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Stanley wrote: ↑04 Mar 2026, 01:43 Almost Kev. They used to be carried by young engineers out there building the empire. Can you remember the name?

Newnes Engineer's Reference Book?

I missed it too, there have been lots of Eurofighters out training today with Qatar Air Force Hawks. Not seen any of them either but they've been showing up on Flightradar.

An old bible?

Gloria wrote: ↑03 Mar 2026, 12:54 We are cruising in the Caribbean and it’s very warm in the sun. Going to have to force myself to eat and drink again for sustenance.

Very nice. Who are you sailing with?

A medieval king was hunting in Africa. He killed a lion, an elephant, and a hippopotamus, and awarded the skins to his three squires back home in his kingdom. Thus, the three squires became known as the Lion Squire, the Elephant Squire, and the Hippo Squire. As the years passed, the Lion Squire and ...

PanBiker wrote: ↑01 Mar 2026, 17:09 Today's effort:

Looks good. I had a slice of my cheese and onion bread with breakfast, it tastes as good as I expected. Brings back memories of Philpott's Bakery in Gravesend when I was growing up

I'll have to give that a go.

Here's the cheese and onion loaf, cooling.

Nice. I love home made bread. Trouble is I love it so much I eat too much of it, You've started something now, I feel the need to make a cheese and onion loaf. I have strong white bread flour and dried yeast in the cupboard 😂 I have a lovely recipe for my bread maker using the same recipe as hot cr...

I am about to ignore all the doom and gloom in the news and do something useful, simple and wholesome. Making bread. Nice. I love home made bread. Trouble is I love it so much I eat too much of it, You've started something now, I feel the need to make a cheese and onion loaf. I have strong white br...

Good news

I believe I may have excluded our Australian contingent, apologies for my fat fingers. I've removed a few IP ranges from the firewall block list. Hopefully access is restored.

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Everyone's going around. Probably a sensible move, it's about lively there at the moment.

Big Kev wrote: ↑28 Feb 2026, 15:40

Big Kev wrote: ↑28 Feb 2026, 13:05 I think I've got them all.

I didn't

Taiwan.

and Philippines. Hopefully that should quieten things down for a little bit

Big Kev wrote: ↑28 Feb 2026, 13:05 I think I've got them all.

I didn't

Taiwan.

I think I've got them all.

Didn't take long, just blocking a few from South Korea.

Wendyf wrote: ↑28 Feb 2026, 09:07 Neil Sedaka has died, aged 86. I thought he would be older. Writer of many of the songs from my early teens.

Sad news, he created some good songs.

Wendyf wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 16:44

Big Kev wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 14:34

Wendyf wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 13:10 My pond has suddenly come alive with frog activity!

We need a link to 'frog cam'

I just looked and I've lost contact with frog cam. I'll need to investigate.

Oh no!

Went to the doctor with a suspicious-looking mole. He said they all look that way and I should have left him in the garden.

Wendyf wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 13:10 My pond has suddenly come alive with frog activity!

We need a link to 'frog cam'

Hopefully it'll behave itself for a while

Stud removing socket?

Do love positive news

For those who aren't aware, the site has been under attack. Unfortunately the firewall was overloaded with the number of access attempts (DDOS - Dedicated Denial of Service). Me and Ian have been working 'under the bonnet' to rebuild the firewall and things are slowly getting back to normal. Apologi...