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  1. Well, I'm 67 and live a few miles south of Apollo. Our GP practice has been sending us regular jab progress updates. They posted on Tuesday that bookings were open for 65 - 70s. I used the link provided and had my first jab on Wednesday afternoon. Left arm used, and there was slight ache, but my right arm came out in sympathy!
  2. I thought it was actually illegal to drive with significant amounts of snow on the car, particularly on the roof; it could blow off onto the windscreen of a following car. I know that I always completely clear the car of snow before setting off.
  3. That's what I thought. So the NWN reporter was basically talking rubbish about changing at Crewe. So Manchester trains will have of necessity, to be shorter (than the 'normal' HS2 trains) in order to fit in the classic platforms at Piccadilly?
  4. The guy on North West News emphasised the time saving from Manchester to London that could be achieved by changing trains there: will there not be some means of allowing Manchester direct trains from running onto HS2?
  5. Oh, yes! Just couldn't remember whether it was her or Susan George.
  6. Having read that, why is the Belanglo Forest so "Sinister"?
  7. I remember him as The Duke of Wellington in Bondarchuk's(?) Waterloo, as a Squadron Leader in Battle of Britain, and as Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would be King.
  8. Nail very firmly hit on the head. Who actually gains by having their employees/contractors/freelancers working from home?
  9. When I was at sea, we had to keep our vaccinations up to date for obvious reasons. The one with the shortest interval was against Cholera (Six - monthly) so it would be nothing new for me.
  10. Tameside have never had a premium on garden waste. We've had repurposing of bins, where the (small) green bin is now used for general waste, the larger brown bins are used for garden/food, and so on, and the large black bins are plastic/glass but that's it.
  11. People have to pay for green waste collection in addition to their Council Tax? Blimey! All food waste goes in the same bin as garden waste. There's also a separate card and paper bin, a glass and metal bin, and a general waste bin. We are allowed as many bins of each type as we need or want. The Greater Manchester WDA put a supplement on the Council Tax, but I suppose that goes towards the running of the waste processing plants, and operation of the various tips.
  12. Were you one of those causing all the traffic problems in Diggle last weekend? Anyway, you were a bit far from home, methinks.
  13. Completely off topic, in England, such was the death rate that it's reckoned that the Black Death caused the collapse of the feudal system, because the peasants could offer their services to the highest bidder, rather than be tied to a particular lord. It's what gave us the journeyman labourer.
  14. The Kitson - Still; just horrible! I think there were only two sold for marine use, despite what it says
  15. Didn't know whether to agree or fall about laughing! You are, of course, correct!
  16. Exactly what I was on about. You can also include it on other goods, of course; also stuff like tobacco and alcohol duty.
  17. Everyone in the country pays tax, of some sort.
  18. "Afternoon Parcels" would make a great jigsaw; my first thoughts were that it was a painting. Brilliant photo!
  19. Babbage had a mention on one of the programmes that BBC Bitesize are putting out for children, last Friday; but it was mostly about Ada Lovelace, who ruined herself attempting to get the money together to allow Babbage to build his machine. She, apparently is credited with the first attempts at programming.
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