Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 8:18 pm

Saga Lout wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:46 pm Potatoes straight from the garden. First of the year.

I'd have washed and cooked 'em first!

Wuss!

Potatoes straight from the garden. First of the year.

I've got a G-Shoch watch that's much more complicated than it needs to be just to tell me the time. Even with all its bells and whistles it's still cheaper than a Rolex or any other mechanical watch because it updates itself from my phone which gets its time from the internet.

But you seem to be ...

If my grandfather, Peter, had followed family tradition my father would have been called Peter and I would have been called Peter. But grandad didn’t like being called Peter so my father was called John and my sister and I were named after the two saints whose statues adorned the local church ...

Noggin wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 9:13 am

v8-powered wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 8:32 pm Screenshot_20260708_203128_Facebook.jpg

I'm 3 & 8 - no crisis, just love those cars !!!

I'm a bit late for my mid life crisis but 8 would do it for me.

Hero? She assaulted that poor man who was just peacefully exercising his right to free speech. Typical "tolerant" lefty.

It's an acknowledgement to her family that an extremely serious miscarriage of justice took place. It's also a note in history that the last woman who was executed in the UK shouldn't have been, which is historically significant, to say the least.


So...

Does she have to hand back the ...

Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, gets conditional posthumous pardon

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c20yyyxjq1zt

What's the fecking point of that, then? :wtf:


It's an acknowledgement to her family that an extremely serious miscarriage of justice took place. It's also a note in ...

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:49 am Maybe new old stock.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy736xme2vvo

I read that yesterday. I'm still feeling sick.

It's the Scots I feel sorry for. They have to discard their DR Congo shirts and pretend they've been supporting Mexico the whole time.

Taipan wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 1:45 pm

McNab wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 1:11 pm Seen that a few times now.

I want to know what film they are watching that they need 16 stellas to make it through.

Probably Top Gun: Maverick, sometimes we drink to try and forget...

What are you trying to forget?

Taipan wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 11:04 am Took the kids to the pictures, talk about rip off Britain! How fecking much!

Mansfield? You're a long way from home. On your holidays?

Credit where credit is due: EDF Customer Service.

I was on a two year fix starting 1st August 2024. I switched to another supplier and EDF sent me my final bill which included the exit fees. They're not allowed to do that because Ofgem says so: "You can switch suppliers without incurring exit fees ...

... TBH I don't think there's a reliable, modern car out there...


At the risk of tempting fate: I've had a 2019 Mazda 6 estate for the last 3 years. It's been as reliable as a [insert example of reliable thing here].


2.2 diesel? You are lucky then


Don't be silly. Nobody buys Mazda ...

Taipan wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:13 am... TBH I don't think there's a reliable, modern car out there...

At the risk of tempting fate: I've had a 2019 Mazda 6 estate for the last 3 years. It's been as reliable as a [insert example of reliable thing here].

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 8:33 am What's that in a proper temperature scale?

108 °F is approximately 315.3722 K

HTH

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OK, over how many years have you had 7 convictions?

:banana-dance:


Sorry, I misunderstood, 31 years, 1985 46 in a 30, 1986 50ish in a 30, 1987 85ish in a 70, 1988 82 in a 70 (got banned for 3 months) 1989 I took a year off being caught, 1990 105 in a 70 (didn't get banned), 35 year gap ...

A good way to get close to the correct seat height is to adjust the seat so your leg is straight with your heel on the pedal at the bottom of its stroke. Make fine adjustments from there: half an inch at a time (or 1 cm if you're doing it in foreign.)

Or scroll down to "Adjustment" on this page ...