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Here is a Chocolate fruit cake recipe -

This is the perfect cut-and-come again cake for any time of the year. It lasts for ages, but has the squidgy fabulousness of something so much less serviceable-sounding.

ingredients -

350 grams prunes
250 grams raisins
125 grams currants
50 grams piece candied orange peel
175 grams soft unsalted butter
175 grams dark brown muscovado sugar
175 ml runny honey
125 ml Tia Maria...

off to work in an hour boo. here is to the new forum and wishing everyone well at Christmas and new year. thinking of both r+m over this tough time.

I'll kick off with some well known exchanges in Courts of Law:

Question to Witness:- "Doctor, before you performed your autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
Witness:- "No".
Question to Witness:- "Did you check for blood pressure?"
Witness:- "No".
Question to Witness:- "Did you check for breathing?"
Witness:- "No".
Question to Witness:- "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
Witness:- "No".
Question to Witness:- "How can...

Hart in Hampshire remains UK's most desirable place



The most desirable place to live in the UK has been named as Hart in Hampshire.

The district's residents were found to be the healthiest and live the longest, with a high employment rate.

Surrey's Elmbridge and Winchester in Hampshire came second and third on the annual Halifax quality of life survey's top 50 list.

It was dominated by areas in south east...

I've brought a time lapse camera and have found it very useful. It's small enough to be used with a suitable mount in a car to record car journeys and then have some fun playing them back at incredible speeds.

For example I recorded a car journey from West Sussex to Aberdeen recently, a journey of about 600 miles lasting almost 11 hours. Watching that in real-time would be incredibly boring, so I hit on the idea of a time lapse camera. I set it to record 3 frames per second, but the playback to 30 frames by second. The result is a remarkably smooth video scene and the journey shortened...

well what a day my horses went down and lottery total rubbish, grrrrr

Sony hacking: Barack Obama says he does not consider cyber attack an act of war

Last month’s devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was not an “act of war”, but simple vandalism, US President Barack Obama has said. The White House is still weighing how best to respond to the hack, which prompted Sony to cancel the Christmas release of its comedy The Interview, and which the US believes was carried out by North Korea.

The attack is believed to have been a response to the film, which depicts the death of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. “I don’t think...

just found this photo from archives of P.M david Cameron

Will EE and O2 sell out to BT?

What does the future hold for those customers if BT get their hands on? will it mean the end of EE and O2?

hello forum and admin here to help any way i can,

will do some forum posts esp health ones in due course and here is hoping that others who visit may wish to join and get socialising.

mikeydt1