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Thank you for saying this so well Michael! Did I notice Ross Kemp lining-up for his gong by hyping Dave's miserable "reform deal"? And, Emma: if you don't like this "tiny cake-filled misery-laden island" why are you still taking its money? Try asking Jane Fonda what happens to actress' careers when luvvies come to think they are too big for their country and go meddling in politics! Just because you are good at mimicking people and delivering other's words, doesn't mean your own shallow thought process are worth anything.

Whist trying to delete part of a post I was writing I've just deleted the whole Poor TV reception thread by mistake and since the website was upgraded I cannot find anywhere that I can restore it. Sorry folks but I'll have to get on to someone with better IT skills than myself. Hopefully normal service can be resumed as soon as my disciplinary hearing is conducted

GOTTA PEE Two women friends had gone for a girls' night out. Both were very faithful and loving wives, however They had gotten over-enthusiastic on the Bacardi Breezers. Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to Pee, so they stopped in the cemetery. One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought She would take off her panties and use them. Her friend however was wearing a rather expensive Pair of panties and did not want to ruin them. She was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave That had a wreath with a ribbon on it, so she Proceeded to wipe with that. After the girls did their business, they proceeded to Go home. The next day, the husband of one of the women was concerned that his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over, so he phoned the other husband and said: "These girl nights have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect the worst. My wife came home with no panties!!" "That's nothing," said the other husband, "Mine came back with a card stuck to her arse that said...... 'From all of us at the Fire Station. We'll never forget you.' "

Wot - no Recycle Bin! Bring back PCs. with Vista!

Well if I had the faintest idea what TTIP was I might find this post interesting, as it is I haven't a clue.

I agree with all the comments on the shop assistant but I believe if I was wanting wallpaper I would persevere with the shop Maggie. How many comments have you read on this site, and many others, about wanting to have a front street full of commercial shops rather than charity shops. I would even have to go as far as say I totally agree with my wife - never buying household furnishings on-line. View the items in the shop; in a dark corner and then in the light. Take a sample home and match that sample against all the other soft furnishing items, (that only she has gathered over many years), and make sure it works. Don't forget to ask everyone that comes into the house if they think the sample - goes with other items - brings out the colours c) is a good contrast d) doesn't clash etc. etc. etc. and regardless of what they say make your own mind up, unless you want to take the advice of someone else so you can blame them if the completed redecoration turns out not to your liking. The above comments are genuine. However I must add that my outlook on decorating the family home do differ from probably about 95% of the world's population, including my lovely wife. I have always wanted, and you could say achieved, a house that is clean and tidy and provides facilities to feed; entertain and keep my family safe and warm. BUT there are always, other than what is required, additional items to add to the whole experience of a comfortable night in the house. I can never understand why anyone would want to spend time staring at a wall, covered in wallpaper! I have purchased many items for the house that the whole family can share and enjoy - Tv - computer - Board Games - Lego - artistic materials etc. etc. I have never thought I will buy that wallpaper so I can stare at it, and enjoy it, is I have nothing else to do. Back in the early 80's I covered many walls with Knotty pine and lovingly sanded; sealed; sanded; varnished; sanded; varnished; sanded; varnished; sanded and a final coat of varnish. My theory - I will never have to do this again for years and years and years and I didn't, we moved and left it. The feature fire place, with gas fire, was built with stone. The more stone that was used the less of the walls would need wallpaper. Marble topped corner units so the TV could be in full view of every seat in the house. The other corner, with matching marble top, was where the wife could stand as many pointless objects as she wanted. So me and the kids played games, watched Tv etc. and the wife dusted her many knick-knacks, blissful harmony. I had to concede to the chimney breast covered with many strips of embossed wallpaper so you could hang a large mirror on the wall that covered half the paper (that paper had taken weeks to find!) and resulted in one sex of the family standing in front of it to apply many items to the face and thus blocking out the heat and quite often the TV from the other sex! Once all the kids had left we moved, leaving all the 80’s features, to a bungalow. Every wall in every room, freshly skimmed, not a strip of wallpaper to be seen. It has remained wallpaper free for the nine years – YES. Naturally I have had to concede to the hanging of a few items, including local works of art, that have I never stare at but the wife still takes a duster to them. Go out Maggie and get many samples of various items. Shopping for curtains is even more rewarding! Oh the hours and hours of endless enjoyment and fulfillment watching them hang seductively over the painted wall gives me immense pleasure. The country needs less of me and more people that will keep manufacturing moving. So get back to that shop Maggie and support the High street shops. ps. however I am content, no wallpaper and no pets.

Tell that to my cat, Malcolm! We've still got a few inches and it's still snowing a bit almost every day but it doesn't stay long.

Thing is though, there's just no comparison between the choice you have in a local shop to the vast choice you have online, and at usually much-reduced prices. Many things can be ordered and even delivered the very next day for less than they would cost from a local retailer. Plus, once you add on time wasted, travelling and parking charges if you need to go to the next town, then online shopping becomes even more attractive. I'm still miffed about the £85 parking fine we had to pay for shopping at Morrison's in Blyth and have avoided their shops ever since.