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Superb playing by Alison Balsam - all pieces enjoyed. Chris F Some of my friends are almost religious in their devotion to curry and I have missed out on many a convivial social occasion because I was not comfortable with it. I suppose they will now make fun of me for only being able to cope with the mildest curry. A memory .. the presentation/information evening was going well ...that is until they took the lids off the meal - curry and in no time I had to leave. Its was winter and in shirtsleeves outside it was cold ... the time taken for the meal to be eaten and for discussion during (the important part of the meeting) and the clearing away took a long time. By the time I was back in ... meeting nearly over and 'frozen'. I can totally understand Chris's view on curry and even more so such that if SWMBO ever has curry (and one or two other things) I need to be away. In an earlier reference to Gwiver tissues also tend to increase effect rather than diminish in the event of some tree/at times grass pollen. My fellow students did however say that they would be willing to have shares in Kl**ex at the time.

No modelling but to agree with Gwiver the 'to read' pile is now verboten ... just how much I remember is a very different matter. Trying to reduce the hoarded stock (a/c SWMBO) so brownie points are minimal!

When I first saw John's piece of wood it reminded me of native asbestos - at this moment cannot remember the 'variety' chrysotile

Thank you. Unfortunately yes, she was a golden Labrador and was 14 - she left us over 8 years ago.

Quality building and neatly stacked ... liked the music too.

That was the day when we realised that our Hattie had gone deaf - loud bangs on firework night and she didn't even flinch. She had fantastic expression eyes and normally responded well so we had not even guessed.

Says he who has artificial turf!

You're just egging us all on ... don't eat the all at once. Happy Easter to you both.

Sunny, did you get the rain. reducing my stock of magazines to get some space - SWMBO says that I should make trains!

We have achieved quite a lot in the garden ... had some very satisfying iPad contact with family and will be 'sharing our Easter Sunday dinner tomorrow. Most of the last few pages on guitars have been way beyond me - as too are most of the groups although I have heard of some of the names. School wise Tubby Haynes was way before me and one of the later Shadows - John Rostill was in the same year and same house as me. Me, play, or perhaps played at, brass with two practices a week for many years and did not listen to much 'pop' during my teens and twenties because I could never pick up the words and still can't. The reason was eventually sorted, a hearing problem - not noticed because I could hear what I thought was 'normal'. The first record purchased was the Halleljah Chorus from the Messiah and have sung the latter as part of the chorus. Still enjoy both. For some reason I do like Dire Straits, Abba from the days of Waterloo and have a collection of Buddy Holly records of which 'Peggy Sue' is my favourite. If things were different we would have been racing around in preparation for our open weekend but life is as it is and this site has definitely keep me indoors with so many response to go through so , thank you guys.

Your maths to the fore - many thanks.

Yes, I stand corrected ... having posted I remembered that I had been working in theatre (StHH Bob) in the morning so it had to be earlier than 1966.

I think Italy's big spread was due to a very important soccer match between top teams to which many supporters etc. travelled long distances.

Well I suppose it was 'contact' adhesive.

Had to turn round as he now had a companion to spend the day with.

The latter took over Bass in Burton-on-Trent and one of the first things they did was close the museum as not financially viable ... fortunately someone somewhere had some sense and it became The National Museum of Brewing and is very well worth a visit. Burton Railway Society (not got the name quite right) restored the locomotive some years back and still make sure it is 'presentable'. When DEMU exhibited in the Town Hall the museum was included so it was excellent value. DEMU this year was due to be held in Swadlincote - a good site and would avoid the 'close proximity' of the Burton Town Hall and the problems that DEMU had there in recent years.

Reminded me of my brother who at the time worked for a very well known computer company. He was a 'delegate' to a seminar and as he listened to the main presenter realised that he was using one of his own reports. As you can imaging he was not pleased and demonstrated his displeasure by asking a detailed question that totally stumped the presenter ... he then answered the question quoting the page in the article on which the answer could be found and stated that it would have been a good idea if the presenter had asked the guy who wrote it before delivering it what it was all about. The company was not too happy about that but thereafter he delivered his own work. In the days of old I worked in a NHS department where most of my team averaged 72 hours per week, including emergency time, as we operated a 24/7 service. In spite of that my team absence was a third of the national average. A further memory ... one late Friday afternoon I rang my wife to tell her that I would be home for tea then the bleep went off. I did not make it until Monday evening and therefore missed seeing Arsenal win the FA Cup. I also missed the day when my home team, Wimbledon won the FA Cup by beating Liverpool 1-0, but some years earlier I was able in 1963* to be at Wembley when Wimbledon beat Sutton United 4-2 to win the FA Amateur Cup, all four Wimbledon goals coming off the head of Eddie Reynolds. *England won the World Cup in 1966

Well sausages and mash - a good choice to share via iPad with son and granddaughter ... never known a sausage and mash dinner take so long to finish but it was a good evening. Gardening looks a lot different than it did a week or two ago and to get to that state required rather a lot of physical exercise. There is one problem... normally the branches are stacked in the estate and taken to the local 'recycling tip' but at present we have a full bin and a full overflow ...we will see how it goes. Engine shed is still a tip from the hurried departure a month or two ago and the dumping of things 'that we (I a/c SWMBO) might need' but hoping to do something about it. Keep safe everybody ... our local hospitals have had over 100 deaths - the highest in the East Midlands - including medical and nursing staff. Our thoughts are with their families.

Been informed that one of my former college team members, a great guy and former dog-handler, has become a Covid-19 victim.

Totally agree that texture is very important and is a cause of other eating difficulties e.g. like skin etc 'connective tissue' being among them

Custard skin- agree with your comment ... other things are not related to the fact that the items themselves are naturally edible ..

I too have read with interest the comments and articles that have been presented. Continental Drift items were published just after I purchased my 'Holmes' I think and the latter remains basically unused in the loft together with other items of that era that should have been discarded long ago as I ended up not in geology but chemistry. I was encouraged that the interest is still present and enjoyed the rvery interesting read. Koalas and others, yes agree with Gwiver and Chris F on this.

This seems to happen too frequently and the cost creeps up

Cannot put a button on this but macaroni cheese does the same for me, as does anything that includes pasta and to a lesser extent cooked cheese. SWMBO added coffee to a cake mix recently - not her best cake since other items were unavailable but as a result of eating it we found out another reason why I need to stay clear of coffee - I can still 'make' instant coffee at a distance but it and certainly the cup dregs have to stay at a distance. Custard - like others I do not like the skin and in reality cannot 'digest' skin of things like apples etc or rind so give me meat and two veg anytime (provided they are the right veg). Abroad food has been problem and I generally lose a lot of weight. Trying to catch up after just over a day without and have noticed that some of the symbols have not registered on previous. Keep well keep safe. Just picked this up from the IBMS@ "There is a huge gap between testing equipment capacity and material availability... Currently, England could process up to 25,000 a day which by May could rise to 100,000, meeting the ambitious target set down by Matt Hancock, all within the NHS. However, there is a material supply issue with a worldwide shortage in reagent kits. The supply of precision plastics that are used with the reagents are not due to be ready until mid-May. This is affecting countries across the world and there is nothing more the workforce can do to increase testing capacity any further. We would urge caution as testing is ramped up to ensure that the supply chain is secured. There is a very real risk that hospitals and pathology networks will run out of reagents and patients will not be able to be tested. This will not only impact upon their care but can lead to hospitals unable to manage all patients safely - as has been seen in other countries." Also noticed that unfortunately unscrupulous people have been advertising 'cures' tests' 'etc and fraud have closed down a number of sites.