i'm only a newbie and just trying to get a feel for exchanges, feel like there seems to be bad story for every exchange out there 

I think I know deep down that a cat is never needy.....they take what they can, and if they're not getting anything any more, they just leave - rather efficient actually, wish I was the same

i'll just carry on bribing her with food, treats..............

love the lemon tip 

i always roll an orange around on a table with the palm of my hands for 30 seconds, makes them easier to peel

didn't realise that also helps get more juices out!

thanks, my head now officially hurts 

i don't think any of my skills in the modern day would serve me well in the middle ages or roman times 

i teach dance to kids, dabble in wp plugin development and have done freelance journalism in the past.......can't see any of that being helpful

i can cook a mean curry  but knowing my luck, back then the general populace's taste buds would not be accustomed to spices so I'd probably be tied to a stake and burnt alive for my 'witch-like poison peddling' aka chicken madras

I'm doomed!! 

you've just broke my heart  i wanted to carry on living in my little bubble where my cat actually loves me and not just my house

completely right, mate...............there is no 'getting away with it' for the mother - she's living in her own prison already and probably has done for many years. I'm not saying we should all now sympathise, but this idea of getting away with anything is ridiculous

cool, now where should this island be? I'm thinking somewhere warm..........

why you zeroing on the tea?  the thread's about complaining - most Brits admit they whinge a lot

by the way, stereotypes exist cos a lot of people fall into them -otherwise they wouldn't exist, just saying...

if you class British as 'white British' then no, I'm brown. Mother from Bangladesh, father from India - but I was born here, as in Britain

Is that good enough?

p.s and I do love tea

I get the same living in Britain, everyone always whining. But I guess I realise that it's the whining that causes change. Enough people whine = change. Never been to the US, but I assume in general it's better to live there than most countries. Why? Because you guys are constantly whining!  You have a country where you are free to whine (lots of people would live in fear of their lives if they badmouthed their respective countries). I'm convinced that Britain is a great place to live because we're a nation of moaners...............nothing more British than moaning (with a cup of tea in one hand)