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Boomer on Boomer strife on roads of Medway today
I was taking the kids on their daily Government-issue Exercise earlier when the most amusing thing happened. Strolling down the road on the home-straight, an old girl (60s) was coming the other way...
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Spare a thought for the lorry drivers
Working hard to keep us supplied with essentials. where do they go to rest, get a meat of relieve themselves not that the motorway services are closed? Are the regulating governing them suspended?
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Wickes
I just went to the Wickes website and discovered that due to "significant demand for our products and services" I was a queue with an estimated waiting time of thirty-nine minutes. And a new...
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OTish - wild yeast ...
SWMBO was commenting on someone on her support group bemoaning a lack of yeast in these locked down times, and thus being unable to make bread. SWMBOs solution was to note there are breads that don't...
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Lidl cold frame
Yes we are having difficulty with kids. No instructions for lid and the seals don't feed through lid grooves!!!
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Electric roller blinds
Anyone have any experience of motorised roller blinds? There seeems to be a variety of 'systems' out there, from the Velux that has a solar panel in the housing and a lithium ion battery in the...
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Laptop 'Repair'
Not a second hand business model then. They are usually a doddle since they are designed to be fixed by an IT tech under time pressure.
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My first phishing text message!
Since you can spoof *any* number, why not a mobile one?
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OT Spoiler alert for The Archers fans
The program "jumped the shark" the day Doris Archer died in the fire.
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Washing machine waste hoses
Our dishwasher and washing machine both have those corrugated plastic hoses with moulded on rubber ends to fit the trap spigots. Due to the way the spigots will be positioned when the sink is in place...
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Annoyance
FWIW I'd class it as essential because it affects your stress levels. You are hardly risking spreading the virus in an 8 mile trip in a closed vehicle. You are very unlikely to be stopped and...
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OT: Snow here
Humph. It's snowing. I don't recall ordering that.
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central heating pump update
Hello, A few weeks ago I posted about my CH problems. Sorry for the delay, I have been working away and only had the weekends to attempt repairs. The replacement 1.6A fuses arrived but they kept...
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Phone time update BST
For all of you with a landline phone which needs the time and date, where it is an hour behind this morning - just try giving it a quick ring it from your mobile. It may correct the time automatically...
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he who laughs last....
you all laughed when I bought my DIY robocut version of the Flowbee....who is laughing now with a nice haircut ? ....me
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