Christine Ryan-Else, a 66-year old retiree from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, won £3,116 on the free online lottery, Pick My Postcode!

Christine first joined Pick My Postcode in 2017, after seeing it featured on Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert. And finally after years of checking daily and building her bonus through surveys, her postcode was picked on the Main draw, winning her an unbelievable £3,116, completely for free.
When asked how it felt to win, Christine said: “I am still in shock as I never thought it would be me. What a great surprise it was and it came the day after my 66th birthday. What a great present. I have now received my winnings and still cannot believe it.”
Christine also said “It means a lot to me, especially as it is such a big amount. I still cannot believe it.” This is her first win on Pick My Postcode. “I have always checked it everyday from the start of joining.” Speaking on building her large bonus over the years of checking she said, “some of the surveys are really good to do and others are a bit of a bind as they say they last for 15 mins and usually it takes much longer, but I have persevered and that is why I had a good bonus.”
When asked how she planned to spend the winnings, Christine said: “I did think maybe I could spend it on a small holiday but then I thought more practical and I may buy some new worktops for the kitchen, at least then everyday I look at them it will remind me of the win.”
She continued on to say: “I originally did think that it cannot be real, especially when the bonus mounts up. Even my husband didn’t believe it, every time I said I’m just doing a survey he would say you wont win anything. I did think they won’t pay out that much, but I am living proof that it can happen to you. Just keep on doing the surveys and mounting up the money and one day soon it could be your postcode.”
The site offers multiple opportunities for your postcode to be picked every single day. Pick My Postcode has 7,477 active members in Derbyshire and since 2011, the residents have won a total of £66,868.44.
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Kenny b
8 hours ago
Being on a night out and the designated driver I asked the barman for a glass of water.
"Still water" he asked?
"Yes I haven't changed my mind" I said!!😜😜
A Nick Name
4 hours ago
I hate it when a joke needs explaining, especially as people seem to be getting it. I even translated the Chinese. As I wrote that, I got it. Excellent 👍👍. For any who don't have Chinese it just says "Your patella is 2.54 cm high." but that is almost irrelevant. Good joke. Some of us are a bit slow.
samandi
6 hours ago
😂
Kenny b
7 hours ago
😂😂 love it Redz 👏👏
Redz3112
7 hours ago
FORGIVE CAPS PMP.
KENNY B,
I BET THAT JOKE QUENCHED YOUR HUMOUR 😉
I SAW 1 TODAY & THOUGHT OF YOU -
I HAD MY LEG X-RAYED TODAY,
THE DOCTOR SAID - ‘YOUR PATELLA MEASURES 2.54CM'.
I SAID - 'INCH-HIGH KNEES?'
HE SAID - '您的髌骨是2.54厘米高.'
😉
Anonymous
9 hours ago
I have won for the first time, £31!
Fantastic and thank you 👍
maddadof
5 hours ago
Well done you, nice when a winner posts...
Barrie
5 hours ago
Congratz.
Beth8it!
6 hours ago
Well done - keep building it up for the next time
Damsel
8 hours ago
Congratulations on your win! 🎉
Poppy
8 hours ago
Congratulations! 🥳
Chocolate Spaniel
8 hours ago
🎉 Congrats 🎉
Buttercup2
8 hours ago
🥳🥳🎉🎉🎊🎊
Jaffa
9 hours ago
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Chocolate Spaniel
14 hours ago
Pick My Postcode Competitions?? (Facebook)
AJR
1 hours ago
I'm not on it either.
maddadof
5 hours ago
Sorry CS i'm not on (farcebook) ;-)
Cakey🎂
18 hours ago
Last week's train crash was an awful event for all those involved and I wish the injured a speedy recovery. However, a thought sprang to mind after I read that over 50 people were kept in hospital: where did they find this number of beds at short notice? Even allowing for this to be spread over several hospitals ,the question remains. I am glad that everyone is receiving the treatment they need but I know from having waited with relatives in A&E for hours that even one bed is rarely available immediately. Have the "bed blockers" been sent home without a care plan in place? Or are all these patients being treated in corridors?
A Nick Name
3 hours ago
If they have enough beds, staff etc the Government won't throw loads of money at them. If they close wards, and let all the staff go and play golf, then they get the cash for more beds and staff, and when it's badly needed like in COVID, or major incidents they just open up what's already there and call the staff in. Don't forget many of these are salaried so they get paid whether they are there or off golfing or doing private work. I've known at least a couple of hospitals where wards are stood empty but the public don't usually have access so aren't aware, they just see the supposed madness caused in other areas.
Lol 63
10 hours ago
I think the key phrase would be 'kept in hospital' rather than 'kept in a bed in a hospital.'
Beth8it!
12 hours ago
Quite possibly subcontracted to private hospitals
Marie
17 hours ago
Sadly, I think Jaffa's probably right.
Jaffa
18 hours ago
I think your last sentence is probably the answer.
maddadof
a day ago
I used to run a dating service for chickens. But i was struggling to make hens meet...
A Nick Name
3 hours ago
I'm sorry but I thought that was a fowl joke.
DaSoothMoother
7 hours ago
I thought of a sarky comment, but I chickened out as it wasn't eggsactly allowable!!
🧙♂️🧑🦯🤣🐣🧆
Jawins
8 hours ago
Cluck, cluck....😃😃🫠🐤🐤🐤
Jaffa
9 hours ago
Barrie firing on all cylinders in spite of the heat!
Poppy
12 hours ago
Barrie, very good! 🤣🤣
Barrie
13 hours ago
As hens are female that leads me to think that they are still in the coop because they don't want to admit to being Lesbihens. 😊
Alley1940
15 hours ago
Good one.
Let me know when you have managed to make hens meet as I struggle on occasion too lol.
Titchy
18 hours ago
Made me cluckle :-)
Kenny b
19 hours ago
😂
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
That’s down to your usual standard, Mad 🙂
Liliwen
a day ago
That’s a cracker 😂😂😂
tetleyt
a day ago
😂
Poppy
a day ago
🤣🤣
PicklesTheKat 🐈
a day ago
👍🏻😊
Kenny b
a day ago
My mate just phoned me and asked what is the state in the USA known as the lone Star State.
Texas I told him.
30 seconds later I got a message asking what is the USA state known as the lone Star State!!😜😜
AJR
3 hours ago
Thank you Pickles....I get it now! Sorry Razen, in answer to your ? Yep I do need it explaining, so sorry I didn't get it!
PicklesTheKat 🐈
9 hours ago
Good one K.B.😊
RH. As this was posted yesterday and has received positive responses, a simple reply would have been sufficient.
@Lol 63 and AJR - Texas = Text us.
Razen-Hel
9 hours ago
do you really need it explaining?
AJR
9 hours ago
I’m with you Lol 63.
Lol 63
10 hours ago
I've read it 3 or 4 times and I'm still not seeing the joke.
Alley1940
15 hours ago
I had to read that twice as well. Worth a chuckle.
tetleyt
a day ago
😂
Barrie
a day ago
😊At least he'll understand if he reads the answer.
maddadof
a day ago
:-)
samandi
a day ago
😄
Tiseye
a day ago
Had to read it twice 🤦🤦😂😂
Poppy
a day ago
🤣🤣
Marie
a day ago
😀
a day ago
For the last week I've bern seeing the same advert everywhere. Clearly a scam/ clickbait...the advert says : Ceramic blossoms are quietly helping bees survive UK summers Handcrafted Magazine ...but the video shows wasps!! Clearly just screen grabbed a random video and wouldn't know a bee if it stung them! 😂
A Nick Name
3 hours ago
I think the problem here is ceramic blossoms aren't fake, but this particular company, which I haven't seen so can't comment personally, but I'm sure others can, is fake. Many companies see a good product knowing people will buy so copy parts to use in their own fake ads to get money off 'others'.
Beth8it!
5 hours ago
I've been using the pizza-tray from a 12" pizza for the birds to drink from and bathe in, then found a more solid plant-pot tray. So far the termites haven't cottoned on to it, but it's only a matter of time. It's too shallow for Poppy - she likes the bucket of water to bounce up and down in, throwing it all over the patio and then galloping indoors with it all over my floor.
PicklesTheKat 🐈
10 hours ago
These ads are certainly scams, as 'Blank Anon' has correctly pointed out, especially if people can't tell the difference (Well spotted btw) between a wasp and a bee. The wasp, being (npi) aggressive, does not need the water 'trap' as it usually will get that sustenance from its victim. Bees need water to survive.
There are simple bait & switch tactics here:
The Bait:
Fraudsters use high-quality photos (sometimes) of real handmade ceramics (often stolen from independent UK potters) or AI-generated images to attract wildlife lovers.
The Switch:
Buyers who fall for the ad either receive nothing at all, or they get cheap, smooth plastic replicas that are actually dangerous because bees slip on them and drown. 🐝
If you put water out, keep it in the shade, put it in a saucer or make it very shallow, and add some small stones or sticks for the bees to land on safely.
Marie
17 hours ago
Please do send a screenshot and the details outlined in the FAQ over.
17 hours ago
😆.
These are definitely scam ads and there are hundreds. The video is of an AI slightly blurry product with superimposed wasps. The magazine / company name is fake and the website is a poorly created effort to steal your bank details!
AI tells me it's a well reported phishing site. Everything about it screams dodgy but apparently Google thinks it's fine for gullible people to be scammed.
Anonymous
a day ago
I wouldn't necessarily suspect a scam - just lazy use of AI. I've seen well-meaning posts on FB asking us to put out water for hedgehogs, with a picture of a pet African hedgehog instead of a British native one. And a similar one saying put out a little dish of water for bees, and the AI-generated bees were the stuff of nightmares...
Marie
a day ago
Please email us with screenshots of this advert so that the company who help us with the ads can and and remove it: https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/113-what-to-do-if-you-see-a-dodgy-or-inappropriate-advert
Chocolate Spaniel
a day ago
Tried clearing it as 'seen multiple times' ?
UKsnapper
1 days ago
To become an MP does not require any sort of qualification,nor are there any exams.
This is reflected in the apparent unsuitability of some volunteer applicants.
The party system is akin to a gang where there is an enforcer known as a whip and the gang members are required to do as the gang leader wishes.
In essence the voters who voted for someone because they are in a particular party often miss the opportunity to vote for someone they think will do the best job.
It also means that party faithful will always vote for the parties choice in Parliament and NOT the choice of the voters who gave them the jobs.
Mad really.
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
Agree with all the above (especially Nick! 😈)
Tiseye
a day ago
@Lol 63 😂😂 in total agreement with you !!
Lol 63
a day ago
The problems with the UK electoral systems are:
1. It should be compulsory for all to vote
2. There needs to be a "None of the clowns listed above" box
A Nick Name
1 days ago
The problem with the whip is it doesn't work right. If they shopped where I do I'm sure they'd do as they should.
Jaffa
1 days ago
So I think we are now about to get the 7th Prime Minister in a decade.Something has to happen to prevent this because as a country we will achieve nothing.
It would seem trying to appease the back benchers causes this so whips do your jobs and if you can’t why not and let’s change things!
Beth8it!
5 hours ago
Titchy - I agree, but then who else is there? They are now reduced to resuscitating old has-beens because there is nobody with enough experience or ability to bite the bullet and take it on. It's a potentially more important, though less glamourous, job than PM, as the Chancellor rarely goes off on world-wide jaunts, but unless the PM understands finance to the extent a Chancellor does (or should) they don't seem able to foresee the ramifications of the decisions they gaily thrust on the country - then have to back-peddle and reverse it all. Meanwhile the Chancellor hides in the background while the PM carries the can.
Poppy
6 hours ago
🤣🤣
8 hours ago
Larry loves to rescue MPs and houses them until they go to a more suitable home.
( seen online) 😀
EmD
10 hours ago
Maybe we should elect Larry the cat, after all, he’s spent more time in 10 Downing Street than any politician ever has
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
Burnham doesn’t appear to have any policies of his own yet. We will have to see what he comes up with. So far he has worked for very differing ‘bosses’ and always said he backed them completely - hence his being known as the chameleon.
CarolineC
a day ago
Am I the only one feeling a little bit optimistic then? I guess I've been a socialist all my life (though I'd really describe myself as centre left). I firmly believe in 'community' - helping each other. Also equality with no-one 'above' the rest. I want to see an end to all this "me, me, me" culture and a return to times when we helped each other. I honestly think there's a chance we may go some way towards this under Burnham. We tried it with Corbyn but the right-wing media crucified him. I hope they don't do the same with Burnham. As John Lennon said: "You may call me a dreamer but I'm not the only one." :-)
Marie
a day ago
I don't think this constant change helps anyone.
Poppy
a day ago
Titchy, sadly, I agree with you.
Titchy
1 days ago
This is only my opinion but I honestly think the country has had it, and it will take a very long time to be put right, no matter who is in charge. You only have to look around, and I mean the countryside, not just our filthy cities, to see we are the next thing to having the status of a third world country. If only we were able to log-in somewhere and actually see the true state of our finances, and the outgoings (which aren't making one iota of a difference) then we would all experience a "squeaky bum " time. I despair and try to put it out of my mind, but then think of our grandchildren and what is their future going to be?
Oh Beth, pleeeaaase nooooot Milliband!!
Beth8it!
1 days ago
More importantly than the PM, I am waiting to see who is Chancellor. The consensus seems to be that Reeves will be out and either Streeting or Miliband in. Whichever one, or someone else, will show the direction the new PM will take. Assuming it is Andy Burnham, I wouldn’t give him as long as Starmer - he’s made U-turns in what he ‘believes in’ and ‘supports’ before he even got to Parliament, and all the pundits are saying he has no policy, he changes allegiance according to whoever he is working for and is known as ‘the chameleon’ - not an encouraging start.
trufflestu
1 days ago
Unfortunately too many only care about feathering their own nests knowing they have at least 5 years in a job, and can make enough connections to step away the worst happens.
It's about time that the salaries are reduced, and then we'll see how many of them want to carry on in the role, this is the way to find out if people want to make a difference or are in it for the wrong reasons
We as the electorate should have more say in their allowances etc as well, as it is us that elected them into their roles they occupy. There more than happy to stop other public sector workers having limited pay rises, yet they govern themselves on everything associated with them
figeepoet
1 days ago
I think many, if not all, MPs need to be sacked.
How long would any one of us remain in a job we were incapable of doing? 🤔
As for our next strategically placed primed puppet, they'll only get the job if they've pledged allegiance to Agenda 2030.
Us being told who will be 'our PM' is not a democratic decision.
Rosy 2 cakes
1 days ago
IMHO, the MPs need a kick up the behind, and told to get on with their jobs. You can't like everybody and all this speaks of school playground tactics and bullying.
The next leader had better start standing up to these MPs cause things won't change if he or she doesn't.
So many calls for a GE, please no, we can't afford it as a country.
FluffyLiz
1 days ago
Just watched a video made by the Mayor of Foxborough, which is the Massachusetts town where the Scottish team have their training camp - and he says he wants Scotland to come back every year to play any team - National, local, college, anyone - as long as they bring the Tartan Army with them. Bostonians in particular seem to have fallen in love with the Scots, even though they have literally drunk all the beer and put traffic cones on every statue, and I must admit that I had a lump in my throat listening to thousands of Scottish fans singing Flower of Scotland in an American stadium. Oh, and the mayor said that they had donated huge amounts of money to local Massachusetts charities, which is apparently something they do everywhere they go. They're calling it Bagpipe Diplomacy! Nice to hear something good coming out of this World Cup.
AJR
a day ago
🤣🤣 GrumpyGran
GrumpyGran
a day ago
Apparently, they didn't drink all the beer in Boston. It seems they drank one bar almost dry until all that was left was Bud Light - their reaction was "That **** isnae beer!" and asked for Coke! 🤪
Marie
a day ago
Lovely to hear football fans being spoken about in a positive light!
Poppy
a day ago
Great to hear some positive news ☺️
Beth8it!
1 days ago
That’s brilliant, considering the reputation British fans of all nationalities used to have. Good for the Tartan Army.
A Nick Name
1 days ago
Paddy and Mick are working at the local sawmill. One day, Mick slips and his arm gets caught and severed by the big bench saw. Paddy quickly puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Mick to the local hospital.
Next day, Paddy goes to the hospital and asks after Mick. The nurse says "Oh he's out in Rehab exercising".
Paddy couldn't believe it, but there's Mick out the back exercising his now re-attached arm. The very next day he's back at work at the sawmill.
A couple of days later Mick slips again and severs his leg on another big saw. So Paddy puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Mick off to hospital.
Next days he calls in to see him and asks the nurse how he is. The nurse replies "He's out in Rehab again, exercising".
Sure enough, there's Mick doing some serious work on the treadmill. Very soon Mick comes back to work.
But as usual, within a couple of days he has another accident and severs his head.
Wearily, Paddy puts the head in a plastic bag and transports it and Mick to hospital.
Next day he goes in and asks the nurse how Mick is. The nurse breaks down and cries and says, "He's dead".
Paddy is shocked, but not surprised. "I suppose the saw finally did him in?"
"No", says the nurse, "Some idiot put his head in a plastic bag and he suffocated".
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
1 days ago
New to me too.👍
Barrie
1 days ago
😂 Not heard that one before.
AJR
1 days ago
🤣🤣
maddadof
1 days ago
:-) :-)
Alley1940
1 days ago
Very good punchline.
As a child my father took me to a sawmill and later in life I worked as a specialist timber selector in a timber yard with a sawmill. In both cases there wasn't a single person working there at a saw who had a full hand of fingers.
samandi
1 days ago
😄
Poppy
1 days ago
🤣🤣
Chocolate Spaniel
1 days ago
Keir Starmer resigns! 👍 Will things get better though? I doubt it somehow!
Beth8it!
12 hours ago
The knives come out in the media whoever comes to power. It’s the rule of the game.
the4ts
a day ago
Certain aspects of the 'media' have been after him since six weeks or so into his term of office, and I'm no Labour supporter! He did a lot of good, though did make some questionable decisions, and that very much seems to have been looked over. It does make one question how much outside influence is at play here (all to probably destabilise us).
Marie
a day ago
I don't think this constant change helps anyone.
Titchy
1 days ago
Robbo87, my personal thoughts too. :-(
Barrie
1 days ago
KS was doing a good job. I know because Trump didn't like being stood up to.
Robbo87
1 days ago
We're a debt ridden society, it's all-pervading and nothing much will improve anytime soon - mark my words.
Anonymous
1 days ago
The only time I have ever seen Keir Starmer smile was the first 24 hours after Labour won the last election. So I'm kind of happy for him.
Alley1940
1 days ago
I have never voted Labour and at the age of 85 I probably never will. But Andy Burnam is said to have been good for Manchester sorting quite a few of the problems there so I will wait and see what difference he will make. Always assuming he will be our next PM.
samandi
1 days ago
I doubt it CS
Poppy
1 days ago
Absolutely not!
Shyboy
2 days ago
Beth, I'm watching Countryfile, which is coming from your back garden.
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
I will try to get it on iPlayer.
Shyboy
a day ago
Beth, It was in the New Forest National Park. Should be repeated next Sunday morning on BBC2 unless they've got football or something else instead.
Beth8it!
1 days ago
Really? I hope they clear up after the pups while they are there. Where was it?
Kenny b
2 days ago
Passing a group of youngsters outside the local shops I was stopped and asked if I would get them a packet of Richmond's. Well, being in the same position years ago I said ok but only this time. You should have heard the abuse I got when I came out and handed them their Richmond's. I said next time get some one else to buy your sausages!!😜😜
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
My brother used to smoke roll-ups with liquorice papers - smelt vile. Dad told him to give up, it was bad for his health, an£ brother retorted, ‘Why? You smoke too.’ Dad threw his own cigarettes on the fire and£ never smoked again. Brother took about three months to give up totally. I wonder how much they have saved over the years? That was around 1968.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
I remember packs of 5 Woodbine's and 2 Park Drive, and even heard of but not knowingly seen Will's Whiffs, Then there was other non famous ones like Merit and Nerit.
They had french cigs like Gauloise & Gitanes too made with black tobacco..
Menthol versions included Everest, St Moritz and Consulate.
If you wanted something fancy for parties there was Sobranie Cocktail which had 5 different pastel colours with gold filters in a packet, or something stronger there was Sobranie Black Russian which had a crimp in a hollow tube not a filter.
Some of the smokers at boarding school got a herbal roll your own mixture from some local chemist of all places, dunno what was in it but that at least smelled pleasant.
Lol 63
a day ago
I take it from this that Richmonds is also a cigarette brand?
As a non-smoker I only know the brands that used to be written all over Formula 1 cars.
Beth8it!
1 days ago
I got a load of abuse when I had a go at a 12-yr-old who was scrounging cigarettes off a junkie - and was given one. Told him he’d have to work on his swearing if he wanted to outdo the builders I worked with, and an ex-Navy husband.
Alley1940
1 days ago
Very good. But I saw the punchline coming.
I was stopped by some young girls outside a store asking me to get some vodka for their mother. Got quite abusive when I declined.
A Nick Name
1 days ago
Told the wife this one but as soon as I got to 'Richmonds' she said "What's that?" so I had to change it to Benson and Hedges as she hadn't heard of Richmond's. It really doesn't work the same.
Poppy
2 days ago
🤣🤣
Barrie
2 days ago
You must have saved them some money.
A Nick Name
2 days ago
🤣🤣
Kat
2 days ago
🤣🤣🤣
maddadof
2 days ago
:-) :-) :-)
Anonymous
2 days ago
I signed up for Thai Chi walking on WalkFit. They are fun, easy workouts that take less than 15 mins per day.
Marie
13 hours ago
It's common for people to start new threads accidentally.
https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/109-how-do-i-reply-to-a-comment
Lol 63
a day ago
Does it help your observational skills?
For example, to spot the "Reply" button?
Anonymous
1 days ago
I have been doing it for one month and feel heaps better. Don’t go for yogago or harma as it is just normal Thai chi
tetleyt
2 days ago
They claim you can see a difference in 2-3 weeks🤔 Can you?
tetleyt
2 days ago
Has anybody tried the Tai Chi workout that is advertised all over the place…..does it work?
Beth8it!
1 days ago
Kat - no question of that. They’ve got the stake and garlic lined up ready for you.
Lidlicker 🎀✨👀
2 days ago
There are videos all over fb & insta trying to get people to sign up to 28 day challenges.
Kat
2 days ago
I'll get exorcised when I'm a ghost! Until then I'm being careful!
tetleyt
2 days ago
Yes….google ads on the Mahjong game I play and side adverts on this site. I’ve never clicked an ad so don’t know why I get those in particular. Do you think they can see me and KNOW I need to do more exercise. 😂
Chocolate Spaniel
2 days ago
It is a Google ad. Tai Chi works if a qualified instructor takes the classes.
2 days ago
Never seen it. When you say advertised, do you mean like a Google advert?
Is so, I’d say it definitely won’t work. 🤣
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
2 days ago
Any exercise is good, irrespective of its name or how you move.
Yes, you'll be a few pounds lighter every month, but what else would you spend them on.
Chocolate Spaniel
2 days ago
It's midnight ... daughter in bed fast asleep, suddenly the TV is blasting out football. She rushes downstairs to find that the dog is on the sofa and has rolled over on to the control! 🤣🤣🤣
Beth8it!
1 days ago
Indi phoned the police once, carrying my phone and accidentally (I assume) caught the side button, ringing the emergency number. She has also taken several photos the same way, and the boys are starting to pick it up and carry it too.
Kat
2 days ago
Could have been worse, could have rolled over on your phone & dialed a premium rate chat line. Some toothless old dear knitting socks & telling the dog what she'd like to do to him IRL!🤣
2 days ago
Maybe it wanted to Shepherd a German?
Happy
2 days ago
Could have been watching Germany in the world Cup, if it was a Schnauzer.
Alley1940
2 days ago
Never ending fun.
Beth8it!
2 days ago
One of the Rovers teams I expect! Nasty shock to the system when that happens. I fell asleep in the chair again in the evening, must have knocked my phone off the chair arm, and woke up to find them happily spreading my credit cards over the floor and trying to pick them up, the phone case chewed and missing on one corner and the little magnet strap missing that holds the case shut. Luckily a magnet, not a battery, or it would be an emergency vet rush, so today I am going to hold a magnet up to each one and see which flies across the room. Hopefully it will work its way through in due course - no ill effects so far!
maddadof
2 days ago
What team does the dog support ;-)
Little Owl
2 days ago
Which match was the dog watching?
A Nick Name
3 days ago
I've been trying to make hopi candles recently. It's not going too badly but the frogs do tend to scream a bit when they're dipped in the hot wax.
Barrie
2 days ago
A Nick Name the frogs probably need to come from Arizona like the Hopi themselves.
Happy
2 days ago
Runner Beans!
Alley1940
2 days ago
Very funny both.
2 days ago
🤣🤣
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
3 days ago
Guess you should have used frogs that have already croaked, or maybe jumping beans.
Kenny b
3 days ago
👍good one NN
Kenny b
3 days ago
I asked my granddaughter to pass me the newspaper.
"Oh papa you're so out of date" she said as she passed me her iPad.
That fly didn't know what hit it!!😜😜
Alley1940
2 days ago
Very funny Kenny. I can see that actually happening in today's world.
Serves you right Enver for hating flies so much lol.
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3 days ago
There was a fly annoying me by attacking the light reflecting off my glasses & crawling across my screen, so I hit it with a lump of wood .... now my screen just shows a big cobweb. 🕸
help me!
3 days ago
🤣🤣🤣 ROFL
Abbott
3 days ago
We was on the Cruise one year and the was no books to read.
Beth8it!
5 hours ago
How have others 'overdone' it? I had a glass of port & lemon (I knew how to live!), two pints of lager & lime, then a Snowball. My god did I feel sick afterwards! Not drunk but really queasy. Only time I got really drunk was on lager, when my then-boyfriend and his mates kept buying drinks and I couldn't keep up, then they told me to catch up - then we went out for an Indian meal (my first) at 2am. Not to be recommended!
PicklesTheKat 🐈
9 hours ago
Some people think it's good to be drunk, but I always say, try telling a glass of water that.......🤪
Beth8it!
19 hours ago
Not me, haven’t drunk anything for ages! Not been wasted since I was 17, my one and only experience.
Barrie
a day ago
Who is Wasted?
Beth8it!
1 days ago
I was commenting on the grammar. Wasted!
Anonymous
2 days ago
That's nice Beth, I expect it was all the more enjoyable with someone to share it with.
Beth8it!
2 days ago
I was. We were.
Abbott
3 days ago
Don't reply on book marks people change them around
in iPads and mobile ohones
Lol 63
a day ago
I shall make a note of that for the next time my mobile ohone requires people to reply using a book mark.
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3 days ago
In each of the following categories what do you think the MOST STOLEN item(s) nationwide are?
1). Items of Food(s).
2). . Items of Chemist dept.
3). . Items of Cleaning dept.
4). . Items of Baby Care dept.
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2 days ago
Remaining items are:-
Over-the-counter medications: Allergy pills, teeth whitening strips, and pain relievers are small, expensive, and easily flipped for cash.
Premium meats and cheese: In the grocery sector, high-end cuts of meat and branded cheeses are historically among the highest-theft items by volume.
I recently found some dumped security tags, the sort with a wee reel of indestructible wire to wrap round large valuable items & boxes. I tried taking one apart - couldn't break or open it with hammer screwdriver saw pincers or anything, to get the reel of wire, alarm & battery out. So I cut the wire & its alarm went off. LOL The cable is long enough to be used for bikes, but had to throw the rest.
A Nick Name
2 days ago
I wonder how many security tags gets stolen each year.
Rosy 2 cakes
2 days ago
Enver, in Boots the razor blades are on a twisty contraption that isn't easy to work out how to remove a packet of blades ( well I can't work them out!! )
Poppy
2 days ago
CarolineC, me too!
tetleyt
2 days ago
Perfume?
CarolineC
2 days ago
@Poppy - "I heard a while ago that the latest product to be put behind screens was chocolate." My husband would say that's because the supermarkets had heard I was out shopping! :-D
(I'm a bit of a chocoholic)
Me
2 days ago
I’ve just been reading about how threats from garden centres is a problem too. It is sad to hear about.
Our local foodbenk used to always be short of baby formula
Poppy
2 days ago
I heard a while ago that the latest product to be put behind screens was chocolate.
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2 days ago
Well Done tetleyt, Infant formula: High retail cost and constant, desperate demand make it a prime target for illicit resale.
When a local shop puts a face cream, a container of baby formula, or a package of razors or prime rib steak behind a plexiglass barrier, it is a direct operational response to those specific items leading the nationwide statistics for retail loss.
@Rosy - security tags just means thieves simply run past the detectors (which will go off) & out the shop & away, no staff spare or willing to stop them as they may have weapons..
Still a few chemist items & a popular food item to find.
Rosy 2 cakes
2 days ago
Razor blades and meat are security tagged in both the supermarket and Boots.
tetleyt
2 days ago
Baby care: Milk Formula?
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3 days ago
@Cakey & Nic are correct - steaks yes., & @Buttercup - it does mean shoplifters, so which item(s) from each category? It's not nappies or bleach, but there are some more items in the baby care & food categories.
The most stolen items aren't Rolexes or iPhones, and are probably sitting in your home right now.
While the exact top spot fluctuates slightly year by year and by store type, nationwide retail data consistently points to health and beauty products—specifically name-brand razor blades and cosmetics— as the most stolen retail items.
Criminologists and retail loss prevention experts often explain this phenomenon using the CRAVED model. Items targeted for theft are Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable (meaning easily liquidated or resold). Razor blades perfectly embody this model. A single package of premium replacement cartridges can cost a lot, yet it is scarcely larger than a deck of cards.
A shoplifter can easily sweep dozens of packages into a bag or coat. Because they are universally used and rarely expire, stolen razors are incredibly easy to resell on online marketplaces, at flea markets, or even to smaller independent retailers.
Organized retail crime rings, rather than opportunistic individuals, drive a massive portion of this inventory loss. These groups deploy people to clear shelves of specific high-demand products.
This theft dynamic explains why modern retail environments look the way they do today. Store managers do not lock up inventory merely to frustrate honest shoppers; they are responding to precise data about organized theft.
Lack of customer assistants to sell these items will make you want to go home & shop online instead.
A Nick Name
3 days ago
1. Steak
2. Nappies
3. Soap powder
4. Sanitary products
I hope we get the answers.
Buttercup2
3 days ago
Question wasn't very clear, I thought it meant shoplifters...
Cakey🎂
3 days ago
I thought you were asking for what we thought was the most stolen item in each of those groups, my suggestions are:
Food - joints of meat
Chemist - cough medicine or razor blades
Cleaning - bleach
Baby care - disposable nappies
Beth8it!
3 days ago
I’d have thought baby care first - people with babies are frequently struggling with costs anyway. I’m not typecasting but there are so many single mothers with several kids trying to exist and cope on their own, the temptation must be pretty great.
Barrie
3 days ago
I'd have said food.
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3 days ago
Soap powder is one of them. Name-brand laundry detergent: Premium laundry detergents, particularly Tide, have famously been used as a form of street currency in various cities due to their relatively high price point and universal utility.
Jaffa
3 days ago
Most shop theft is by drug addicts who as Little Owl said offload it to get money for drugs.
There are also organised gangs who sweep shelves and sell on at pubs and boot sales .
It’s seldom real poverty that is the cause.
Little Owl
3 days ago
Enver, we don't have much crime in this area, but there was an incident in the cleaning department of a local shop - 2 young women nicked a giant pack of soap powder and fought with the assistant (it was shocking), I was told it is because they can sell cleaning items on easily.
Val1101
3 days ago
!. Food
2. Baby Care dept.
3. Cleaning dept.
4. Chemist dept.
A Nick Name
4 days ago
I've had two really radical ideas today. A NHS that puts people's lives before money. And a Government that never blame the previous one for their own inadequacies.
Beth8it!
1 days ago
Chris - all true, but at the same time, we supplied a heck of a lot of those supplies to Russia via the Murmansk convoys, and to Malta to try and keep them alive and fighting. Not all the supplies were for us.
A Nick Name
2 days ago
The year's projected spending by the NHS is around £200 BILLION pounds, the actual spending for the year if everyone did their job right is £47. 😁
Chris
2 days ago
@JennieS - "Basics are that the government should be able to Defend and Feed its own country. Both of which are no longer happening...."
We haven't been able to defend our shores for decades. That's why we are in NATO, stronger together. Nice though it is to reminisce about plucky little England standing up to the might of Germany, the simple fact is that an invasion of our shores was not Hitler's priority. He wanted Britain out of the war. Remember he was a racist, not a nationalist, and couldn't understand why we - racially similar to the German people - opposed his plans.
As for feeding ourselves. If we had not had the Atlantic Convoys from the USA, Britain would have starved. We've been a net importer of food for decades, since the height of Empire, and even with 'Dig for Victory' and everyone's gardens given over to food production, plus rationing at a level that would cause riots today, we were never more than a week from running out of food completely.
All an inconvenient truth, but we couldn't feed ourselves when our population was under £30 million and we certainly couldn't today.
Chris
2 days ago
We could have a NHS that puts people first and provides whatever care people want, regardless of cost, but it would need to be paid for.
The current year's projected spending by the NHS is around £200 BILLION pounds. To increase this by a quarter would add - very roughly - £1,000 to the tax bill of every adult in the country.
Pensioners have not lost their Winter Fuel Allowance unless they have an income of over £35,000 poer year. That is considerably more than most working people, many of whom have mortgages to pay and families to support. The image of an old lady wrapped in blankets who can't afford to turn on the single bar fire is pure propaganda. I don't earn £35,000 a year or anything like it and nobody is giving me the WFA, nor should they.
Pensions are not frozen. The triple lock is still in place. This guarantees a minimum rise each year of 2.5%, and more if inflation or average pay awards are greater. A lot of working people would be more than happy with that. I'm due to retire in the not too distant future and I will be wealthier then than I have ever been in my life. Pass me the cruise brochure, someone?
Everyone wants better services, more money spending on everything, but nobody wants to pay more for it. You can't get a fortnight in the Caribbean for the price of a weekend in Skegness.
Beth8it!
2 days ago
As a diehard Conservative voter, I think Starmer really had a chance of making me consider supporting him when he first was elected. I think he is a decent, well-meaning man but his problems all stem from his first and major fault - appointing Rachel Reeves as Chancellor. She makes the decisions, and effectively sets policy, which he has to present to the public as something he supports. When it all goes wrong and he has to make a U-turn it reflects on him, and he is in a no-win situation. If he sacked her he would be accused of looking for a scapegoat, if he stands by her she brings him down. To his credit he has always taken responsibility himself, but by not quietly replacing her early on it is now too late to kick her out. AFAIK all the unpopular decisions - pensions freeze, tax threshold freeze, pensioners’ WFB removal, inheritance tax on pensions - come from her Treasury decisions. Starmer was a Public Prosecutor, not an accountant, so she has pushed through her own ideas. We can only hope her time is over shortly.
Lol 63
3 days ago
Not going to happen. Larry the resident Downing Street cat has seen 7 different PMs in his lifetime, looking like it could be 8 before very long.
Little Owl
3 days ago
I've often thought they should send a taskforce of retired business leaders (there are some ethical ones) into the NHS to work out ways to make things easier for staff and patients. Governments have always blamed the previous one, but they were more civil about it years ago. I don't like the nastiness from all sides during Prime Minister's questions.
JennieS
3 days ago
Basics are that the government should be able to Defend and Feed its own country. Both of which are no longer happening....
PacMan
4 days ago
Think that is in a parallel universe A N N !
oddcat🐱
4 days ago
Hi, I'm having a problem loading the site. I got a new windows laptop today, was previously using chrome. The links at the top of the pages for all the different draws don't 'complete'. They still appear as tho I haven't clicked on them.
I can see all the postcodes ok on every draw except the 6pm draw isn't showing can someone just confirm what it is so I don't have to panic that my pcode has come up! lol
I did look in the faq and did a hard refresh, and I logged out and back in again so not sure where the problem is, any help greatly appreciated. I have no cache to delete because this is my 1st visit with this laptop. Also using microsoft edge.
Edit
Checked on my old chrome book, The stackpot list is correct but the info at the bottom that says next draw at....states 9pm on my new laptop not 9am.
Also the 6pm postcode is is its place on the chromebook but is waiting to be shown on the laptop but strangely its in the 'already claimed ' slot below.
This is all to weird
Marie
1 days ago
Glad you worked out what the problem was, oddcat.
tetleyt
2 days ago
I wish I just knew all this stuff……it sounds alien to me.🙄
Lol 63
3 days ago
Once you have set the laptop to the correct time zone as Tim suggested, (sounds like it's set to New Zealand if it's 12 hours out) it should work out the correct time as soon as it sees an internet connection.
Click the Windows icon; settings; Time and Language; Date and time; region and then set it to UK.
After that, browse to the website ninite.com to select your favouite utilities and automatically install them.
Tim
3 days ago
If you haven't already done so oddcat, download & install the Google Chrome browser. When you then sign in to Google, it should have all your old bookmarks & passwords if you saved them them previously.
The clock issue sounds like the laptop is set to the wrong time zone. Normally when setting up the laptop for the 1st time, you get asked which country you are in.
If you discover too many problems at this early stage, i would be tempted to do a complete reset and set the laptop again, as if you have just got it out of the box. It's easier to do it now rather than in a few weeks or months time when you have customised it to your liking.
Chocolate Spaniel
3 days ago
Glad it got sorted.
oddcat🐱
3 days ago
Unbelievable, the clock was wrong! switched on this morning at 6.40 and screen tells me its 21.40. Brand new ZenBook 14 and after all the updates it auto processed yesterday, it didn't set the clock. Bizarre lol
Everything on PMP is correct now
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4 days ago
I have a reconditioned W10 laptop & a reconditioned Linux (Chrome o/s) laptop, when I got the newer Linux, I charged it, turned it on, & updated with my email address, all site links imported automatically from the Chrome browser on the W10. There's a slight difference in the way each browser works, but both displaying well.
Are other sites the same? Perhaps if it's 2nd hand or reconditioned there could be something wrong with the screen or software, or it's not fully powered up or updated yet? Contact Admin - they could advise or ask Tech for you (a screenshot might help).
If no joy by end of next week, consider returning it to wherever you got it for exchange or refund, or claim via any credit card, or (£100+ for debit card Chargeback via your bank), or PayPal payment you made.
oddcat🐱
4 days ago
Thanks chocolate spaniel. That's what I'm hoping, it will sort self out. Its been a bit of a nightmare all day setting everything up to the way I'm used to. I've been using chrome for a few years, coming back to windows is a challenge.
I bought a tablet, used it twice and gave up. I had no idea how to use it.
Chocolate Spaniel
4 days ago
It's LU6 3DF. Got no suggestions though, I would tend to go for 'see if it settles down' but that's hardly helpful! Currently struggling with setting up a tablet for OH where he hasn't saved his password and can't remember it! 🙄
Kenny b
4 days ago
Booked into a very basic b&b yesterday. The landlady apologised and said they were short staffed and could I make my own bed?
Sure I said no problem.
So she gave me a flat pack and a screwdriver!!😜😜
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
4 days ago
Yes it was on here A.Nick
maddadof
4 days ago
Kb :-) :-) :-)
A Nick Name
4 days ago
I'm hoping I didn't see this on here, if so apologies to whoever posted it.
I took my wife to a restaurant recently and asked if they had a table for two. The manager said "We're a bit short staffed, would you mind waiting?" I said "Of course, no problem" so he handed me a couple of plates and said "Those are for table 6."
FlamingWingGold
4 days ago
Brilliant!
Kiwi Shel 🥝
4 days ago
😂🥝
Damsel
4 days ago
😂 😂 😂