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Reminds me of the saying, heard in one of our ex-colonial overseas bases some while back - " De Yanks drives on the right, de Brits drives on the left, and de Belizeans drives straight down de f***ing middle of de road!"

That is either an ad for one of those right-wing militia groups, or someone believes that "The Walking Dead" are coming!

Would a computer fan, fitted so that the output fires at the appropriate place, solve the problem? - They seem to be available cheaply enough, though availability this close to Christmas may be a problem

I came across this earlier this morning - something else that may be of use to 'leccy geetar players on here https://www.gearbest.com/home-decors/pp_202627.html?%3F&lkid=16022646&fbclid=IwAR3akncD8IOUFVr_PgUScK7H96BEWNjzfhgbT4TgzvNdh-nYuINf7b3vCxA

Came across this on FB - I've never seen one before - but love the sound! Beautiful piece of kit. This "Crazy Horse" Hurley Stick guitar, handcrafted by DaShtick guitars, just traveled all the way from Poland and showed up on my doorstep today in the Hollywood Hills. These are the first notes ever played on it, straight out of the box. I'll call this one "Horses over Mulholland" https://www.facebook.com/JustinJohnsonLive/videos/254200158549393/

For those having problems fixing to walls - the answer may be a "French Cleat" screwed to studs

Borrowed from FB Spotted at Inverness Airport this morning - another drone

Just paid a visit to the local Moreasons and the car informed me that it is 11°C here in the Northern Highlands - that must be close to a record for this part of Haggis-land!

Speaking of windows........ A hotel guest calls the front desk and the clerk answers, "May I help you?" The man says, "Yes, I'm in room 858. You need to send someone to my room immediately. I'm having an argument with my wife and she says she's going to jump out the window." The desk clerk says, "I'm sorry, sir, but that's a personal issue." The man replies, "Listen, I cant get the window open and that's a maintenance issue.

I have to say that Richards tag-line appearing under that picture, is a little unfortunate ! Poor woman!

Seriously sorry to hear this. I hope a cure will be found for this filthy disease sooner, rather than later.

One oif our fitted sheets successfully did that this morning -- trying to get the resulting huge ball out of the machine was great fun! Several rude words were needed!

That sounds like one of Frederic Brown's short stories - he was the absolute "master" of the one to three page short SF stories - If you haven't seen them, Look out for" Honeymoon in Hell", "Angels and Spaceships" and "Nightmares and Geezenstacks" amongst others. Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972[) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form—stories of 1 to 3 pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a somewhat postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", is officially credited for an adaptation as an episode of the American television series Star Trek.

Likewise - once you have used them on Radar consoles you never go back - I even added one to replace my mouse when I worked for the council - caused chaos if someone else wanted to use my computer. I've just replaced my home use one ( now on around #5 or#6 )after several years use - I need s central ball rather than a side ball, as I have familial tremor in my thumb and the cursor jumps about all over the screen

Sorry - but I simply HAD to borrow this from FB, given the subject and the time of year! Have a good'un everybody!

Suggest she returns it as " not fit for purpose" if it won't do as required!

So next year, as there are two of you, you'll get half, and she'll get the other half. - which is how ours comes - quite why they don't put both lots on the same piece of paper and save on postage - is beyond my comprehension! - but that is the Government for you!

Of course, "Jerusalem was builded here, in England's green and pleasant land" in Lincolnshire - although whilst that county may be green , I didn't consider it particularly "pleasant", whilst I sojourned in it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem,_Lincolnshire But I'd add another couple of hundred miles to the "400 miles south" to reach my "green and pleasant bit!"

I've had several meetings with people from far away - though not over the sort of distances some others have - One with the senior man on my basic course when I joined the RAF - in a café-bar in Cyprus - he was a Glaswegian, and had gone from a 7 stone weakling to a 6' 4", shoulders as wide as a barn door, in the RAF Regiment - He recognised me, the change in him was quite incredible! The second was a Navy guy, who I had known in Hampshire - then a Probation Office, in a café in Doncaster - and the last was a guy and his wife who I had again known in Hampshire, in the street in Inverness - They had both been staitoned together , along with me, In Hampshire, and they were only in town for the day - living on the Isle of Skye. Also met several other people I had served with one now out of the service in Wales but working as a civilian for the RAF, One I'd known on my first posting - who now lived on the Isle of Sanday with his wife (who I also knew) on my last posting and one I'd served with earlier in South Yorks again on my last posting - the world keeps getting smaller.

Also available from Amazon - they come in 1mm, 2mm, & 4mm sizes + a big wide version https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=molotow+chrome&tag=mh0a9-21&index=aps&hvadid=80882855532168&hvqmt=b&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_890s8e80up_b The final W is pronounced as a V

Look for the MOLOTOW Liquid Chrome - pronounced like the cocktail - paint pens - proper chrome finish [unlike the aluminium (USA spelling) paint] - Once used you'll never go back! - If not available look in Art suppliers, or ebay, or on line - why spoil the ship for a ha'porth (although they'll cost a bit more than that!) of tar?

...and them as canna do either, examine!

DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINK TO THE WALMART SITE ABOVE - IT APPEARS TO TAKE YOU TO A BOGUS MICROSOFT PHISHING SITE - I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE MODERATORS

I saw this on FB and was reminded of a couple of posts a little earlier - and made a small change to the caption "Did you remember to call in at Walmart and pick up the bread and milk? Oh, by the way - the sporting goods shop called and said you'd left your hat on the counter!"

Some companies practically do!!!