FLY2

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  1. I always wondered that. Also more recently, tyre and exhaust centres.
  2. When I was at the Menin Gate a few years ago. Harry Patch, one of the last three WW1 Tommies was there. Sadly, he died a couple years ago.
  3. Wasn't he an artist / engraver ?
  4. Check out the Sondey brand of biscuits at Lidls. Some right scrummy ones. Trouble is, they're the ones that are most fattening ! Grrrr !
  5. Now they are always broken. I save them up, and give them to my daughters dog !
  6. So sad that Notts CCC have been relegated, but I see no reason why they shouldn't bounce back immediately. It's been a wretched season, what with injuries, loss of form by key players, disruptions by the weather, and of course Stuart Broad, our world class bowler being on England duty all summer. Lets hope for better things next season.
  7. I certainly try to make do and mend, but there becomes a time when its just not practical to do so. Those lights are so cheap, I'm afraid renewal is the best option. When I had wooden garden furniture, I virtually rebuild the bleddy things out of pallets over the years. Impossible now that I've only got Rattan style stuff.
  8. No, I've never been bothered, as I prefer the real thing !
  9. Twenty odd years ago when I was van driving for a living, I was pulled into one of those DVLA inspection places on the A1. Everything was okay, but I hadn't my documents on me. I attempted to show them at Strelley Police Station the following day, but couldn't gain access. I eventually found Bulwell accessible a week later.
  10. If ever I'm staying down that way, I visit Rye Winchelsea, or Hythe. A much better class of residents
  11. Bin it Albert ! Try Wilkos, B & M or a similar establishment for a replacement. Hopefully you'll improve health wise soon matey.
  12. I'll never revisit the place, as I'd be reluctant to inhale the atmosphere, or go to the WC in case I caught something !
  13. Park your car in Brighton ! Chuff that ! Last time I was there about 15 years ago, I was giving some good old Anglo Saxon verbals to a black guy who wanted to push in and nick a place I was heading for, and he pulled a gun on me ! His missus calmed him down thankfully.
  14. No, the digestive is fine, it's the Rich Tea that instantly becomes a mush.
  15. Oh come on for goodness sake ! You hold the icing bit and dunk the rest ! LOL It's so simple !
  16. Same yesterday with the chaos caused by the Robin Hood half marathon. Don't the organisers realise folks have things to do and lives to lead ? Let em run round Wollaton Pk lake a few times.
  17. I'd have thought that leaning forward would only you to force things thereby causing piles to appear ! I've got a little foot stool, and sit with my arms on my knees reading, or on my iPad ! Automatic seat cleaning ! It's a good job you weren't still sitting on it Lizzie, or you might have got more than you bargained for ! You'd be dizzy, wet, and oh, and that brush can be a bit unnerving, embarrassing, not to say a mite painful. Oh God, what a subject. Let's get on to bad driving, litter, fly tipping or vandalism !
  18. I've only quickly browsed through the pics, and couldn't see the long gone pub, Jallands. It was just up from Burtons. When I first went in in the very early 60's, they still put sawdust on the floor. They were also the only pub in Nottingham to sell draught Guinness !
  19. SQUAT ! I'd never get perpendicular again ! I'd end up rolling on the floor on my back in filth and fluids ! I did see something similar in Greece and Brittany, but I suspect they were of 19th century origin. I'd like to think we've progressed as a society since then.
  20. Chips, chips and more chips !
  21. In yesterday's Evening Post, a 23 year old guy who'd been banned from driving 9 times, yes 9 times, was only jailed for 2 years, and banned for 44 months. He was in a stolen vehicle, no insurance and driving while disqualified. He drove through red lights, hit bollards and lost a wheel, carried on speeding, and narrowly missed workers in a section of road works. Just how long does it take for a dimwit of a judge to finally see the light. The guy should have been jailed ages ago, and banned from driving for life ! Truly unbelievable !
  22. I think I was still there a couple of years ago, as I remember walking past it, and a couple of derelict buildings full of empty Fosters cans !
  23. Hartcroft and Stevenholme were later additions as far as I can recall. I knew at least two people who had moved in there, when the properties were almost new. Up to you Ben !
  24. More at the boys house than in the class. Not a good idea !