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When we were newly wedded, Diana went on a course for a week.

I carried my vauxhall viva engine into the bedsit living room stripped it down put new shells on the crank all shells and fitted cords rings had it back in the car before she got home. She never found out.

Back in the late sixties ...

Cute

shane wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:55 pm Have you tried turning your phone through 90°?

Cunning!

andrew Ivimey wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:29 pm Where's Nipper, even?

Not on the the mobile version, that's where he's not.

Dave the bass wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 7:33 pm

ed wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:59 pm
+1
If I have to be banned for appreciating Chris Martin' talent, then so be it.....see!, don't care baby bass bro.

Ooh. My finger is hovering over the ducking-stool apparatus summoning button!

I misread that initially. Quite worrying.

Humbug.

Whatever you think of Chris Martin, it's a lovely tribute to Dick van Dyke who, considering he's 99 and just won a Prime Time Emmy, is frankly amazing...

So. I found this in the loft, minding it's own business on one of the racks up there... I guess we had it in use in the early 2000s - maybe for one of the kids' rooms - and it's been in the loft for 20 years...

It was a perfectly good amp, however in its years of being unloved and upstairs, it's ...

We're all rooting for you. Good that you got to it early and that the prognosis is positive!

+1 for the above...

I know it's Coldplay, but I liked this:

Morgan Jones wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:21 pm So it does!

You can always also set "Hide my online status" in the Board Preferences tab of your User Control Panel.

Looks like the forum phpBB version has been upgraded to the current very latest release which would explain why a lot of things are much slicker and certain features have changed, like "Who's online" (disabling was a 3.2.x feature which was a while ago).

Nice, silent, upgrade with no interruptions ...

Bah. Humbug.

Sounding good is better than looking pretty.

Sounding good and being safe enough not to injure/main/kill small animals (incl. children) is a bonus.

Yep. It's expensive but being fair, in Waitrose it's "only" £6. At the moment it's a new product and regarded as a premium one at that. Not, IMHO, show-stoppingly expensive though...

See here for a list of UK brands using this process:

https://www.swisswater.com/pages/is-your-decaf-chemical-free ...

This is the stuff we're drinking at the moment:

https://rawbean.co.uk/products/definitely-decaffeinated-espresso-ground-coffee-227g

Waitrose sell it as, I suspect, do other members of the usual suspects...

It's ok. I can't claim that it's wonderful, but it's decent.

Claims "Strength 4", but I'd ...