the housework and when I look around it feels overwhelming and I don't know where to start, and not to mention the garden! Hope your eye gets better soon Kat.

Hope things improve soon for you Kat.

I have a fridge magnet which says ‘You can touch the dust but please don’t write in it’.

Are there any buses she could get Beth, I'll pay for her travel? Mr Tom is OCD but that just means he's obsessively messy. Sure he just thinks the staff are in annual leave when actually I am avoiding dust so I'm tiptoeing through it, just to be on the safe side!🤣

Emergency consultation today at SpaMedica. Things should improve quickly now I've got drops to drag the excess fluid out of my eyeball! 🧿 It's been a long three weeks!!!