DJ360

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/19/five-year-old-on-acid-liz-truss-ten-years-to-save-the-west-digested-by-john-crace

As with Rayner.. we'll have to wait and see. However, it seems his party has known of 'allegations' for months and only now taken action. I think that's the fourth Tory MP to lose the whip recently. To quote Lady Bracknell: 'For one MP to lose the whip may be deemed unfortunate, but for FOUR to lose the whip smacks of carelessness'

Trust me Mick.. I am NOT rushing. It's not in my nature.

I'm cleverer than that Margie!!... The wash basin will be mounted on a wall hung unit, so flooring just goes under.. And the loo is separate.... Flooring will encounter the door architrave, but the simple solution is to cut away a few mm at bottom of architrave, using a 'multitool with a 'plunge' blade so flooring slides under. Any slight imperfection at floor edges will be hidden by skirting fitted afterwards, with adhesive and/or sealant. Couple of pipes for towel rail need to be got round..that's all, and any cutting again hidden by those nice chrome pipe collars, which ju

Absolutely. That time is here, but since I can't afford to pay tradesmen.. The back pain started before I started in bathroom, which is so far just painting, although I did have to isolate, empty and then lift off the poncy stainless steel heated towel rail as impossible to get a brush or roller behind it. All done now. Ten minutes of painitng needed then it's just the new basin/unit. Flooring literally goes down like laminate flooring, but has its own backing and has waterproof joints. Easy enough, and it's only a small bathroom. Bath and shower stay, just getting new magnetic seals for

It's on hold. Paintwork is sorted. New unit is wall mounted. Just four screws for brackets and hang it in place, pre- assemble basin tap and waste then drop in and connect up. But not till I get the all clear from Doc. Last is to put down some 'click together' flooring and a bit of skirting. When thata done sort out some decorating elsewhere, new carpets throughout then that's me done. Anything beyond a bit of gardening will not be done by me.

@ Peveril Peril. Re: knee replacements. In my experience after having both done, they were pretty good at pain management in hospital, giving Oxycodone for a day or so.. then morphine. They also sent me home with morphine, codeine etc. Sadly I can't take morphine or codeine alongside my heart meds..it gets dangerous, so I pretty much had to manage with paracetamol. If a big cry baby like me can do that I'm sure you can! In my experience getting the staples out is a major milestone and cuts pain a lot. Next is to achieve the bend in the knee. It hurts but doing the prescrib

After moaning that I was coming down with a cold..I wasn't. Turned out to be a flare up of allergic rhinitis, which I can get anytime, but this probably caused by springtime tree pollen. A good old traditional remedy called Momethasone Furoate Spray has helped hugely. However, about a week ago I woke up with severe lower left back pain. Seems muscular, and I just assumed I'd pulled a muscle, but no idea how. However..now got central low abdomen pain which hurts more on left if pressed. Bad enough to stop me doing much, which is handy as I'm halfway through refurbishing bathroom and

Fair point...

Leaving Rayner aside for a moment.. ( I've been spelling it incorrectly..Raynor was my late Father in Law's stage name..) Truss's performance on the telly yesterday ... She comes across as seriously deranged and in deep denial. And she wants Trump back. And she supports Farage. And she opposes anti smoking measures Obviously not remotely influenced by the Tuffron Street mob..

Not the sort of language I normally associate with you Jim. Do you mean in general, or just in relation to any ALLEGED wrongdoing? You know that she is probably more feared by the Tories than any other Labour politician, including Starmer hence the Tory feeding frenzy. I mean, is it normal for a Senior Tory to write a book entitled 'The Unofficial Biography of Angela Raynor'? Seems quite creepy to me. As I understand it, there were two properties involved and that she was at some point separated from her husband/ partner. This may be the root of issues/ con

I'm confused. I was under the impression that the Police had already decided to investigate Angela Raynor's tax affairs a couple of weeks ago. Yet it's headline news on the BBC today, Of course, the sight of well known fraudster Grant Schapps getting all indignant about supposed 'hyoocrisy' on the part of Raynor is irony of epic proportions.

Thanks... I'll do my best... I could lingering for weeks...

Makes my issue seem trivial. I seem to be going down with a cold! I get so few of them that I can't just shrug them off like many do.. they do tend to KO me... So you are probably all in for a week or so of me moaning incessantly... "Nothing new there!" .. I hear you cry.. I've done a Covid test because we've still loads of the things that are going out of date.. so might as well, but looking negative..

P.S. Just checked the box and it says mine was 'Made in Europe'..but that doesn't mean the components weren't all made in China. The UK address for Wahl is: Wahl (UK) Ltd Sterling House, Clipper Close, Ramsgate, CT12 5GG See what they did there?

Wahl Clippers. Full story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahl_Clipper From which: So that clears that up then ..

I'd keep the ear plugs for emergencies Lizzie. Just because I don't like Yes doesn't mean you won't.... No accounting for taste.. Now.. Taste.... there was a band...

Smart move by the CCP. Cheap heat and cheap booze will have the masses too sedated to cause bother.

Pretty much all speculation on my part but I'd imagine there's a 'pay off' buried somewhere in a trade agreement with China. Maybe something to do with securing Chinese investment in Oz. There was a period here where UK Govts were falling over themselves to attract Chinese investment. I think that the penny might be slowly dropping, that the Chinese Govt. just doesn't play fair and the Huawei debacle with British Telecoms is a fine example.

Speaking of trimmers and hair cuts... The first time I cut my own hair, during lockdown, I used a No.3 10mm comb, to do my hair and then changed to a No.2 6mm comb to trim around my ears. After a final check around I decided there were a couple of stray bits at the back so attacked them, forgetting to change back to a No.3. .. Results were, as they say.. somewhat patchy.. I'm rather better at it now... but like Margie.. I have to be very careful not to forget to fit the right comb. @Brew I have a Wahl Hair and Beard Trimmer. About 50 quid from Boots. It's not an 'indust

Sorry Lizzie, I know next to nowt about Yes as I'm not into progressive rock either. I can say they had a hit album called 'Fragile' and another called 'Tales From Topographic Oceans', but there were many others. I'm afaid their music does nothing for me. Check them out on Wikipedia. I suppose if necessary you could casually drop in "I really like Fragile and Topographic Oceans, but probably 'Oceans' better.. but then if they ask you which track you like best you're in trouble Possibly better to employ the old "I don't know much about them but I've always enjoye

But doesn't the fact that they even thought that way make you think? They considered how their oil revenues could help ALL of their population. I saw no evidence of such thinking here. I still don't.

Capitalist Running Dog!

I possibly took you comment on 'ideas' too literally, by which I mean they (Labour) have ideas of their own beyond just Childcare. We all do. I haven't followed their share price, so it's possible that you cut your nose off to spite your face.. but it was a noble gesture nonetheless and far from pointless. We need more of such altruism.

I'm afraid that sentence doesn't make sense. Same as you accuse me.. you see what you wish to see. You seem to miss the bit where I say I favour a mixed economy, a reduction in 'Legal' migration etc. (Nobody on here has an answer to Illegal Migration) And of course you will see 'left', I'm a left winger..what would you expect me to do.. quote Mein Kampf? You seem to stuggle with the concept of 'centre left'. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre-left_politics From that definition, I'd argue that the Centre Left is more in favour of