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For all the faffing about with touchscreens, it's an improvement on SWMBO's previous method of selecting in-car entertainment while driving, namely changing CDs (not too bad) and then reading the tracklist on the case. I tried to cure her of the latter part but not very successfully as I'm not in her car very often. Fortunately her previous and current cars don't have players.

Don't know. Same scale so maybe? This is the one I found https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276425494804?chn=ps&_ul=GB Also, Revell marketed Italeri kits for several years so that would be the same kit.

Try eBay. Omit "Italeri".

"spirit-level app". Well, you learn something new everyday. No use on my dumbphone though! Fortunately I have several of various sizes, and more usefully I know where at least one of them is.

ISTR a graffito in a carriage that made the trivia news, "This is the Age of the Train, ours is 106".

The Germans got round this problem by using national flags. All the leading vehicles of the attacking formations had the flag draped over the engine deck, bonnet or roof. Red with a white centre, they were highly visible from above and the Luftwaffe was clear to attack anything in front of the lead vehicles. Thus when communications failed or the artillery couldn't keep up (being almost all horse-drawn in the "Blitzkrieg" period) the Air support was still available. This did require achieving air superiority first.

I am struggling with the fact that there are people* whose job it is to monitor daily what various Royal women are wearing and refer back to earlier records of what was worn when and where, and then write about the results. Not only do they apparently get paid for this but get into various prestige events to do it. I am aware there is an audience for this stuff, but would they notice or care if the content was never generated in the first place? *Apparently more than one.

SWMBO (60), already mobility impaired, had a nasty fall resulting in a hip replacement. She was unable to drive for several months and had to change her Motability car for one with higher ground clearance, a Qashqai. She realised she had developed some bad habits and also was lacking confidence and becoming nervous in certain urban traffic situations. She took a series of refresher lessons with a instuctor who targeted her particular concerns. She's now much happier and confident.

At Eastleigh, trains onto and off the Fareham line and down stopping trains for Southampton use either side of the island platform as required, often changing at a few minutes notice. Passengers on the train don't know which side will be platformed until the train pulls in. No doubt this happens elsewhere. Charter trains use this platform.

Bridge number plate, Restricted Clearance Sign....

Just answer "Security" and they hang up. Works every time.

There is a park near here, with a main tarmac path along it that is also part of a National Cycle Route, which I used to use as part of my cycle commute. A gaggle of female dog walkers used to stand on it, some with dogs loose, some on leads. I used to ride up to them, then pointedly swerve round them on the grass. On day a loose dog started to jump up at me. Being careful not to swear I shouted something like "Get down you stupid animal!", to which the owners reply was "He's not an animal, he's a dog."

It hadn't occurred to me before that Macavity is an ideal name for a cat; "If it fits, I sits."

On the subject of young working class women having a full extraction and a set of dentures, this was often done as a wedding present. The bride's father would pay for it, so the happy couple wouldn't be burdened by such costs later.

No, he would originally have come with a wheelbarrow or similar. I had one in the '50s who was pushing this: https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/117352