PhilJ W
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3 hours ago, Hroth said:
Paddy McGintys Goat.
It ate the note, and despite being stomach pumped, all they got was sixpence...
Its a long time since I've heard the song!
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But don't tell him Pike!
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Even a small vessel such as a tug or a fishing vessel can cause a bridge to collapse if it strikes the bridge in the wrong place.
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49 minutes ago, polybear said:
Bear here.....
Missions "ongoing" - which has FINALLY included writing out a new info strip to go inside my SOS Talisman Bracelet; I checked the Passport Number written on the existing strip and discovered it was for the old Passport.....and the current Passport expires next year.....
Right, the Washing Machine is bleeping at Bear so it looks like I've got some "stuff" to hang out.
Bear gone.
Remember to renew your passport in plenty of time.
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Morning all from Estuary-Land. I went to bed really late last night so only about 5 hours sleep, I'll make up for it later. As many of you are aware I shop at Tess Coes at Pitsea, the Asda Store is a lot nearer but it's smaller and the car park is even smaller and it costs to park there (Tess Coes is free). Also Tesco's produce, fruit and veg in particular keeps longer. There is a Sainsbury's but that is further away than Tesco's and doesn't stock as wide a variety. There is an Aldi in Pitsea but I've never been there so I can't comment.
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Goodnight all.
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Evening all from Estuary-Land. Off out shortly for the AGM, so I better get ready.
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46 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:
Happens all the time , I've posted stuff and found it on another thread by someone else
after mine went up . Don't see a need to worry about it .
I've posted stuff and someones re-posted it on the same thread a couple of days later.
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Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. I went to post on ER's earlier but it had disappeared from the list of threads I had posted in, not to worry as it's now back. Now I've got to get a few things together for the SEERS AGM this evening.
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1 hour ago, Tony_S said:
My latest ex GWR model is in a rather attractive lined crimson lake livery.
3 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:I think Paneers do look fine in LT livery. I have a Caramac version, actually two now I think about it, 4mm and 7mm scale versions!
I was going to say London Transport as well but NHN beat me to it..
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3 hours ago, Tony_S said:There isn’t much non green field building land round here. Most developments now are flats or apartment buildings where a small business or a couple of bungalows with big gardens previously occupied the land. There are two sorts of apartment buildings “executive development “ and “retirement”. Executive means near the railway station with communal gym in basement. Retirement means alarm pull cords and a communal lounge area.
There's a new retirement complex in Rayleigh so I looked it up. It looks OK but it's more care home than retirement home. Anyway by the time I need that sort of establishment it will probably have a long waiting list.
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31 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:
Happy Birthday fellow Tiger........................................
Height of excitement, the washing machine packed up so a trip into town to order a new one, we have realised we had the old one fitted when we bought this place and had a new kitchen, so 20 plus years old, so I guess it owes us nothing. We also realised it's not the record. the Zanussi we got as a wedding present lasted even longer, 2 washing machines in over 40 years, maybe a record?. I replaced the hob and the fan oven, so we now are nervously looking at the fridge, as that was also installed over 20 years ago.............................tight...................me?...........frugal is how I describe my self, though the wife has another phrase for it.
I'm still using the washing machine I purchased in 1983, also a Zanussi.
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2 hours ago, Tony_S said:
I think I may have once confused arthropods and orthopods. Fortunately the person I was speaking to thought I was being amusing rather than stupid.
I visited Basildon hospital on Friday for a test. Basildon hospital is enormous but being built on a narrow site the buildings are long and narrow. I had an appointment at the Urology department and the (verbal) instructions to find it were complex. I got as far as the correct floor but couldn't remember whether it was turn right or left when leaving the lift. So I asked a hospital porter and he said he was going there so I just followed him. He told me to take a seat outside an anonymous door until I was called in. There was a lady also waiting there who was called in and she came out just before the time of my appointment at three and I was left sitting there on my own. After about twenty minutes as I hadn't been called in I knocked on the door and I was asked to come in. I said I had an appointment for three but the lady who was in there said she had no more appointments so she asked to see my appointment letter. Then it became clear, I'd been sent to the pneumology department. Fortunately I was on the right floor but at the wrong end of the hospital, the department I wanted, urology was about a quarter of a mile away. I eventually got there half an hour late but they weren't to worried about it but the patient who would have been after me went before me.
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57 minutes ago, bimble said:
Done a bit of driving the last few days (900 miles since Friday) and something that I saw a couple of times was on a busy motorway the person in the middle lane realised they weren't going to make it past the vehicle they were trying to overtake before their turn-off and after passing the /// warning board decided to brake hard to pull in behind them. Ignoring the fact that the reason they hadn't made it past in the first place is that the traffic was heavy and that now everyone behind them is also having to brake.
You've had a good minute to get into the correct lane and you've waited until the only way you can make it is to cause issues for other people...
It often happens on dual carriageways as well. When I approach such junctions if I'm not leaving the road I'm on I try to leave extra space between myself and the vehicle in front.
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Happy Birthday @Dave Hunt.
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Many happy returns @Dave Hunt.
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31 minutes ago, woodenhead said:
As long as it is gluten free - Oat milk at coffee shops means Mrs W can no longer enjoy any milk in her coffees - because the gluten in oat milk can contaminate the Almond, coconut and blend options. She likes Oat Milk, but it has to be Gluten Free and most are not.
I checked my usual oat milk (Alpro) and it is not gluten free, not that I have a problem with gluten. They do make a coconut drink and the unsweetened version has zero carbohydrates or sugar.
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7 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:
There are comparable examples of undefended piers in the UK.
Southend pier has been cut several times.
https://www.southendtimeline.co.uk/southend-timeline-pier-diary-history-of-southend-on-sea.html
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Morning all from Estuary-Land. I forgot it was BIN day today and didn't put anything out. Didn't matter too much as its just recycling and food waste this week and the recycling bags are only half full and the food waste is outside anyway. Even the black bin which is only fortnightly collection isn't full yet. I'll leave it until next week when the whole lot gets put out.
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Goodnight all.
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Evening all from Estuary-Land. I spoke to my sister a couple of days ago, my brother's estate has finally been sorted and his bungalow has been sold, that's over a year since he died. In fact although I say 'his' bungalow he only owned one fifth of it which he had inherited from his second wife who died a year before he did. She inherited it from her first partner who owned it with four of his cousins. He died over forty years ago and tracing those four cousins or their heirs has proven difficult.
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Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Hay fever is back so doing anything out in the garden is out, pity as there's no sign of rain. I can't stop yawning so a bit of eyelid inspection will be done shortly.
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7 hours ago, kernowtim said:
On the subject of 'modified' Dublo,
FB marketplace has bought up this Princess Coronation...
2 hours ago, The Johnster said:
It might have looked less silly if the Black Princess chassis had its wheels aligned with the splashers, which would have put the cylinders closer to their correct position.It looks like a Hornby Dublo body on a Triang chassis.
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3 hours ago, Reorte said:
I don't have a dashcam, it would be a bit rich to complain about being recorded if I then went around doing it to others.
6 minutes ago, Nick C said:I fitted a dashcam after one of my wife's colleagues got caught up by a 'cash for crash' scam - they didn't have one, so had no evidence to dispute the lies told by the scammer...
I was caught by a 'cash for crash' scammer three months ago and my car was written off. I didn't have a dashcam fitted but I have fitted a dashcam to the replacement car. Despite not having the dashcam there is an independent witness to the other drivers actions which were extremely suspicious.
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Early Risers.
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Not EU silliness but Brexit stupidity.