General Chat

I got so stroppy once about something an Express columnist said I emailed her but it wasn't published:)) Have you ever?

No dave...but maybe I will start...good to see you...I miss the older faces on here...and no I don't mean your age XXX

Hi David, I did years ago about the bull fighting in Spain, this also wasn't published. Debs x

I e-mailed a columnist on the Express.........got a prompt and very courteous response. And about thirty years ago, had a letter published in Reveille.....now, who remembers that mag? Rose

I have a few times and had one published. I get a bit stroppy sometimes when my cage is rattled lol quite unlike my usual self :-)

I remember it

Have written to the Telegraph once or twice - usually when they have made a c**k up of a military obituary. Last one was when they said someone had spent the war painting targets on aircraft. They didn't publish my letter but they published one from another man whose letter was better than mine. Ah me.

For Last Rose...... I remember Reveille - I had a joke published in there in 1956 - typed it out when I was on duty one night and stuffed it in the post. Got 10/6d for it. Very nice - still got the covering letter in my files. Keith

Course you don't mean my age Nelly - I'm one of the youngest on the boards. It's a bit frustrating when it doesn't get published isn't it cos you don't feel like you've had your say:( Rose, the columnist who I wrote to was Carole Malone and she didn't reply. Nooo I don't remember Reveille

That proves it...too young to remember Reveille...me either dave X

Go on then Lynda - explain what Jako skates are:))

Evening David, I haven't, but other half wrote to the Money section of a broadsheet, about the problems he'd had with the Nationwide! It was published, but it was very small, we almost had to look with a magnifying glass, lol. Speaking of banks, a man living nearby obviously has had mega problems with the HSBC. He drives round in an old hearse, emblazoned on the sides, back and front and roof are the words ' Liars, cheats, frauds, thieves, etc'. He often shops at Tescos and parks right outside the door, as you can imagine, everyone looks at his car, lol Sue

roflmao - one of the youngest on the boards indeed !!!! hahahahahahaha !!!!! Am considering writing in at the moment to ask for advice about someone who has cast aspersions about my kissing abilities ....... wonder what Dear Deirdre in the Currant Bun would recommend ......

Maz what you on about you are not one of the youngest on the board XXXXX

LOL Sue - I do admire people who believe in a cause but there are limits... Maz? What you trying to say? By the way I've had a word with Deirdre and she recommends not practising your skills on tradesmen or barpersons;)

Maz dear, what was that about nastursiums? Tell them to 'pucker up and be counted' lol Sue Any more incidents in your road?

Thanks for making that clear Lynda ;) Rose and Sheila - what did you write about? Carole Malone wrote a big article when Will Young came out, saying how hard it was for all the teenage girls who idolised him and I wrote a stinking email asking if she had considered how nice it was for gay teenagers to have someone to idolise for a change :s

Yes, David, and it was published. I wrote in to the Daily Mail a few years ago, after someone else had a letter published about poor service from British Gas somewhere in the North of England. He said he had been told by a BG engineer, who came to service his boiler, that his boiler needed replacing, which would have cost him several hundred pounds for them to install. A few weeks prior to that, we'd had our annual BG boiler service and been given exactly the same story, although our boiler was only 5 years old and functioning perfectly well. The man had said he'd consulted BG about what he'd been told by their engineer and they'd said that this must have been a one-off occurrence, 'the engineer must have been over-zealous' and it wasn't BG's policy to tell people they needed new boilers when they didn't. I wrote in and told of our similar experience and asked if this 'over-zealous' engineer covered the whole country for BG, as we lived in Surrey at the time. CB >|< (That's about as 'interesting' as it gets, David! ;>))) LOL)

Nah Lemon, I admit it but DAVID is claiming to be so .... most people however expected him to be in his mid sixties .... amazing what good judges people on here are ain't it???? Maz. XX

Not yet but I am thinking about doing so. The charity night I am arranging for cancer research is taking off big time, I aim to raise £5000.00 in one night. I wrote to over 100 companies for raffle prizes and have had a huge response from many companies, Tesco's sent me a £10.00 gift voucher. The money they make and all they can spare is a £10.00 voucher. What a joke.