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Cremation funeral services that I have attended have involved a coffin, which may or may not have contained a body. The local crematorium has two chapels a short distance apart, but only one 'active' with an underground 'railway' to transport coffins from one to the other. I believe that bodies (in ...

Dog-gone!

I didn't realise that Ballarat was still 'active'.

I have recently moved into supported residential care. When I lived independently I was an (avid) recycler - including scavenging litter from the streets. I was puzzled to discover that the refuse from the 'care home' was only collected alternate weeks and all destined for landfill - no recycling. O...

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:39 am

In the original Greek democracy, no one could stand for a second council term until everyone who wanted to had had a first term.

I'm with the Queen of Hearts on the solution to this one.

Buggins turn?

When I lived in Somerset we had an underground tank for our sewage. The local farmer would come and pump out the effluent into his tanker and then discharge it onto the land surrounding the nearby reservoir (and fishing lake). After our tank was emptied I was able to enter it via the manhole. Our ta...

My son took an estimated £4000 worth of my camera equipment (including a Rolleiflex and a modern Pentax SLR) to a camera shop and received a derogatory sum.

Further equipment was refused as 'they didn't have room for it'.

I am 'recovering' from several days of upper respiratory distress (sore throat, sneezing, rattling cough) alleviated by proprietary (pharmacy) linctuses (lintusees?). That sounds miserable. You get well soon too, G-CPTN. Thanks - Now back to feeling 'fit and healthy'. Well, almost. What's gone is g...

I am 'recovering' from several days of upper respiratory distress (sore throat, sneezing, rattling cough) alleviated by proprietary (pharmacy) linctuses (lintusees?).

As a child I was a prolific (?) mathematician and could perform mental arithmetic 'instantaneously'. At school I excelled at maths, studying Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Pure and Applied Maths at Advanced Level and Scholarship Level (together with Physics) before proceeding to university to read Engin...

Who reported it?

The record should have stated "Bolts not installed."

PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:17 pm

In 2022, the managing director of Wizz Air faced backlash from unions and pilot representatives after he urged fatigued staffers to go the “extra mile” amid shortages, Sky News reported.

The standard mileage should suffice.

Pah! I had one but the wheel fell off!

Nope!

Video unavailable in my country.

Malcolm Campbell's Bluebird (along with Campbell's body) was recovered from Coniston Water in 2001 by Bill Smith, an engineer from the North East, who had become fascinated with finding Bluebird and restoring it. Previously Campbell's family (his daughter) seemed to have been content to let him rema...

Nobody loves you . . .

Biden trying to give 'State of the Union' speech while folks 'whoop' - what is wrong with these creatures?