philmayfield
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Are they members of the Cats Protection League? You could be put down.
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16 minutes ago, siddha said:
Pouring with rain here! In my garage doing stuff towards the restoration of an early Sunbeam.
On the shelf I have a very early Watford speedometer (1910) that has some brass gears missing. I would very much like to use this Speedo and am looking for somebody like a clockmaker who might be able to cut some gears for me anyone on this forum know of a retired person or enthusiast who could do this kind of work. I have tried local clockmakers and indeed one or two nationally but I think that the work is not sufficiently interesting to them.
The British Horological Association at Upton, Notts might be able to put you in touch with someone.
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I think the fault lies in the lack of publicity of his role in that most of us don't know what he can do for us and how we can contact him.
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The problem is that the function and purpose of the crime commissioner is not well publicised and we don't know how to contact him or for what specific purposes can he help us.
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I never approved of the idea of an elected crime commissioner so I’ve always ignored the election. European elections will be here soon but I’ve not heard from anyone seeking my vote.
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14 minutes ago, meeowed said:
I see Paddy Tipping has surfaced again He wants cardboard police cars now brilliant is this what they mean by thinking outside the box meeowed
A cardboard cut out of Paddy Tipping would save us at least £80,000!
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Duke of Edinburgh frantically praying ‘please make it white with straight hair!’
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52 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
Just read Dutchess of Sussex in labour! What colour will the baby be?
It's a boy! Black with ginger hair.
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Just read Dutchess of Sussex in labour! What colour will the baby be?
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Just settle down in your deckchair BK with your mail order pork pie and a bottle of beer. Don’t let these computer experts blind you with science!
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You can buy on line from Dickinson and Morris in Melton. Don't know how well pork pies travel though.
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36 minutes ago, Beekay said:
Going back to the theme of Melton, can anyone kindly tell me if you can still buy pork pies with jelly in ? I've bought them in the past but they are so bland without it. I realise that it's not to everybody's taste but a pork pie without jelly, you might as well eat cardboard or Whiskas. B.
All the pork pies round here contain jelly. It's not all grim up north BK!
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Very many years ago there was a story going around that Kit e Kat tins were found in the larder at the Hong Kong restaurant on Arkwright St. by the public health inspectors. Probably an urban myth.
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Someone who went round Petfoods told me the quality of the meat and fish that went into the tins was good enough for human consumption.
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Not even a speeding fine BK!
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All sheep look the same to me Rog! Don’t want to be accused of rustling. I have a clean sheet as far as criminality is concerned.
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Rog’s trip to Melton Market reminds me that we regularly went there on a Tuesday, market day, but haven’t been for a few years. We always used to get a pie from Ye Olde Pie Shoppe. I must revive the tradition. One of my farming mates bought a tup from Melton market to breed with his sheep. When he got back to Gonalston he let down the trailer ramp but no tup was to be seen. He drove all the way back to Melton but he never spotted it. Still out there running wild possibly.
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Just a starter! You know how to live.
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That’s a seafood salad to die for! Can’t see me getting anything like that from the farm shop - ever.
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Flat Japanese garden is good. Raising the height of the Fens would infringe planning regulations.
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Margie’s rock garden could be the highest point in the Fens!
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There comes an age when you say to yourself 'do I really want a rock garden?'
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An old farmer friend, Peter Woodward, was an avid, lifelong County fan. He even once drove his tractor down to Meadow Lane to clear the snow of the pitch for an evening match back in the days of Big Sam. He used to keep the team and staff supplied with pork and beef. Sam probably ate it raw! He didn’t like Brazil though - he lived on a chicken and fish diet! All the team turned up to the village church for his funeral a few years ago.
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You might see some aspiring, young, keen players amongst their opponents next year without the overpaid prima donnas of the higher leagues. Plus you won’t have to queue to get in and it will be easy to find a seat!
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Bilborough Grammar School
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It’s funny how all the things you’re taught at school never crop up in later life. My Latin is only useful in deciphering ancient gravestones and I’ve never seen a quadratic equation. As for calculus - what was that for? A grasp of Ohm’s law and Newton’s Laws of Motion is all you ever need to get by.