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Greetings from the Costa del Lancashire. A pleasantly warm Sunday early afternoon at about 25C changed to an afternoon of thunderstorms, the temperature dropped to 16C and we had about 29m of rain in lesss than an hour. Not significant in global terms, but quite interesting at the time. Nearest ligh...

Yes, the filling stations and supermarkets charge for them now in the UK - least all the ones I use do. I suppose to be fair, they have to be maintained, but it's a recent development for sure.

I think that it's also partly to stop children using them to pump up their bike tyres.

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How Harry met Megan.

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(Mainly) 1933 Austin Seven bought off a fellow student at Bristol University for £50. Commuted between Bristol and North London and very quickly learned about the lack of effective braking from about 60mph. :-o :-o :-o quickly found out about practial engineering when the crankshaft broke and I had ...

fortunately the Ural river flood took care of another oil refinery anyway

Probably a good time to drop a few drones in there - they won't be expecting it and it'll be more difficult to get the services in to put out the resulting fires.

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I suspect the latter: the two letter code for South Sudan is SS; CC is that for the Cocos Islands, halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka - not the first place one would suspect for scammers, but everyone seems to be getting in on the act these days!

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AM: 13
PM: 9
Hardword: 10sec.

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When we had solar panels installed last year they came with wire fencing to prevent birds accessing under the panels. Might be worth thinking about that, there seem to be a few different systems available on line.

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AM: 13 (then I remembered I'd done that one last night )
PM: 13 (definitely first time!)
Hard word: 20 seconds.

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Well, I liked it John. Very attractive.

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AM 14
PM 13

I was congratulating myself then remembered I'd done the morning one last night

AM 14 PM 13 I was congratulating myself, then remembered I'd already done the morning one last night! That explains how I got the Hard Word as well. ^! Seems very quiet round here today, little traffic, no ambulances (we live close to the main drag to the local hospital), the only phone call was fro...

Apparently, common practice is to seek the services of 'house clearance' facilities, who typically charge a couple of grand and get to keep whatever is removed. When used properly they have their advantages. My sister died in mid 2021 (her husband died in late 2020) and I was appointed sole executo...

Think of it as "see you in a while", I'm sure she'll be waiting for you when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

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I found and abandoned that line of enquiry but the only alternative seemed to be a building supplies company in Barnsley!

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God only knows what would happen if we end up with Hungary training Ukrainians on Swedish Gripens.

Swedwn supplied Gripens to the South African Air Force so manuals, etc., in english would probably be available which might ease the problem, if only slightly.

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Painting Hub's chest of drawers today. Sick of the stain colour. Such frivolity chez Limey.

Can't you persuade him to do it by threatening to use a Barbie pink stain?

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One shopkeeper told me that they were buying their milk from France, but when it reached the Spanish border, they poured it all down the grid. Is that in revenge for the french winemakers hijacking lorry loads of spanish Cava at the french border and emptying them down the drains because the Spanis...

'February Filldyke' by Benjamin Williams Leader https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/15/6b/c7156bb12ca15e11d980a53222cc82ab.jpg I used to have a copy of this picture - one of a set of six free with Jet petrol back in the late '60s. :-? Found them very useful for filling the empty walls of a new house. ...

Is it possible to make a brief summary for a non-brit?

Try here Probes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_P ... ce_scandal

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