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Tuesday afternoon . up to London Bridge. The first rail station apparently to get some Great British Railways brandings (its incomplete) with an AI (well computer game) launch and Hornby Railways 00 train in new livery running on a mini layout. No full size train nor live people from the department ...

London surprisingly sunny and general uplift of south.westerly low wind so not too bad - not that I could go out with three visitors expected. Thurs should be weather much the same in morning maybe a couple of degrees lower with more cloud in the afternoon. Must check the incoming post too as famili...

I doubt Death will be the main problem , more an incapability beforehand - indeed how many visiting health care professionals actually understand the complexity of a single person living on their own , especially when hiterto they have been alert and capable of doing everyday tasks plus. getting som...

try login on a computer at the library if you have access to check / change password. Iphones are above my pay grade but I suspect you might have a CAPS set issue , where it is holding capitols - android releases unless you double up shift first. Watch too for underscore and dash and other odd chara...

there was a thick knotting compound , like polyfilla , I dont think it contained asbestos (might have done) rub down apply sand prime

So far as I can think of other world religions most dont care about the distinction between male / female. This seems to arise in Jewish-Christian Thinking. (argueably islam too) One possible reason is the Male deity in the Bible , the female "Gaia" or Fertility Ashera as compatriot of war...

We have been here before YTS and similar programmes in the past Daily Express via MSN unemployed young people will be told to accept jobs or lose benefits Thousands of unemployed young people are to be offered a "guaranteed" job and face benefit cuts if they refuse to accept it. Others wil...

I thought Stain Blocker was for water / salts based causes rather than oil based ones . (is resin oil or water ??)

At age 69, Linda Hamilton says she doesn't "spend a moment trying to look younger on any level, ever." "I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I've earned. And so it should be :good: FB_IMG_1765044489013.jpg Photo by Fred Duval / Shutterstock For th...

McDonalds McGrinch Adult Happy Meal. Rather too calorie packed but once a year is enough. McPlant burger with lettuce Mayo "American Cheese" tomato slice and the bread roll. Chips (Fries) with DIY to add salty seasoning , Choice of Drink (Coconut syrup in coffee latte ( other options avali...

PanBiker wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 11:49 £79.00 not overly excessive for such a garment, (from their website, discounted, (wonder why) from £199 which is excessive) Others makes are available of course.

I assume made in China / Vietnam/ Bangladesh / Cambodia

Snooker chased the money , which was coming from sales into China and heavy sponsership to appeal to high end chinese buyers. I think in the past we could identify with the more local British and Commonwealth players - a bit like the Darts too - but the final at York has become interesting with Mark...

Heard in the news, four people have been arrested for throwing apple crumble at the crown jewels. One shouldn't condone vandalism but it made me chuckle every time the newsreader said it, I'm not sure why they had to name the specific food :biggrin2: cor blimey call the grime squad, we are not talk...

Apparently an increase in a rather stronger than expected type of flu is about. sending more people into hospital earlier in the year.
Who are these people that get out and about so much to pick viruses up so quickly

Do the plates move in Barnoldswick or is the geology pretty sound ? Further west of Lancashire I think something is slipping into the Irish Sea .

Now we have that sorted we cam settle down to scanning the TV for the Coca Cola road train! There are a few static adverts on the tube platform lobbies , I wonder who has time to see them when one is passing by. The large walled adverts I think one was for some 500 year old foreign alcoholic beverage

There was rain in London Thurs lunchtime to afternoon but I mangaged to dodge it as it moved east with me trailing on a painful journey via sort of Elizabeth Line to the wilds of Essex - was able to point out to a young man that he was on the wrong branch of the line for his trip to excel for some s...

Not sure about Dimbleydee , David , Whats The Point of The Monarchy. Bits of what I have seen before with his scripted voice over, balanced enouth that both monarchists and anti-monarcists can complain it is biased to the other side. On Channel 4 re run and update of Christmas at Highclere - typical...

There appears to be no mention of corporation tax ( actually I dont think that came about till 1953 and thus shareholders were taxed when they received money out of the company as individuals.

The Draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has taken place The groups are not quite confirmed as there are playoff slots still to be filled in some The first-ever 48-team World Cup will be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States between 11 June and 19 July 2026. This may also with the present US Pres...

A number of Labour Councils have taken the view that arrears of council tax particulary are best first solved with better communication with persons. Better flexible payments and when needed being joined up with any benefits due beyond council tax exemptions and discounts are better. Personally I wo...

London a mix of sun and rain maybe best described as uneventful but not encouraging to sample the outside world that much

Big Kev wrote: ↑03 Dec 2025, 09:59 An interesting bit of information there.

Looks like the link, in the post, is no longer valid though.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030628145 ... rhde.shtml
wayback machine crawled and saved in 2003

not sure about that, I would like an age profile as I think with publicity etc the numbers had been falling in previous years. The waiting 200 yards down the road from the pub used to be the police pullover and meet targets back in the 1970s. Landlords of pubs have responsibilities and younger peopl...

not much use as a telegraph pole lying down (they grow them at Stone in Staffordshire you know)