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Sorry to hear about your cat Ben.

Most things a total surprise... Lots of wine and brandy. Chocolate Sprouts. 2 big bottles of Paul Smith 'Men' 'Extreme'. The only EDT I can use without it feeling oily on my skin and getting up my nose. A small camera drone. ( Not for use anywhere near Gatwick..) Bamboo socks. Assorted travel items for my trip to Mexico in March. And the 3CD remaster of the Beatles White Album including the Esher Demos.

Fab day at oldest daughter's. Grandkids are a delight. Grandson is amost a teenager at 8 years old... such a clever little chap.. and my G'Daughter is such a beautiful, generous little soul. Love them to bits. Back there tomorrow when Youngest and her boyfriend are joining us... This is proper Christmas..

@Everybody. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Col

Broadly agree Nonna. Only point I'd make is that to avoid answers getting 'out of sequence', it's always a good idea to quote the post, or maybe just the relevant part of it, that you are responding to. It's easy to see something and then write a response, only to see that someone else has beaten you to it, so your post no longer makes sense. So the trick is to quote what you're responding to. Not that I always get it right either....

Beekay.. My advice is simple. Respond if you want to, read on or ignore if you don't. Don't be worried about boring people. Nobody is obliged to read what you write, but some may be very interested. I can (very rarely) post a single word response, but mostly I like to write, so I post lots of words. I do try to make my posts like mini essays, but I don't requirte anyone to read them. It's all up to you. Edit: There is a term for posting loads of stuff. It's called 'flooding'. Many sites restrict posters to a maximum No. of posts in a given timespan, to prevent it. This is d

I simply log on then look at the forums and scrooll down to ''Owt Abaaht Nowt', whichis the space I normally inhabit. From there I select 'How's Your Day?.. I also go to 'Browse'. then scroll down to 'Nick Palmer's Music.. etc.. and then 'What Are You Listening to..' I'm just off there now....

Not at all Dave. You are a respected, polite and 'gentlemanly' member of this forum. You are entitled to express your view. You are entitled to your Faith too. I'm entitled to express my differing view on God, the Universe and Everything.. So long as we both do so with respect for the other.. there shouldn't be a problem. Faith, or the lack of... is an intensely personal issue. In fact I'd argue that faith can't be imposed, and can only have any validity at a personal level. Col

I think ( without really bothering to look), that there is (used to be?) a section called 'Have Your Say', or similar. It doesn't tend to get used. I'm also aware of some pretty 'heavy' reasons why this site in particular is managed with a 'no politics' rule. But it didn't prevent the site from carrying a lot of political stuff pre the Brexit vote. I'm pretty sure that my position on this hasn't changed. I try not to start political or religious discussions, but if someone posts something religious or political then there's a judgement call to make. Do I engage.. or do I allow

Wasn't looking for a fight Loppy. Just me being a bit mischievous.. And it wasn't me who introduced the Ten Commandments to the thread. But mostly what I ( in my usual slightly obscure way, ) was getting at.. is the issue of interpretation. Margie touched on it also in reference to the 3rd Commandment. As I understand it, the Christian Ten Commandments originate in the Jewish 'Torah' as the commandments given to Moses. They are later reflected in the Islamic Quran and Islam acknowledges Moses as the prophet/patriarch. https://abuaminaelias.com/the-ten-com

RE: Both above posts. I had two episodes which were diagnosed as strokes. Neither involved drooping face, or slurred speech. Also, the heart attack I had didn't involve any 'crushing pain in the chest'. It was very painful, but it was more like a 'stitch' just below my ribs on left side. It hurt every time my heart beat. And I mean hurt. Worst pain I've ever had. It came on over a period of several hours. but I also recall feeling a bit 'off' the night before. So, can only echo what Carni says. If it doesn't feel right. Seek help.

Right. I've had a busy day watching a bloke plastering a corner, and the ceiling of my small dining room. I'd give £200 any day to a chap who worked so hard and did such a good job. Some stuff upthread that I too am confused by... Stealing is wrong. End of. But it's not just about stealing under the Law. and the Law is made for the most part by the well off. Stealing isn't always obvious.. which is why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That's worth a bit of thought... Why don't we go on? 1. Why? Who said your God, or a

Before my Mum went into care.. she often accused me, my late Sister and others of 'trying to get her into a home'. Obviously we didn't want that.. but it eventually became necessary. While she was in the home.. which was incidentally very nice... Mum had up a picture of a chap she'd known early in WW2 and before she met my Dad. He was apparently one of 1500 crew, all but three of whom died when HMS Hood exploded and sank at the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. One of the last times I saw Mum, as we talked her through the various pictures she had on the wall of her r

Apart from which my day yesterday was good. Very wet.. but good. I paid the final instalment on my coming holiday in Cancun next March. Can hardly wait... The day before.. Monday, I was out at the Cavern Liverpool with 'Picko'. Tony Coburn of the Cavern Club Beatles was replaced by his brother Jimmy.. the 'Lennon' part. Jimmy played a great set of Lennon vocals from the Beatles and later, plus a couple of songs from his new solo album. After that we enjoyed too many pints with Jimmy and his girlfriend, before the usual stagger up to Lime Street for the journey home. All good clean

I loved the old library when I was younger. For years I went down most Sat mornings. I loved the atmosphere in there, the calm and the smell of books. In the entrance porch..on the left wall as I recall, there was a framed needlework 'Sampler' by some youngster from many many years before. Although I have no interest in needlework, the historical idea fascinated me. Would leave my old push bike outside. Nobody pinched 'em back then. In earlier years I spent most time in the 'Children's Library' section, which I think was in the back. Everything from the Famous Five and the Se

One bay window of the 360 Club visible on right, just before the hoarding. Lovely old Bulwell Library on the left. Some clown parked a bus in the way and spoiled the view..

Nice.

Trogg. Mrs Col always goes for the most expensive 'all singing all dancing' machines. We end up still only using a few basic settings. I find that most clothes are fine after washing at around 30 - 40 degrees. Possible exception being things like overalls., or whites. Also generally don't need anything like the amounts of washing powder recomended. Finally, I find that a full load is likely to need another rinse cycle to finally get rid of the powder. All washing powders can irritate my soft sensitive skin.. which goes with my soft sensitive personality. So, if it was me,

Peripheral speed, with a fixed shaft/drum relationship, is a function of RPM and drum diameter. The relationship between drum or shaft diameter and periphery (circumference) is of course determined by 'pi'. The shaft on a domestic washing machine will typically be around 1" diameter. It follows that periphery of the shaft will be 1" x 'Pi' or approx 3.142. Therefore any point on the periphery of the shaft will travel 3.142" per revolution. If we now consider a 12" drum fixed to the 1" shaft. Because it is fixed it follows that the drum will also complete one full rev

Exactly. But you put it more directly than I did.

P.S. I think the real issue is not necessarily absolute spin speed though. There are a number of other factors which impact on the water extraction, the strain on the machine, manufacturing cost, amount of creasing of clothes, noise, vibration levels etc. We got a new machine with our new kitchen. Hoover with a drum diameter close to 19" and spin speed of 1400 max. It works fine, but probably no better or worse than the previous one which I gave up on after replacing the spider once and the main bearing 3 or 4 times. That's not happening with this one. If it breaks, somebody else fixes

Nope. If the drum and shaft are fixed together, then it follows that the drum will rotate at exactly the same RPM as the shaft. It's not a geared relationship, its a fixed relationship. So.. for one rotation of the shaft/drum 'system', the circumference of the drum has to rotate through its full travel. It follows that a bigger diameter drum has a bigger circumference and has to travel further than a smaller one. Therefore the bigger one has to travel faster at any given rpm.

Spin speed is a bit meaningless unless you also take into account the diameter of the drum. A smaller diameter drum will have a lower speed at its circumferance, than a larger drum spinning at the same speed. Or summat..

From experience?

Just listening to 'The Christmas Session' on BBC4. A load of folkies doiing Christmas stuff. Unthanks, Thea Gilmore, Bellowhead etc. Apart from the cheering, it kind of reminds me of the Christmas Carol Services we had at High Pavement Chapel, when I was a schoolie..