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I often used to fish from the sandy bank that used to be at the end of the flood wall upstream from the Bromley Arms. If the fishing was quiet we used to go for a beer at the pub at lunchtime but always left one person to mind the tackle and the keep nets in case one of John Harker's tanker barges came past as you had to move the baskets way up on the bank and hold all the keep nets and move in and out with the draught to stop them being washed away. Strange what you remember but the Bromley Arms was a Kimberley Brewery pub and as I did not like their bitter, I drank the mild, the only mi

We have private health cover too, the best part is no waiting for this sort of stuff just set the date, go in for day surgery, and the job is done. I will only need glasses for really close work, reading a paper of a computer screen is no problem The surgery is very quick, twighlight anaesthesia so no problems, just itchy eyes for the first evening and no pain

Hang in there Loppy it will be well worth it in the end. I have had both mine done, a month apart and then like Loppy had to have drops, antibiotic ones to reduce the risk of infection for ten days and anti inflammatory for 4 weeks. Now all good, everything as clear as a bell, driving at night is so much easier now. Just got to save my pennies for some new reading glasses.

Great video DJ Some of the locos and rolling stock looked decidedly shabby and in need of a good clean and wash down. What was refreshing was the absence of graffiti on every bridge, wall and building.

We are out of our ultra strict "circuit breaker" lockdown as of Saturday midnight. It now appears that one of the two prime origin cases had deliberately told lies to the contact tracing team that ultimately led to the decision to lockdown the entire state. Strangely enough there are no penalties for misleading the contact tracers? Still awaiting a formal announcement of what we are allowed or not allowed to do as of midnight Saturday.

I spent a little time reading the comments and like Brew I gave up after a couple of pages of utter garbage and infantile commentary. I did not see any humour in the content or any thing that would make me return for my further education on anything.

I'm pleased you sorted it all out Albert and if it all goes well then on-line shopping is fine. If however it goes belly up I wonder how many people factor in the value of their time to sort it out and then add that to the price they paid on line to see what the real cost was.

The "Do Nothing Option" is always one that should be considered in every scenario plan. One thing that is apparent, the UK and the rest of the world cannot continue along this stop/start, open/close path we have chosen to combat this pandemic for both social and economic reasons. I am therefore rapidly coming to the conclusion that we need to change tack and use all means possible protect the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with life. Bye the way what does "briefing against" actually involve?

That is good news nonnaB From being almost normal here on Sunday and us planning to go to a country race meeting and stay overnight this weekend. No-one in the state is going anywhere. Unless you are an essential worker, only one person in the home is allowed out once per day to shop or go to the doctors or chemists, No other outside activity is allowed. Where you were at midnight last night is where you have to stay for the next six days. The only things open for the next six days are supermarkets, petrol stations, chemists, doctors surgeries and essential services such as wa

There are lots of right geezers in Caper Films, probably my favourite film genre. Michael Caine starred in a lot of caper movies, the best being The Italian Job, 1969 version, he was good in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels too. Other good ones include Going in Style and of course The Sting. Who can forget one of TV's greatest geezers Arfur Daley, the late great George Cole who also played Flash Harry, a geezer/spiv in the St Trinians films

I've been to Cardigan Castle if that's any help!

Sounds like bog snorkeling could be your next outdoor pursuit. Something from Scotland will make the pain go away if it doesn't drink some more. Take care, the bruises will fade.

My advice is go to your local hardware emporium and handle the tool. pick the tool up, see if it feels comfortable in your hands, see if it's not too heavy and unwieldy, that changing the battery pack is easy and the same goes for any other attachments. Check availability of spares, service and warranty. Chose a reputable brand and buy it there. It might cost a few dollars more but you know what you are buying and if anything does go wrong you know where to take it back to.

Bangers , crackers and explosive fireworks were banned from sale in Australia in 1974 all other fireworks were banned from sale in 1982 with the exception of a single day in the Northern Territory and under tight controls in Tasmania. Despite this you can often see and hear them being let off locally. There is a thriving black market in illegal fireworks and strangely enough they can be bought easily on t'interweb via gumtree and facebook even though the are banned. I'll admit to having a lot of fun with 3d cannons as a kid and tying 1d bangers to the rocket stick hoping that the bang and

Just come in from doing that to my driveway. I use a polymer sand product called "Pavelock" it literally runs into all the little gaps, sweep the excess off and water with a light mist and its good for another six months.

After no cases of community transmission in South Australia for 7 months we wake up this morning to 17 cases of community transmission in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. At this stage it is believed that the origin point is one of the medi-hotels that house people coming from overseas in quarantine for two weeks and from there in to a large family group. It has been acknowledged that health authorities had not been routinely testing those that have been working in these medi-hotels. I find this an amazing oversight. It was a failure of procedures in a medi-hotel that led to the recent p

I agree Phil but if you are in business I would add one word "Cash Flow is King" I have seen many businesses go broke withe excellent P&L statements but they did not have the cash to smooth out the lumps and bumps that come with running a business.

Just wondering If you lodge a postal vote before the election and die before the day of the poll does you vote count?

I hope the people of America see sense and vote out the GOP (Great Orange Plonker)

No! HSR just a regular pub quiz goer with a group of friends for a meal, a few beers and a laugh. Been going together for over 12 years. There are a number of pub trivia questions that turn up regularly and that James Bond question is one of those. Here are a few more common Bond quiz questions Q) What was the first car to appear in a Bond film? ..... Q) Which actor appeared in the most Bond films? ..... Q) Which actor from Last of the Summer Wine had roles in three Bond films? ..... Q) Pat Roach from Auf Weidersehen Pet appeared in which Bond film? .....

I think it is time to correct some perceptions about Australia Granted if you take the population density of the whole of Australia it comes out as 3.2 persons per sq kilometre. This is ultra simplistic as 66+% of our population live in our 8 capital cities and 84% of our total population live within 50km of the coast. Lets look at Sydney which is probably the best known of our cities.The average population density of greater Sydney is 304 per sq km. The Australian Bureau of Statistics show there are areas of Sydney where population density is between 10,000 and 20,000 per square km, a

Right on LizzieM, his harmonica based main theme from Midnight Cowboy is so atmospheric and he also wrote my favourite Bond theme, You Only Live Twice. One of the all time great songwriters.

I don't do it on purpose they just catch my eye as they fly past and now having superpowers vision I see them.

My top three 1 You only live twice 2 Diamonds are Forever 3 From Russia with Love

Hi Loppy, I have had cataract surgery on both eyes in the last two months. Absolutely brilliant, you don't know how bad your eyes are until someone fixes them as the deterioration is so slow you don't notice it. The operations were no problem, twighlight anaesthesia only after affect was like having sand in your eyes the evening of the operation but it was gone in the morning. Hope the BP can be controlled and that you can go ahead and have the operation. Then like me you will be able to see a pimple on a gnats bum at 50 paces.