Danemouth

Ordered last Thursday evening and deliverd before 9 am today (Monday) and superbly packed. That's really good service 😁 Now running in on the rolling road. Cheers, Dave

Thanks for the info - ordered Earlstoke Manor with sound last night I have been prevaricating about buying a manor for months and thought I had missed out 😁 I look foward to seeing it hauling my new Siphon! Dave

I had a major turnout of all sorts of computer junk a few years ago. Nowadays when we have finished with a desktop/laptop it gets to run Darik's Boot and Nuke to ensure it's properly wiped, the screen is modified with a heavy hammer and out it goes! Incidentally when I started work at Wales Gas Board their recently installed computer was a Burroughs B283 with a whopping 9.6k of memory, 4 magnetic tape drives but no disk. I am writing this on a laptop with 16gb of RAM and 1.5tb of disk - how things have changed over the past 58 years! Dave

Reminds me of a scene in Throughly Modern Millie where Julie Andrews does a tapdance to get the lift to go 😁 Dave

TMI 😁

University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff has a very good eye clinic - I have glaucoma and go there twice a year. Rob I would strongly advise you to go to A & E - they will refer you to the clinic if needed. Dave

All this talk of Spam reminds me of my retirement ten years ago. I was Information Security Manager at a small bank and my duties included the management of the spam filters on the email gateway. My boss added a tin of said meat product to my leaving present - I ate it the following week in my luchtime snack - our main meal is at teatime. I don't recall ever having spam fritters. Dave

Funny you should mention that film - 'er indoors and younger daughter are watching it at this very moment. I am in adjacent room enjoying classical music and RMWeb 😁 Dave

All this talk of office software and nobody has mentioned Wordstar running on DOS or CDOS - it disappeared when Windows became in fashion. And lets not forget Lotus 123, DbaseIII and Freelance Graphics 😁 Dave

I was in the same position as you and my friends advised against providing steps given legal liabilty in the event of an accident. I took their advice. HTH Dave

Brian, Had several caravan holidays there as a boy at the back end of the 1950s. In those days there were no raiings! Cheers, Dave

or even Cardiff Trams Dave

How about Cardiff Trolleybusses? Dave

Reading the stories of inconsiderate parking I was reminded of a story told me by a former colleague many years ago. It seems that a group of bikers visited Barry Island, parked outside a night club and proceeded to to cause mayhem within. Now it appears this club was owned by a couple of brothers who were the type you would not cross. The Constabulary were called and took the offenders to the nick leaving the bikes unattended on Barry Island. Unfortunately during the night a large heavy lorry, never identified, ran over the bikes causing considerable damage to them. I suspect bikers gave that club a wide berth thereafter! Dave

Phillip, I can remember another one in Cardiff on the corner of Greenway Road and Rhyl Road in Rumney - only ever saw the amber light flashing on one occasion 😀 Dave

I too have a childs identity card from that era - @martin_wynne has blanked out the bit with his name, address etc. These cards did not have a photo. Dave

Our Pharmacy (an independent) is directly opposite the surgery with an undertaker next door to it! Dave

and buqqered an unscheduled Sunday afternon nap 😒 Dave

Pentax - my first serious camera in 1972 was a Pentax SP500 followed by a Spotmatic F. When their lens mount changed from screw to bayonet I changed to Nikon (1977) and stayed there. There followed a pair of FEs, F3s F100, D70, D600 and now a Z6. This has worked well for me, auutofocus came just as my sight was aging, digital replacing film made it much easier when lecturing in camera clubs and the Z6 a comparatively lightweight mirrorless camera in my early 70s when a smaller lighter body was appreciated. I now carry the Z6 with just two lenses - 14-30 mm and 24-200mm I haven't kept any old gear but my advice is to buy the camera and enjoy admiring it. Dave

Full story here https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11960491/Moment-two-blundering-men-filmed-trying-tow-caravan-using-mobility-scooter.html

Wasn't it "Grab a Grannie" night on Mondays at the Rank?

You could ask for "Half of Dark and a Clarks Pie" Dave

PB, I've followed the ongoing saga of the H/S/L refurbishment - all I can say is "Thank goodness I can afford to pay someone to do it for me". I remember the words of my late father many years ago - when I told him I was papering the lounge he said "My decorating days are thank God" - he was in his 70's (as I am now) and was absolutely correct! Dave

Many of my slides from that era have faded as that one appears to have done. Once scanned with Vuescan they needed a final tweek in Lightroom Dave

Neal, Can I ask from where you got the station name running in boards please? Thanks, Dave