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I think the third volume may be: ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’. It was apparently later split into two books: Modernity Britain: Book One: Opening the Box, 1957-1959 Modernity Britain: Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62

Groats were minted and in use well after the 17th century. Wiki says they were last minted in 1855 and some still circulated in Scotland into the 20th century. My (Scottish) gran kept one - it had a date in the 1850s.

He must have been pi55ed.

Our town used to have an annual week where people could put out at the kerb items they no longer wanted but were still serviceable. At the end of the week, the town would gather up whatever was left and take it to the dump. The first morning always saw trucks belonging to second-hand stores and scrapyards rapidly touring the neighbourhoods. But there were often things worth picking up after that. I don’t know why the arrangement was stopped. And there are garage/yard/moving sales in town most weekends. One son who is now a keen (and, according to those who know about these things, a very good) guitarist got his first electric guitar at a yard sale. It was a really cheap thing and he and his brothers played it to destruction over the years. However, he liked it so much that he bought another of the same model a couple of decades later, just for old times sake.

Try these guys: https://circuscitydecals.com/ They have all sorts of railroad decals, in all sorts of scales. and here: https://www.microscale.com/

Roneo machines: https://www.woorillacaught.com/roneo-machines/

Initially, jersey numbers referred to the position being played, not to the individual playing it. For example, due to injury, team selection etc., different players could be played at (say) right wing in a series of games - but they would all wear “7” while doing so. Only numbers 1 to 11 were used. (I can’t remember how subs were numbered - presumably 12 and 13.) Nowadays, the number belongs to the player, no matter what position he or she is playing in. Numbers aren’t limited to 1 to 11 - the highest I found from a quick scan of EPL clubs was 82.

Is there evidence to show cause and effect here, or that this is anything other than pure coincidence?

That was the second-worst movie I ever saw.

When I started driving in Canada, having moved from the UK, I found I was experiencing sudden moments of panic in situations where there could be little, or even no, other traffic. I eventually worked out what was causing them. Here, there are solid white lines on the road at places other than road junctions e.g. to mark where you should stop short of occupied pedestrian crossings. Driving over these lines without stopping was (unconsciously) going against my UK driving instincts.

Here’s today’s offering from a syndicated North American newspaper cartoon: At a guess, I’d say the idea for this came from news of a recent happening in Staffordshire, England.

This came up in discussion after a family Easter dinner yesterday. Do you remember tubes in department stores which took cash from individual counters to a central cash office, and receipts and change back to the counters? Here’s a modern use of similar tubes: https://youtu.be/eMTZvA8iFgI?feature=shared

It’s not like we strip all the bramble bushes. Plus our neighbourhood ursines just wade into the bushes, reaching brambles we have no chance of getting. Don’t worry - by the size and condition of the bears we see around here, they’re not going short. Now, if we were to talk about bears stealing cultivated fruit from humans’ gardens …

In my first year in Canada, I got the “statutory” holidays as paid time off - Christmas, New Year etc. - but no annual leave. Annual leave was ‘earned’ a year in advance.

That’s about 45000 km. We had a Chrysler minivan that got through front pads at about that rate. Then, a couple of cars later, we had a Mazda 3. The front pads were first changed at 107,000 km and the shop said there was still some life in them (they were doing other work and just changed the pads at the same time). We sold that car with over 180,000 km on it, and still on that second set of pads.

We have large patches of brambles around here. When picking them, we have to watch out for bears doing the same.

🤮 x 10! 🐓 Buck, buck, buck - Buckie!

But you have to look at it from the point of view of the person who is having to go around Andy.

This could go in the “Getting close to wildlife - literally” topic, but I think it’s a nice “Easter” picture: Taken in my son’s front yard this morning.

No - obviously Sally Forth: https://images.app.goo.gl/oxpZziMZNFehd9AUA (This was an annual running joke in this cartoon.)

Never mind the noise. I spent a summer in the early 1970s (that is relevant) in Englefield Green, under flight paths round Heathrow. As some of the older jets climbed out after takeoff, a gentle drizzle of unburnt jet fuel would descend.

A major reason for the existence of Blair Atholl shed on the Highland Railway was to provide bankers for the northbound climb to Druimuachdar summit.

From memory, and looking at my notebook, I think the train engine was an 8F. However, the banker was probably 44766, a double-chimney Stanier 5, which was shedded at Bescot at the time (January 1965).

“Country” and “Western” are themselves broad ranges. There are sub-genres such as ‘alternative country’, ‘country rock’, ‘swamp rock’, ‘western swing’, ‘outlaw country’ etc. Not all country songs still involve pickup trucks, runaway dogs and broken relationships. There are even songs involving trains e.g. https://youtu.be/p8eR0v3lqyY?feature=shared https://youtu.be/GtlXwj80OWM?feature=shared https://youtu.be/VSK18G55xP4?feature=shared https://youtu.be/vqSOiawh0vI?feature=shared https://youtu.be/npO9ilYP5mw?feature=shared