Arrange a child's collection of badges on an outgrown sweater hung on a coathanger. Hey presto! A fabulous wall decoration. - Home tips in My Weekly (Gerard Benson)
When Brian McDonald borrowed his best friend's car he said he was going south for a few days. Three months later, he returned the Renault 5 . . . but Steve Dodge, the car's owner, has refused to take the car back, claiming it is now worthless.
Mr McDonald, an electrician and a mountaineer, also went up the Matterhorn on his 7,000-mile tour of France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. He said: "I did it on the spur of the moment." - Times (Francis Harvey)
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