austinbell

@austinbell (491)

Age 77

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Favourite Cake

austinbell @austinbell (491) 30 Apr 08

What sort of cake do you most like to eat? Are you addicted to anyone sort in particular

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5 people

Its Good News

austinbell @austinbell (491) 10 Apr 08

This morning while we were sitting in our conservatory having a cup of tea we saw a couple of wrens keep disappearing into a climbing plant we have up against the kitchen wall. This plant has been in a few years now so has grown...

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2 people

squid

austinbell @austinbell (491) 6 Apr 08

anyone out there got any good receipes for squid? I have bought some frozen squid for the first time and have not got a lot of receipes for using it. I did try a salade of cooked squid in a tomato,galic,ginger and lime dressing....

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Anyone doing anything special

austinbell @austinbell (491) 4 Apr 08

Well its Friday again where does all the time go these days it does not seem long since it was last week end. Is anyone doing anything special this week end? We have not got anything planned other than the normal things we do at...

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1 person

Do you Grow Vegetables?

austinbell @austinbell (491) 30 Mar 08

Do you like to garden and if so do you grow your own vegetables or just flowers I like to grow some vegetables every year although I do not have a big garden and am not lucky enough to have an allotment I still like to grow a few...

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7 people

Best Piece of Kitchen Equipment

austinbell @austinbell (491) 28 Mar 08

What is the best piece of kitchen equipment you have ever bought and the one you could not live without? I have two pieces of kitchen equipment which have been worth every penny spent on purchasing them The first is my trusty...

cookery

equipment

shopping

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2 people

If you could come to the UK

austinbell @austinbell (491) 25 Mar 08

where would you most like to visit? If it were possible and you were coming over to the UK for a holiday and we were going to meet up I would like to take you to see my home county of Derbyshire. We have the most stunning...

holiday

sightseeing

travel

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3 people

Teaching Children to cook

austinbell @austinbell (491) 24 Mar 08

I don't know what happens in the States but in the UK we have stopped teaching our children to cook in schools. Do you think it is a bad thing not to be teaching our kids the basics of cookery? In this day and age there seems...

children

cooking

education

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4 people

Make the most of each day

austinbell @austinbell (491) 22 Mar 08

I thought I was a healthy and fit 60 year old until I had a routine blood test which came back with very usual results. My doctor sent me to the nearest hospital to see a specialist and after many test over a 6 month period and 6...

life

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5 people

Who would you like to meet

austinbell @austinbell (491) 21 Mar 08

Who would you like to meet most of all, it can be anyone either alive or dead, famous, infamous or not? I was looking at a cookery programme the other day and the chef presenting it was Jamie Oliver, I don't know if anyone in...

general

oliver

receipes

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2 people

Christmas Decorations

austinbell @austinbell (491) 8 Dec 07

Do you put Christmas Decorations up in your home or even outside as well and if so have you already got them in place. Most of my friends have already got their christmas tree up with fairy lights and all the works. People here...

christmas decorations

life

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2 people

Where did you buy

austinbell @austinbell (491) 2 Dec 07

the worst coffee you have ever had? We have had a very big shopping centre open in the next big town to where I live, Derby to be exact. When we were over last week we decided to have a coffee so we found the nearest coffee...

coffee

mugs

shopping

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2 people

My First Christmas Card

austinbell @austinbell (491) 23 Nov 07

I received my first very beautiful hand crafted Christmas card in the post today. My how time is flying by nearly at the end of November already. I suppose I had better make a start to my Christmas shopping, I nearly always leave...

card

christmas

shopping

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1 person

New Shops

austinbell @austinbell (491) 22 Nov 07

Have just had a flying visit into the nearest large town to where I live, which is Nottingham by the way, and joy of joys there is not One but Two new pound shops opened up. I was in heaven I just love wandering around these types...

bargin

cheap

shopping

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2 people

Another word

austinbell @austinbell (491) 21 Nov 07

I became a grandmother at the tender age of 38, which was a huge shock to the system, so when my daughter called me grandma for the first time I was in shock. Since then I have often thought that we ought to invent a new title...

grandmother

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1 person

Teenagers

austinbell @austinbell (491) 21 Nov 07

why do teenagers behave so badly these day? I find it is usually the boys that are almost uncontrollable, what do you all think? In my day, I am going back to the 50's/60's here,kids would never have dreamed of doing some of the...

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2 people