RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 41 minutes ago, 30801 said: But if Facebook is broken how will you tell us RMweb is broken? Carrier pigeon. Gold members get an unladen swallow. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 5 hours ago, alastairq said: What's a 'radiator?' If I'm cold, I light a fire. After having put on a number of wooly cardies according to ambient temperature. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, AY Mod said: I'm going there to drink to forget. Something. 3 minutes ago, MarkC said: Carib? Red Stripe? Amstel Bright? Pick an island Nah! go to Barbados and try Cockspur rum, liquid butterscotch. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 I peg my curtains behind the radiator, it does make a difference. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 Shredded wheat used to claim that you could only manage two for breakfast. Some wag said that Arthur Scargill had three for breakfast but he put the third on his head. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Indge Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 53 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Postcard. From the Carribbean. First or Second class post? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted October 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Brian Indge said: First or Second class post? In one of my empty bottles. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold slow8dirty Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2021 30 minutes ago, spamcan61 said: Carrier pigeon. Gold members get an unladen swallow. African or European? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Just now, AY Mod said: Postcard. From the Carribbean. The Royal Caribbean ship "Anthem of the seas" was at the cruise terminal in Liverpool earlier today. We went to Costco nearby, loads of everything, only a couple of vehicles refuelling, again no queues, We saw the boat and went for a closer look - boy is it huge. She is doing a few cruises round Britain, Southhampton - Liverpool - Greenock - Belfast etc. She in under steam (!!) to Greenock right now. We cruised up to the Chinese supermarket for ships supplies then set sail for sunny Wigan via the M58.!! Brit15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Regarding subjects discussed on various thread drifts above:- When I was young, my Grandparents (good old-fashioned Fen Tigers) taught me a few things, which I've pretty successfully upheld throughout my life. 1. Don't spend money you haven't got. If there is something you want, save up for it, and look after it when you get it. 2. Going on from that, never buy from someone at the door. 3. Look at the economics of keeping something you have. If it breaks, repair it. 4. Be independent, do the repair yourself. The cost of the tool needed is often the same as paying someone else; the second repair then costs nothing apart from materials. 5. If you can look after it yourself, you don't have to rely on others. They can be expensive, awkward, not there when needed. Or just do a bad job. I can honestly say that I've only ever had 3 people come into my place to do something (& I'm now approaching 73). First one was a builder; he added my garage extension (which I then kitted out) on the first house. Second one added a conservatory to the present bungalow. Third one fitted a new gas boiler 19 years ago (& told me the cheap one I fitted was rubbish - he was right!), and has serviced it annually since. I trust him, we talk the same language together as engineers. And I've done 99.9% of my own car maintenance since 1967. It has paid off. My garage/workshop/layout room/man-cave is known by the neighbours as "The Repair Shop" after a certain TV programme... 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, spikey said: So it's actually " Wholegrain Wheat (95%), Malted Barley Extract, Sugar, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid". I wonder why they have to "fortify" it. But whatever, to each their own: I'll stick with my bowl of porridge made with water, jumbo oats and a pinch of salt That's gruel …..my Son’s MiL (lovely lady) makes porridge like that…..disgusting, but I love porridge made with milk…..and a pinch of salt. Edited October 4, 2021 by boxbrownie 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamThomas Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 4 hours ago, alastairq said: Well, isn't thread-drft marvellous?? We've got central heating, radiators, boilers, curtains, weetabix, bins, tips, re-cycling, you name it.... We have not yet discussed the merits of dismantling custard creams or bourbons & re-assembling the halves with the cream to make them thicker......... (don't have to do it with Oreo's now though). 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Back to panicking public. expect shelves to be cleared of all medicines, painkillers etc this week. Sky news reporting that pharmacy’s are managing stocks around supply & delivery issues and are urging the government to put contingency plans in place 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamThomas Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Apparently Faceboot, Instragram & WhatsApp are down because people have been panic buying zero's & ones ! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 Just think of the fun you could have driving an empty tanker about. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 For the last 15 or more years, we have bought our “ paper goods” (…bog rolls, kitchen roll and tissues), in bulk from our nearby Macro cash & carry. Along with a bulk buy of washing powder/ liquid/ pods and fabric softener. We usually get a job lot for the Mother-in-law, at the same time. It all usually lasts for ages. It’s getting close to having to stock up again. The last time we did a big shop for the big roll etc, was about 4 days before last years panic buying began. A strange coincidence, or just luck on our part? I’m hoping that this time, the sight of Mr & Mrs Ron wheeling a trolly laden with over 100 bog rolls, doesn’t trigger off another round of panic buying. . 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 I am sure that if anyone were to look in our larders and freezers we would be labelled as panic buyers or hoarders but the truth is that as winter approaches we have to be prepared for being cut off by snow for a week or more. So when we do purchase goods it is likely to be on an industrial scale. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, melmerby said: It's fortified for pregnant women's benefit, nearly all cereals are treated so. Shredded Wheat is 100% wholegrain wheat, nowt else. Am I not right in believing that it's the folic acid that is for the benefit of pregnant women (or other persons who may be pregnant but who do not consider themselves to be "women"), which still leaves the B1, B2, iron and niacin? If Shredded Wheat is not "fortified", as seems to be the case, I guess Weetabix is because the "wholegrain" wheat is actually reconstituted rather than the real deal straight out the mill therefore has to be. I've never understood this whole boxed breakfast cereals lark, but if I may now make so bold as to drift this thread towards the subject of panic buying, those with an interest in the supply chain may find the following site of interest https://theloadstar.com/ Edited October 5, 2021 by spikey linky link 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted October 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2021 10 hours ago, Ron Ron Ron said: We usually get a job lot for the Mother-in-law Sounds like a fair exchange. 1 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted October 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2021 11 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Just think of the fun you could have driving an empty tanker about. Until you run out of fuel! Mind you, the queue might let you through to the front! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Reorte said: Until you run out of fuel! Mind you, the queue might let you through to the front! I'd make sure I have a full tank to start off with, drive slowly past as many petrol filling stations with queues outside them, drive around the countryside for about an hour and then pass the same petrol filling stations and then park up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris hndrsn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 From what I see non the news internationally, in Britain you must be close to this stage: https://fb.watch/8rZdWSXkrg/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Chris hndrsn said: From what I see non the news internationally, in Britain you must be close to this stage: https://fb.watch/8rZdWSXkrg/ Just needs someone to flip a burning cigarette butt out of the window as they pass him. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30801 Posted October 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Just needs someone to flip a burning cigarette butt out of the window as they pass him. Won't actually do anything exciting 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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