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If anyone gets odd things wrong with them its always me! I am known in my family to always get unusual things wrong with me that no-one else in my family has ever suffered from! ***MY LATEST EXPERIENCE/STORY*** It's Saturday night, I'm getting in the bath ready for my night out with the girls, we're hitting the town tonight! I notice I've got a few red spots on the front of my thighs, but put it down to shaving and using a body scrub the day before. I also noticed I had a dry patch of skin on my chest on the left-hand side, but thought nothing of it. So anyway, I had my bath and got ready for ... more

It's a cold and snowy night in Ciaoville Airport. Our hero Pooh - a small bear in a red suit - is sitting with his Mum, Koshkha, in the airport lounge. He's not even sure how he came to be here. He, Mum and Dad are off to India so how did the plane get diverted to this godforsaken place? He looks up at the departure board - Cancelled ---- Cancelled----- Cancelled. A major storm has blown in and nobody is leaving the airport tonight. The bar has run dry, the stock of airline peanuts is running low and the passengers are getting antsy. The bear sighs loudly and turns to his Mum. "I do hope we ... more

"Playing with knives….." What's going on? Have I awoken from a 5-year coma following my shoulder operation 2-months ago and no one has told me? Once I overcome the grogginess following the ½ hour procedure, and had managed sufficient sleep and snoozing, I checked my mobile phone for messages noting that those that had come through all stated the same date - 29th March 2006 - that I had gone into hospital, only it was 6-hours later and I was feeling a hell of a lot more pain in my right shoulder … plus it looked damn messy to! Yet, it appears as though the world has gone even more insane ... more

A PARROT IN A PLUM TREE I don't know about you but I've had a thing about parrots for as long as I can remember. Even when the big green one in the Manchester Arms nearly took my bloody finger off last Christmas, my fascination was not diminished. They are so interesting, especially when you give them something to handle like a brazil nut. I struggle with a soft boiled egg and toast soldiers, lucky to keep a yolk free shirt. Yet the parrot manipulates and devours the nut with an efficiency that leaves a ham fisted human like me standing. And it does all this with its feet and beak. I can't ... more

As promised here is a brief review on our Wedding Day. It isnt intended to get any rating's, just by way of thanks to some special people in my CoT who offered lots of support to me in the build up to my big day. Salem-Witch, Jordon, Donna-Marie, AstonLuke, ClaireArnold, Fun2night4us,Doreen-Allen, Yamcam to name but a few have been there daily for me. All of Ciao have been a great support unit and I'd like to thank you all for the lovely comments you've sent xxx. My bridesmaids and I left home at quarter to 12 on Sunday to go to get ready at the hotel. We got there and went straight up to room ... more