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Sorry Beekay What was your favourite Bond theme tune?

Barry Nelson was the first James Bond in a 1954 TV special Casino Royal. Bob Holness became the second actor to portray James Bond in a radio adaptation of Moonraker for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Its amazing what sticks in your mind after twelve years of regularly attending quiz nights, it is quite a common question and turns up every so often and still catches many people out.

The end of the film click clacks around the take up spool and the projector lamp now grows ever dimmer. Farewell to a wonderful actor and the original and only true 007.

Why would you want to. It's just offal (awful)

What a shocking picture, I think she looks like the puppet from Thunderbirds, Lady Penelope Creighton Ward (Image from Wikipedia)

nonnaB It would take me a very long time to get tired of that view. Magnificent! You and yours take care. Oz

After 12 games without a win the Stags have sacked their manager, Graham Coughlan. He only managed to win 4 of the 29 games he was in charge for. Bookmakers have Gary Caldwell at 2/1 and Nigel Clough is 6/4 second favourite for the job.

Spent a good few hours in the General Motors plant in Acacia Ridge, ah, the good old days! When GM had a plant in every mainland state. As they say in Australian politics "Vote early, Vote often"

Only just in Qld then! I hope you have missed the worst of the storms. Don't forget to vote this weekend.

Thanks for the offer Beekay but no thanks. I still can't get that bl**dy ear worm out of my head.

BeeKay, Not sure where the clip is from just used it for the music of the ear worm song.

It also confuses the cows. Where in the Sunshine State are you Will2017?

Contrary to popular fishing folklore fish are not colour blind and can see the colours that we see (except those in the deep dark depths) So the bloke that came up with coloured maggots was spot on.

I find it is the exact opposite here Lizzie. The female commentators especially in the cricket are so much better than the males. They don't bombard you with inane babble of anecdotes from their tours of Kickatinalong or of stupid behaviour in hotels, clubs and bars. They have the ability to let the pictures tell the story and keep quiet and only talk when they can add some insight into what we can see.

Back in 1990 and courtesy of United Airlines and my frequent flyer points I was able to take the family to Disney World in Florida. I especially enjoyed Space Mountain ( a roller coaster that is mostly pitch black), Big Thunder Mountain and the Epcot Centre. Having a six year old we had to go on all the kiddie rides and this ear worm has stuck in my head ever since and we could not get her off the spinning cup and saucer ride. You can go on all the rides via YouTube.

You think you have problems with daylight saving Have a look at these maps of Australia pre and post daylight savings Have a look at the No DST map. The yellow bit on the right is Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. The Green bit in the Middle is South Australia and the Northern Territory and the Blue bit is West Australia. All very logical except the half hour bit in the middle which should really be an hour difference to the east coast. Now look at the DST map, what a schemozzle as some states have daylight saving and others don't Pity the poor peo

Brew, Could you please provide a link to the "Japanese Pin Factory" story/study. As a manufacturing engineer and process improvement specialist for 40 years I would be interested in reading it. A google search has not thrown up anything that I think relates to it.

Yes Jonab, I'd forgotten that.

There was one in Mansfield for years too.

Where we are the neighbors on either side and across the road have started a "tool pool" We chose one of the main brands where there was a large choice of tools and interchangeable 24 volt batteries and when one is needed we just swap them. Saves buying the whole range and everyone has a battery charger and a battery so always ready to go. When required we share the work also and pool the green bins to get rid of any green waste.

On most Sunday mornings I get up early, cook myself a full English breakfast on the BBQ with a little assistance from the microwave and weather permitting sit on the patio eating it whilst watching the sun rise over the ocean. This Sunday's breakfast was ruined by the packaging numpties who have changed the packaging of a staple breakfast food, baked beans. For years all tinned goods have come with a ring pull tear off lid and when I came to open the tin, guess what? No ring pull top, they have gone back to the old style closure where you have to use a can opener and as we did not have a

I agree Loppy, I've finished with two and four stroke small petrol engines, and most mains powered tools. Any new tool I buy from now on will be battery powered. No struggling to start them, buying fuel and oil, mixing fuel, undoing tangled leads or falling over them, take the tool from the hanger, pop the battery in and away you go. When you have finished put the battery back in the charger, job done.

Wasn't he the "Hot Chestnut Man"? I also enjoyed his character voices in "Tales of the Riverbank" and our kids were brought up listening to cassette tapes of his readings of Rev. W. Awdry's "The Railway Stories" on long journeys in the car. I have always loved roast chestnuts they are available here and in one of the hills towns a man stands on a corner selling them roasted in a brazier. As kids we used "winter warmers", a large tin can with holes pierced around the lower half with a long length of fencing wire so we could swing it round our heads and get the coals really glowing to

The car companies say that the only time the owners ever look at the vehicle owners manual is to change the clock for daylight saving. I don't have to change mine as the newest cars' clock takes its time from the GPS satellites and changes automatically. Haven't driven the other car for weeks but I have to set that one manually.

After you have finished polishing your headlight lenses don't forget to rub some high UV sunscreen into them it will help them to stay clear longer. Then again in the UK winter maybe you wont be seeing too much sun.