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laurenceb

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  1. A high percentage of those running with no lights were silver or white making them blend in with the background rather well
  2. Make the most of your kids, in the blink of an eye they will be grown up and gone
  3. On the bus into Burton this afternoon, visibility down to 200 yards. There were more cars with no lights on than were using fog lamps.
  4. I wonder how many people were put off drinking milk for life by school milk?
  5. If you want to try legging a visit to the Black Country Museum at Dudley is worthwhile
  6. That's three! Let's hope that's the last. And none of them involving GBBob, strange.
  7. In the village where I lived at the time three young men (17-19) were killed in road incidents in quick succession two of them brothers, non them their fault. All three were hit by idiots driving on the wrong side of the road.
  8. That's what we are here for Tiger
  9. Bloke I knew had a model shop, people would ask him what was the best investment. His answer was to point to a rack of cheap dicasts, so cheap that Mum didn't get to mad if the kids lost or broke them. 5 years later most have gone. Whereas most "collectibles" are still mint & boxed.
  10. There is a bookshop in Cromford near Derby that has a fully fitted bathroom, complete with bookshelves! In fact it is like Phil's book room, books on every surface.
  11. I think that I have got it, but it has gone off
  12. There is a rule that no matter how big the bench you will have a working area of one foot square
  13. Remember the war of attrition between Flavio & his SWMBO.
  14. The non Leylands were MAN, they later went to Midland Red West
  15. From memory, when artic buses first came into the UK drivers needed a have licence. Whether this was an operator rule or a legal requirement I don't know.
  16. A real problem with elf n safety is that it is misused by those who want to stop others from doing something that "they" don't think should be allowed. The Health & Safety Executive have a real problem with these types as it dilutes the message.
  17. USN pilots cross-decking on HMS Hermes described their FAA colleagues as nice guys but nuts!
  18. Wishing a Happy & Healthy New Year folks
  19. A certain film director when asked for his 5 favourite films had to be forceably stopped when he got to a hundred
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