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It seems SK has had this great new idea for modellers with smaller modern homes that haven't got the space for a 00 layout - smaller trains! 😲 What an innovation, no-one has ever thought of doing that before. Err, N gauge anyone? Only the second most popular scale after 00, but it appears SK has never heard of it. 🙄

I've been using a Gillette Sensor Excel razor since they came out (gawd knows when that was!). Two blades is quite enough to decapitate hairs with, don't see the need for 3, 4, or even 5. The blades are cheap enough, just wonder how much longer they'll keep selling them Paul

That's enough reason NOT to go outside surely? Things are bad enough without something that sounds like someone squashing a bag of cats Unless it's this guy of course . . . Paul

As I've posted before, there's no shortage of starlings round here! Paul

We have a plastic dessert pot that is fixed to an upstairs window sill and has drain holes at the bottom. We put out pre-soaked mealworms every morning now that the starlings are feeding chicks, and they're usually gone in about 15 minutes. Can have up to a dozen birds on the sill at a time, either waiting patiently or squawking and flapping at each other! Paul

I'll turn that into a positive for you I'm working from home most of the time, but being an Accountant have to pop into the office two mornings a week. Being an Aspie I'm actually enjoying not having to listen to the endless football talk, mindless social media crap, and other banal chat about pets, social lives, etc that goes on in an office. Splendid isolation is great Paul

Archery on a Sunday morning right outside Knebworth House. Easter weekend we would usually do a public Have-A-Go to coincide with the Jousting event. Paul

Shortage? They had that many in our local Tesco that half a dozen packs were in the "reduced to clear" section. Paul

Was missing this too as our usual Friday night treat, until last night when we found a local place on Just Eat that does most of the same things, only better as it turns out! Chicken wasn't as greasy, chips were better, the Mrs' spicy chicken fillet burger was available in three levels of heat, and they do beans, coleslaw, corn, etc. Best of all they were OPEN I can see the colonel getting slightly less business when he does decide to open up again. I fail to see why the major fast-food outlets didn't stay open for delivery only. Paul

What's a "Skype"? I don't even use the phone at home, never mind any form of internet or video conversation-doodahs. The two people I need to converse with - my sister and brother - I do by email. That way I can think of what to say and type at leisure At work I need to make calls to customers and suppliers, but while we're all working from home the work-colleague interaction has gone onto email too. Paul

If that pyracantha is the same thing we have down the bottom of our garden (has thorns on, and grows loads of berries that we used to call "Action Man tomatoes" ?) then yes the blackbirds and many others love them! The one in our garden is about 8 foot tall and over 5 foot across Paul

Way too late for that it seems, thread has gone massively off-topic due to the usual endless debating of over-inflated opinions where no-one can actually "win" . . . Paul

Shut up!! Bloody Vikings . . . Paul

Nope, not here. Paul

Very devious, now you're twisting it to sound like I'm not appreciative of those that fought for said freedom of speech in two world wars. That's not what I said. I am very aware of the sacrifice made then, just as I'm very aware of the current hard work being done to keep us cared for in homes and hospitals, fed via the shops and supply chains, and all the other necessary services like emptying our bins, policing our streets, etc. I still maintain that this clapping rubbish is just a social media self-publicity exercise for most like everything else these days, just so they can say loudly that they joined in. As JJB suggested above, we don't all feel the need to make a public show, doesn't mean we care or appreciate any less though. Paul PS: I have worked as an HGV driver in the past, mostly for the major supermarkets, so yes I have experienced first-hand how a lot of the public treats such vital workers as something brown and smelly on their shoe!

Dunkirk spirit, or sheep mentality? Depends on your point of view. Better if instead of a media-hyped but ultimately meaningless public show, people actually showed their appreciation personally all the time for those that do arduous and life-important jobs such as NHS workers, carers, food-chain workers, etc instead of hurling abuse at them when it suits. NOW some might realise how much we need these people, but it shouldn't take a global crisis for people to be civil and respectful. Paul

Not such a Lovely Day. RIP. Paul

Heard nothing here, just like last week. Didn't bother to turn the TV down or open the window though. Paul

Our rented house still has an avocado bathroom suite Paul

Nowt wrong with sprouts, love 'em, having them today actually (by choice) with a roast pheasant dinner Paul

Just like Easyjet pleading for a bailout when millions were given out just weeks ago in shareholder dividends, I believe Stelios got about £60million. It's time these people realised that being a shareholder sometimes means investing IN rather than taking OUT. Raid their bank accounts first before taking from the public treasury. Paul

Went for a short walk earlier to get some grocery bits from the local shop, and on the way back was treated to a mini-murmuration by approx 250 starlings Went on for a few minutes before they all rapidly descended into the rooftops and trees Paul