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Wild weather warning!

September 28, 2012 By

Autumn is well and truly here and that means one thing in Great Britain; wild weather warnings! With several inches of rain and unseasonably strong winds set to storm our little island, it’s time to prepare for a few wet weekends in and hibernate for a month or two.

Of course, we still have to go to work, get the kids to school and do all those other tasks that need doing, but when it comes to weekends and evenings off, it’s all about battening down the hatches and staying warm and dry.

If you have a family, make sure you are prepared with plenty to do on rainy weekends to stop you all getting bored and driving each other mad. When it’s sleeting it down outside, stay in the warm and play board games together for a chance to have some quality family bonding time.

Rent some movies using an online movie rental service so you can enjoy the latest releases direct to your door without having to leave the house. There’s not much cosier than snuggling up with some popcorn under a duvet on the sofa to watch a scary movie or the latest blockbuster, while it’s chucking it down outside the window.

And of course, the very best way to pass the time when it’s raining outside is to wrap up warm and enjoy some online bingo games. Playing bingo online allows you to enjoy your favourite game from the comfort of your own home, and the live chat rooms mean you can chat to other players while you play, so you can socialise without even leaving the house – perfect on those wet and wild days!

Find a bingo site with a good selection of different games to play for so that you won’t get bored and you will soon find yourself hoping for a few more rainy days to come!

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Plan Your Next Birthday At The Bingo!

June 19, 2012 By

If you are stuck for ideas for how to celebrate your next birthday, why not consider the local bingo hall! Going to the local pub can get tiresome and sometimes it can be fun to do something a little different, so bingo could well be the answer. Get some practice in and click here to play Online Bingo here then read on for why bingo is the place to be:

Bingo allows you and your friends to have fun enjoying a fast and lively activity, at the same time as enjoying drinks and food to get into the party spirit! Going to a bar or restaurant is all well and good, but sometimes it’s nice to have something to do as well, so why not combine all three: drinks, food and bingo at your local bingo hall? Perfect.

Playing bingo means you could well win a birthday bingo jackpot. What better present could you ask for? And if one of your guests wins big, they’re sure to buy you a birthday beverage or two to celebrate!

Bingo is simple to play and easy for everyone to join in. So from your best friend to your grandma, everyone can get involved, have fun and hopefully even win some prizes.

These days, there’s no better excuse to get your glad-rags on than for a night out at the bingo. Long gone are the days when bingo was the reserve of the retired; it’s now enjoyed by people of all ages and walks of life.

A night out at the bingo doesn’t just have to end there. Start your evening off as you mean to go on with some fun bingo games (and hopefully a few wins) and then carry on the night in your favourite bars, restaurant or nightclub.

Get your bingo skills up to scratch before your do and click here to play Chit Chat Bingo at chitchat bingo. Good luck!

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Foster’s Helpline Goes Interactive

May 25, 2012 By

The tenth Foster’s good call ad has recently been seen on British TV, with a female caller ringing the helpline for the first time.

Lucy from Manchester wants to know how she can change her boyfriend to listen to her more attentively. As she moans about his inability to listen, like true stereotypical men, Brad and Dan don’t listen to a word she’s saying, and we see them reading books, pouring a beer and generally doing anything but listen to her.

Of course, they manage to pull it round at the end, and make a friend for life in Lucy by telling her: “Lucy, we’re not here to give you a solution, we’re just here to listen…”

Obviously, this is a good call ad which will appeal as much to the women who have boyfriends like Lucy’s as to the men who are always being told off for not listening to them. Foster’s ads are certainly striking a chord with the British public.

So much so that there’s a new feature on the Foster’s website called the Foster’s Good Call Centre. If you’ve got a Mate in a State, you can follow the directions on-screen and put in a call for the lager-drinking duo to deal with.

You choose one of four areas for them to come up with solutions for: image, girls, ignorance or personality. You’re then asked by one of the four female switchboard operators to type in his name and the girl runs your problem over to Brad and Dan’s shack. The boys then talk to your mate on video and address the general area of his dilemma.

The whole thing takes about five minutes and you can then post the resulting video of advice for your mate to their Facebook wall. Another good call from Foster’s!

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Foster’s Gold ads maintain comedy edge

April 26, 2012 By

It’s not often that you’d sanction young children to watch beer ads, but with the latest series from Foster’s you’re in no danger. The whole premise of the ads is based around out and out fun, and the mention of the beer in question is purely incidental.

If you didn’t catch any of the Foster’s good call ads in the last year or so, you’ve missed out on a treat. They feature two young Aussie blokes, sitting in their shack on the beach in Australia. They like nothing better than to drink a cold can of Foster’s while watching the world go by. Each Fosters ad showed them answering a call on the Foster’s phone – and there was always a British man on the other end of the call, seeking some advice.

Brad and Dan, in their shack, were more than happy to dispense the advice, answering such random queries as ‘should I get my girlfriend’s name as a tattoo?’ to a man who was concerned his girlfriend might end up looking like her mother. To every question, the boys had a quick and cheerful response.

With the beginning of this year, the ads have taken on a different feel. The boys are spending time out of the shack and mingling a little. This ties in well with Foster’s hope that its new premium beer Foster’s Gold will become more of a mixed sex social gathering drink. Instead of cans, the Foster’s Gold is in an embossed clear glass bottle, and it is set to rival Budweiser and Stella Artois for their share of the premium beer market.

The launch ad for Foster’s Gold saw Brad and Dan attending a fancy cocktail party in Sydney. They chatted to Holly Valance who wanted to know how they got away without ‘frocking up’. Easy, say, the boys; read the small print where the invite states that the dress code is smart casual. Holly looks at what they’re wearing (definitely casual) quizzically. The boys explain that Brad’s belt is smart and so is Dan’s bottle of Gold.  Holly agrees and thanks them for the tip. As Dan watches her walk away, he wonders how she might repay them for the advice. Brad looks at Dan and says: “That thing you’re thinking – it won’t be that!”

The endline for the ad says it all: “Foster’s Gold – Australian for Chic!”

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Online Book Websites – my selection

September 14, 2011 By

My father had a book shop so its no surprise that I’m an avid book reader and book collector. I love to choose appropriate books for family and friends – especially young children to start them off having a chance to love books as much as I do. Amazon must be on or near the top of the list for most book buyers whatever the genre they favour, and now will show the book’s price for e-book and hardback as well as paperback. As well as the competitive prices one excellent characteristic is the clever way the site notes your choices and all the time adds comments “people who bought (the book you are buying} also bought ….” This has led me trying a few new authors that I otherwise would not have thought of.

I collect older travel books and science fiction – often out of print, and the website ABE books is just amazing in the way it second guesses your half-remembered titles or part-authors and then lets you have alist of all the appropriate titles from its member bookshops. Once I wanted to track down a book I had as a child to buy for my little niece. I remembered the title and the fact that it was one of the “Little Golden Book” series. I got the book sent from a bookshop in Pennsylvania and it cost me around £5 for a really clean copy. Brilliant! I often go back to bookshops that are part of the ABE book networks to buy books as they so often give an excellent service, but I haven’t space to mention them all!

The third website worth a look is Oxfam’s book site – there are often a range of interesting books at realistic prices and you can feel very positive about supporting such a worthy charity. I have found this site good for travel books.

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