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- Thu May 16, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: Royal Mail Rubbish
- Replies: 9
- Views: 724
Royal Mail Rubbish
Sagas share price at close today was 127.80; so either there has been a catastrophic fall in the share price since you last looked, WR................................or perhaps the . button on your keyboard has stopped working! :) Saga peaked at 3,000p on 1 August 2016 and were 138p on 1 October 202...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:13 pm
- Forum: Body & Soul
- Topic: Always boil the drinking water
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13
Always boil the drinking water
South West Water have got form for this. Back in 1988 20 tons of aluminium sulphate were added by accident to the water supply for Camelford in Cornwall raising the concentration to 3,000 times the admissible level. As the aluminium sulphate broke down it produced several tonnes of sulphuric acid wh...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Debating Chamber
- Topic: King Charles' Portrait
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17
King Charles' Portrait
How could you think such a thing, Furby? :devil I think it is a good portrait and you can interpret it in any number of ways. To me, he looks as if he is about to be enveloped by the Red Death without having to perform the final dance. The artist has managed to make him look a kind man. And Camilla ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Sound & Vision
- Topic: Yodel!
- Replies: 216
- Views: 13184
Yodel!
A great Swiss tradition; the Landsgemeinde in Appenzell in 2022. Women are allowed to bring their voting cards instead of swords or knives.
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Debating Chamber
- Topic: Rishi Sunak priorities
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6691
Rishi Sunak priorities
5. Antisocial behaviour - is anyone telling the police they choose which laws are enforced They do indeed, Furby. Several years ago, amidst great fanfare and publicity, the 20 mph zone was introduced in Winchester - only for the police to let it be known that they wouldn't be enforcing it because o...
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 31
- Views: 342
May the fourth be with you
I had a nice day today. I went to see my friends at Knightwood which involved catching the Winchester bus in Southampton and getting out at the train station in Chandlers Ford (around 25 minutes on the Winchester bus) and then walking the 0.8 miles to KW. The 9:12 Winchester bus didn't run so I had ...
- Mon May 13, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 99
Northern Lights last night, wow!
As OC will know the views in Iceland are somewhat more spectacular - the most beautiful I've seen are at a place called Kirkjufell Mountain Only by repute and photos WR - I have been to Iceland I don't know how many times in winter; November, late December, early January - and I have never seen the...
- Sun May 12, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: The Playground
- Topic: Seen On Facebook
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1340
Seen On Facebook
Couldn't resist this one.
- Sun May 12, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Sound & Vision
- Topic: Eurovision!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 104
Eurovision!
I am OK on the flags of the 197 countries recognised by Sporcle. I can't describe most of them but if you show me a picture of one I can usually get it right. Here's a pic of the Swiss flag. It shares with the Vatican City the distinction of being one of only 2 square flags used by Sporcle countries...
- Sun May 12, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Sound & Vision
- Topic: Eurovision!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 104
Eurovision!
I watched the scoring in Eurovision and not much else of the programme, marvelling at times how such a precious little creature could emerge from usually no-nonsense Switzerland, at least the Switzerland and Swiss that I know; that's probably a reflection on me more than anything else. I agree with ...
Bittern
Lovely pic of a bittern, Eccs - it was kind of you not to point out my spelling error!
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (11 May)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 46
Tough 1 (11 May)
Absolutely correct, Furby; Bitterne is a district in the east of Southampton on the east bank of the Itchen - it is south west of where I had my little flat 45 years ago in West End. The bird, of course, is spelled Bittern without the second 'e'. I shall leave my spelling error alone!
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (11 May)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 46
Tough 1 (11 May)
1 Which couple’s tomb was “discovered” at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191? King Arthur and Queen Guinevere I should think. 4 What was Jesus’s native language? Aramaic; Hebrew was a dead language by then, like Latin is today. 7 Which heron is known for its booming call? Bitterne 8 Which mid-18th-century co...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 31
- Views: 342
May the fourth be with you
Are the pizzas served on floor boards.
Yes - or sliced railway sleepers, I couldn't tell which.
Yes - or sliced railway sleepers, I couldn't tell which.
- Thu May 09, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Sound & Vision
- Topic: Yodel!
- Replies: 216
- Views: 13184
Yodel!
Jodlerkonig Franzl spends a minute giving the audience their instructions and then starts singing.
- Thu May 09, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 31
- Views: 342
May the fourth be with you
Jazzy has been serviced and MOT'd - one of his tyres had a bulge in it so that had to be replaced and I bought another for the same axle so that it was new tyres all the way across on that axle. He also needed a few other parts as well. I was charged what I was expecting for his collection and retur...
- Thu May 09, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Travellers' Tales
- Topic: US trip 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 44
US trip 2024
The food that you took pictures of looks great, WR, especially the steak and lobster. I'm so pleased the holiday came up to YYF's expectations, and you must have enjoyed showing her places in the US that you are familiar with. Just for comparison, my monthly eating out budget is £200..........usuall...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: Opinion Polls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 44
Opinion Polls
Yougov only polls those who are unhappy enough with the status quo that they can be bothered to go to the website and express their dissatisfaction That's not quite true, Eccs. If you register with Yougov and say how often you want to complete a survey, they send you an alert and a link to the surv...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: Opinion Polls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 44
Opinion Polls
These are becoming unbelievable. YouGov's latest offering has Labour on 48% and the Tories on 18%; I simply don't believe that. Even if it is true I can't see that happening on General Election day whenever it is. Only the other day after the local elections various people were predicting that Labou...
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:53 am
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 31
- Views: 342
May the fourth be with you
Sofia Rustica
Chocolate Melt
I found that Zizzi put pics of everything on their menu on the Internet. So there you are!