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The comedian Bill Bailey did a tour a couple of years ago entitles "Dandelion Mind", I think mine may be being blown to the four winds. I dreamt this last night: I was walking along the corridor in a Dutch primary school with the headmaster, we went into a classroom full of children sitting at their...

Our gas mains are being replaced, they are excavating with the biggest vacuum cleaner I ever saw.
They are putting plastic liners up the pipes to make the system ready for hydrogen.

Why are these better? Surely the connector is just the same?

I'm with NatWest as well, faster payments are free from my personal account, is it different from a business account?

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Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:09 pm

There was definitely a Vauxhall Nova.

https://www.manorparkclassics.com/aucti ... t=895&sd=1

The same car was called an Opel Corsa in its homeland, fairly obvious why the name was changed for the English speaking world.

Who thought that would be a good place to land a helicopter?

Somebody's been busy:

No, just rest, taking a cold & flu tab every now and then to manage the symptoms, food and fluids when I can. Over the worst of it now and just clearing up the remnants. Glad you're getting better. I lost 5kg in a week when I had it in August, I'm surprised some charlatan hasn't marketed it as "Won...

Today I emptied the beach hut and prepared it to be taken away for winter storage. Summer is truly over.
I wonder if they have beach huts in the antipodes?
The view from the beach hut:

Since about 2200 Sky broadband seems to be down throughout the UK, struggling along tethered to my phone which is s l o w .

Colin was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them." Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Colin, how about Tom Cruise?" Colin replied "Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it." So Colin and his boss ...

Thunderstorms last night and continuous heavy rain until lunchtime, weatherman on TV said weeks worth in an hour, back garden is now a lake.

Just watch the accident stastics soar as people spend all their time concentrating on the speedo to stay under 20 rather than maintaining a lookout.

I remember reading of something similar, "Ion Drives", in the Meccano Magazines of the 1950s. A slow burner?

Gute Besserung to OHL and better half, it really does seem like the lurgy has regrouped and an autumn offensive is underway.

If someone on the ground shouted "Fire!" as soon as they saw a bit of smoke from the hot brakes the crew would have no option but to evacuate.

BA have just paid the compensation for replacement clothing after they lost my family's luggage eight weeks ago, thanks to Woody the cases turned up again after six days. My son was frugal, one pack of socks, one pack of shreddies, one polo shirt and a pair of swimming trunks totalling £91 from M&S.

A VPN is useful to watch geographically restricted content.

Standing up seems to be easier when accompanied by sound effects.

Prigozhin may have died in an air crash:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733