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I can't tell the Bottom from the Top - Hollies

The way out of this mess is to invest in utility scale energy storage. The technology exists and has been trialled in the States. It is suited to distributed deployment, i.e. every town should have one. This will support local micro generation schemes and avoid the creation of a juicy terrorist target such as a nuclear power station.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon - Doris Day

Young Guns - Wham!

Just like heaven - The Cure

Red Dress - Alvin Stardust

On My Radio - The Selecter

As far as drilling into the bottom of a lamp is concerned, use a piece of brass tube slid over the drill so that just the required depth of hole peeps out. Secure with blutak if necessary. Ideally use a pillar drill and a machine vice to hold everything steady and economise on lamps and drill bits.

Blew - Nirvana

How can you spot a blind man at a nudist colony? It's not hard.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are sitting in the parlour at 221b Baker Street. Holmes is doing The Times crossword.

"Here, Watson, you're a medic, what do you think 14 down 'as of, or pertaining to the digestive tract', second letter L, is?"

"Alimentary, my dear Holmes." replies Watson.

"Gad! Of course!" A little while later, Holmes throws the paper down in disgust and starts pacing around the room. "I've got 'em all, Watson, except the last. 'A saffron-hued narrow way between buildings' 1-5-5. The man's a devil and no mistake!" Watson ponders a while before responding.

"A lemon entry, my dear Holmes".

Don't look back - Boston

A cynic might say the gronk was just a carrot to get people excited and to donate regardless of the outcome.

The crowdfunder raised £3712, a long way off the £19k target. The money has been taken from the pledgers accounts but it is unclear what happens next. An extension on the purchase deadline has been secured, but how long it is, and how they plan to secure the funds to complete the purchase is yet to be revealed.

I thought the whole point of crowdfunding was that if the target was not reached, nobody's money would be taken and the project aborted. So now I'm confused.

I went to stay with my Aunt who lived in London in 1971 aged 12. I went home on my own by train from Paddington. She got me to the station and into a compartment a long time before departure. She scuttled off and came back to the train clutching the first issue of 'Model Railways' (the new Bigger Model Railway News). "Something to read on the way home". It was a thick issue with a lot of editorial, as it was the relaunch. The end of toy trains, the start of attempting to model.

Six phone calls from our Ward during her traverse of our capital city. As it's now 10:30 pm and we have heard nothing since 11:00am, she's either dead in a ditch, or having too much fun with her peers to call. Further bulletin tomorrow.

Good morning all. Just got back from Shrub Hill, having sent foster daughter (17) off to a training course in Hertfordshire. Train tube tube train.

Feeling a lot guilty that we haven't prepared her thoroughly enough for independent train travel which is second nature to all ERs.

Let's see how she gets on.

The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project

Two Toby jugs

She's Got it Bad - Simply Red

Walk This Way - Aerosmith. Also covered by Run DMC, whose version, I am staggered to learn, is 30 years old.

Sweet Little Mystery - Wet ditto ditto

It will depend how impatient you are

Last Chance on the Stairway - Duran Duran

In Your Letter - REO Speedwagon