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1st car would have been a 1.6 Cortina Mk2, but some git stole it day before I was due to buy it. So ended up with this understated little number, mine was K reg but just about identical in every way with about 70K on the clock from memory. In many ways a terrible car, but fabulous engine - until...

Just over 15 months since we lost Holly, decided it was the right time to get a new dog. So here's Stan, our new 19 month old rescue hound. Been here just over 3 weeks, feels like he's been around forever

Nik Kershaw did write it, also played the guitar solo. Nik still touring and well worth the admission price if you get a chance to see him. As this is already taken, and others have put forward teenage kicks, anyone for Cutting Crew - Died in your Arms

Sorry, they are not kids. I'm assuming they are some kind on anti EV / anti - climate change types or just simply jealous. We can only hope that if the cable breaks the next time they try it, these 'kids' get the sort of surprise / shock that will make them think very hard about doing it...

Not sure a lot of the Eurovision bashing is fair. A few years back think it was mostly terrible and driven by block voting, think that's been less evident over the last couple, still there but not as 100% predictable. Used to be worth watching / listening for Terry Wogan's commentary, more...

Dad had one of those Rolls things in a drawer in the 70's. Blade was either removed for safe keeping out of our reach or lost. Seeing it in full I suspect I'd be taking skin grafts with it. When I decided to start shaving used my elder brothers Gillette Techmatic, bloody lethal flexible wobbly...

Hi Fenton, based on t'other side of the city. Long time lurker on the forums, rarely posting - today is my overdose day, 2 posts in one day😲. Found lots of help on the forum, so not going to compete with the great advice from some of the more experienced brewers on her but will offer my 2p worth...

Just doing a bit of local research on old beer recipes from long gone breweries and came across this fabulous 'video' made about 3 years before I was born. Melbourne were merged / taken over in 1959/1960 but name still hangs around Leeds as many of the old Melbourne pubs simply changed the name...

If he's not interfering with play..., what's he doing on the pitch? To misquote somebody more famous than me. Absolute joke of a decision. Getting tired of seeing a trail every weekend of same situation / different outcomes with everyone falling over themselves to justify the decision in each...

Think if I'm asked on different days I'll give different answers to my top 5, but always bubbling in and around Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb (Eric Gales - Too close to the Fire reminds me of comfortably numb in some ways I can't quite pin down) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Eric Johnson - Gem...

Covid is starting to become a Christmas tradition in our house, all had it last year on Christmas day, starting to think Santa has lost his mojo since I became a senior adult. :laugh8: Daughter used to work in retail, the policy in her company was you did not get paid for the first couple of...

Definitely alot of it about this year. Had a similar experience couple of weeks ago. Went to bed ~11pm on Friday night, effectively woke up the following Tuesday. High temperature, aching all over, in my case quite sensitive to bright light. Saturday & Sunday were the worst, just getting a...

If only Stanley had done the same in 1963

Given his track record, might want to say who paid for his recent Carribean holiday, just in case we need another investigation by some part of parliamentary standards. Also, how is he on holiday again in term time? As others have pointed out, how can he be considered a serious candidate given...

Omnishambles anyone?

Good thing we have had political stability for the last 7 years and we were saved from the 'coalition of chaos' Dave Cameron warned us about. Radio 4 this morning had one guest suggesting BoJo could be back as PM next year as he is a vote winner. I'd go further, dig up Thatcher and make an...

Sadly had to make the final trip to the vets today. At almost 15 years old and 14 years with us, both the hardest and easiest decision to make.

Not wanting to start an argument but this 'Starmer let Jimmy Saville off' **** keeps being trotted out despite it being fiction. Yes he was head of the CPS, but he was not in charge of the case. Number of sources have corrected this bs spread by the right wing media. Link below - not a news feed...

Since returning to brewing had one batch do this, a John Finch house pale ale. Before bottling, the FG had stuck at a slightly higher than expected value; tried pitching fresh yeast along with a couple of other tips from the forum but decided after the best part of a week without moving I had...

Give a vote for the Octavia estate here. Had one for about 6 years now, can't really fault anything. Tons of space for biggish stuff, comfortable for me at over 6 foot tall, and for any passengers behind me. Generally nice car to drive. It's the VAG 1.6TD model so needed a new timing belt a year...