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I sincerely hope she gets enough to cover her loss, Mary.

Renewable energy - pain in the bottom, more like! My solar panels broke down last week and I have still not been able to get anyone out to take a look at them. The government push us to go for renewables but put no infrastructure in place to ensure that they continue working after the guarantee period expires. Looks like I will have to get out onto the roof and do the job myself. I have isolated the faulty set of panels but that still leaves another set of ten panels that could be at fault. I'm fairly sure that the problem is an ingress of moisture in one of the dozens of connectors up on th

Because to enforce a ban would be deemed to be an assault on the pupils' human rights - I suppose.

There's nowt wrong wi'a calculator - you can't chat or text each other on one of those.

I have just read an article in the local paper about mobile phones being used in school classrooms. I was stunned - had no idea that pupils are allowed to use their mobile phones whilst someone is trying to teach a lesson! In a separate article, same paper, Professor Baikie (UHI), who has children at both primary and secondary schools, said that he is in favour of allowing mobile phone use in classrooms?! Last week the BBC series "Twinstitute" Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken put the mobile distraction idea to the test. Using identical twins they held an intelligence test with h

Planning an early night tonight; I'm having a lie-in tomorrow and I want to be fresh for it.

Argh! What kind of price is that?! I had two pints of 'Compo's Platform End Bitter' yesterday - cost me about ten pence to make. Our local Spoons sells guest ales at £2.25 per pint and Deuchars IPA (The one I often choose) at £1.79 per pint.

May I put the smell of "Wet dog" into room 101, please? It is one of the few things I really can't stomach.

Then it is probably summat at my end. Earlier on today I couldn't get on to the site - "Nottstalgia refused permission to enter site."

Well said, that man!

Still not seeing your pictures, Col

Col: The above pictures were put in from Google Photos. Open photo and click "Open link in new tab" go to the new tab and click "Copy image address", then "Insert other media" and put your image address in there.. They seem to stay put when entered this way.

Front room fireplaces like this. This one was in my current house when I moved in. Tried to get replacement tiles to match the missing ones but couldn't find any so I replaced the whole unit with a salvaged Victorian cast iron fire. Replaced it with this:

Some dozy sods have been known to buy OXO cubes thinking they were Cannabis resin! One, a local lad, once bought an OXO as Cannabis and when he discovered what it was he went to the police and complained about the dealer. He was arrested and charged with attempting to buy illegal drugs!

Miller Bros used to be the Central Garage. Some weeks after the opening there was a problem with the toilets. The toilet drain seriously overflowed into the store warehouse, once the garage workshops area. Lots of damage was done to the goods. The owners saw an opportunity here and decided to add lots more stuff to the list of damage for the insurance claim; they even brought stuff from other stores to add to the pile. Someone, who shall remain nameless, was outraged by the flagrant deceit, had a quiet word with the loss adjuster - who had already noted discrepancies in types of damage. That

A hot mug of OXO was just the ticket in the colliery canteen after a hard shift dahn't pit. Cost 3d per mug in my day.

Saw these two comments in the same thread on faceache this morning: Billy Lincoln Benny hill makes me I'llanage Like · Reply · 28m Billy Lincoln Benny hill was a good comedian but some his joke's were a bit below the beltanage Like · Reply · ............................................................... Feral Apostrophes rule, UK....not to mention missi

Provided that your head was not too big, you could pull the tubular college scarf down over your head and then wrap the remainder around your neck. Made a great windproof protection on the motor scooter.

My NCB Annesley Colliery motty from 1969:

Sandy Anderson's smiddy, down the road in the village. Sadly, Sandy died a couple of years ago and now the shop has been sold, gutted and turned into a "Cottage" by developers.

My favourite toy in the 1950s. A penny roll of caps (100 shots) and I could clean-up the whole wild west....or the top field anyway :

I was Warehouse manager here when it first opened. Parking was near impossible in the area sdo I used to cycle in each morning. Kept me nice and fit and with the added bonus of being able to go to the NTMC for several pints and a sing-song on Friday nights after working until 8pm. The bike ride home was usually an adventure after the evening in the pub

Shoe shops that made sure your feet fitted prtoperly into your shoes, using one of these contraptions:

Carni: When taking photos through glass you will find that a certain amount of light is reflected from the galzed surfacce. This makes it difficult for an aoutofocus to decide exactly what the subject should be. The result can be a bit of blurring as it tries to catch what it thinks is the image required. you can reduce this effect by taking your photo on manual focus.

The inventor of autocorrect has died. I didn't even know he was I'll.